Since 2015 we run now the 28th Insights Week with Corporate managers from different countries „on the ground“ in India, interacting with vulnerable communities living at the poverty line. Our first field visit in India has begun. For managers visiting from across the world, this is more than just a trip—it’s an immersion into real-world…
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When sustainability investments have some bad site effects…
When sustainability investments have some bad site effects… Sustainable is good. Thinking sustainably, acting sustainably. Investing sustainably and, above all, in an impactful and socially entrepreneurial manner is a big trend. But what if there are unwanted side effects? Yesterday, I was in a children’s home in Tarikere, India. 25 girls between 11 and 17…
Repaying 9000 rupees (100 EUR) in 5 years – about business struggles of people living at the poverty line
Just imagine you have grown up in poor surroundings, maybe a slum area or maybe a remote village. Some years of schools – maybe. Your life has been mostly about finding ways to survive. Getting fresh water, enough food. Sometimes your family had a little income. Daily wages. But also many days without. Many critical…
Learnings from a training with women living at the poverty line, India
During the Making More Health (MMH) Insights week 12 managers from around the world have participated in a very disruptive leadership program while interacting with vulnerable communities, getting insights from local NGOs and other local stakeholders and visiting several MMH projects. However – for getting a real experience – theory needs to meet practice… One…
Understanding the impact of our hygiene program at primary schools
During the Making More Health Insights week, a very disruptive and experience based global leadership program, our colleagues visit also school projects that we run under the Making More Health Initiative. The hygiene awareness program has several components, from toilet and wash basin installations to a very powerful set of hygiene games developed under MMH…
Social workers need digital access and skills to optimize impact
In the last years, one of our activities and programs in South India also supported the digital access for our local kindergarten teachers ( who work as informal health care workers in the tribal villages, too) and for our local NGO partners. Often it is difficult – especially for smaller NGOs – to finance their…
…because the future starts with our children
A few days back, Eszter Harsyani, a social entrepreneur from Hungary, running the organization Nestingplay, and our local partner NGO in India, the Karl Kubel institute for development education, have run together a session with kindergarten teachers, teachers and parents on early childhood development. As one participant said:“I liked the teaching methods. They are easy…
Making More Health in India: what’s going on?
Also in India a lot of Making More Health (MMH) activities are happening. Just to name a few: besides two new MMH kindergarten/ Anganwadi buildings, a Making More Health leadership week in July, preparations for the launch of a system changer network India and the final preparations of an apprentice exchange program between Boehringer Ingelheim…
Our leaders and colleagues having a nice lunch prepared by a woman micro entrepreneur from our communities in India
As part of our Making More Health Leadership week in July 2022 we explored also how the collaboration with two of our partners has developed over the past years – we learned from our NGO partner NMCT in Coimbatore which impact our support had locally during Covid times (especially in terms of home schooling, and…
Company owners, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability managers: are you ready to leave your comfort zone?
Interested to experience your own agility, to learn about social entrepreneurial thinking and systemic approaches while interacting with people living at the poverty line, local businesses and other local stakeholders? Are you someone who wants to make a real lasting and meaningful difference in the world? Who wants to learn by doing instead of planning…
Go India, go future! 