With the bundle of projects and activities which are also described in this blog ( health awareness trainings, work with kindergarten, digital trainings …) we were honored in August with the 2017 Asia Best Practices Award for our successful work in South India. It is the highest award for international companies and their socially responsible…
Tag: India
2nd Mental health training for women in Rural India
Mental health is often not the focus of educational or health programs when it comes to developmental activities run by NGOs or big companies. But what if missing self-confidence, uncertainty, stress, relationships and alcohol make it very difficult to change or develop anything? That’s why we started mental health trainings for the tribal women in…
More Mental Health for selfhelp groups and their communities in India
In the past two days we have run our second Health community Worker training for self-help group (SHG) leaders in the rural and urban area around Coimbatore. This training is part of 12 different health related training modules under the umbrella of the Making More Health initiative. The training topics have been selected and discussed with…
Indians who drive economy in Kenya
A trip to Kenya – with “Indian surprises” Yesterday I’ve arrived in Nairobi, Kenya. I’ve never been there before. Nairobi is called Africa’s Sillicon valley and besides digital omnipresence also social entrepreneurship plays an important role. An ideal destination to discover more … After an interesting meeting in the morning I decided to visit the…
Teaching health – learning from a doctor in a tribal area in India
Visualsized health information is very common in many countries and cultures. However, often these visuals focus on a specific health issue without connecting it to real life situations of people. They are rather topic- than people-oriented. Smoking harms ads in many variations, breast feeding benefits, posters show good and “bad” food… But even if the…
Good social responsibility requires our personal engagement – because it helps to grow people differently
The first game tailoring training started one year ago. The women were keen to learn but they were a little scared whether they could make it or not. Hand embroidery, working on a more complex design, knowing that they were expected to deliver good quality products … it was not that easy at the beginning…
