You may know the problem with the photos. You come home from a travel and your beloved, friends and colleagues ask you to share some pics. That’s even more requested the more unusual the stay and the experience have been. l have spent more than four months in India, having been involved in social…
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The four most inspiring moments I lived in India
Often I’m asked: How was it in India? What did you experience? Was it safe? There must have been a lot of poverty?! Do you go back again? Working with a NGO ? A lot of questions and I could tell a lot of stories, describe places, summarize events … I might be wrong, but…
The ‘street dentist’ – injustice that hurts
Healthcare is one of the most discussed topics. Because it concerns all of us. Because it is important. And because there is injustice in terms of treatment and access to qualified healthcare. No doubt, having money means having better access to care. Everywhere. More money, better healthcare. For poor people there remains just the basic…
A mirror that makes a difference – a Self-Discovery Journey of Indian children
I do not know whether poverty and the lack of mirrors are somehow connected. For sure, mirrors are not really one of the most important items in a household, and if the income is very limited many other things come first. However, it seems to be symptomatic: I visited a huge number of small houses in…
IT skills,Dhritee & Dhitulee, a children book and and a better future
“Dhritee & Dhitulee – All about Pearl” is a story book for children that captures an interesting interaction between a child and an insect leading to an enlightening discovery. “Well”, you might say, “it could be one of the thousands and thousands of children book all over the world.” Right, but “Dhritee and Dhitulee” is NOT just…
A children home in Mangalore – school bags and undergarment needed
When I enter the children home in Mangalore, there are ony a few children. Most of them stay in a room on the 1st floor, where Gita, a volunteer, explains how the Internet works. The girls are very interested. What they experience here, is a small part of the “big world” outside, a world they…
Two tailoring machines for tribal women – a small contribution, but a huge impact
We have made it. We have collected some money among friends and colleagues. Via betterplace, an online platform that helps to collect some money. Nothing special, nothing big. It takes just some time to describe the project and to ask friends to help. Even a few EUR make a big difference. In this case the…
Digital potential to combat poverty – there is still a big gap
Wherever I have been during my Indian stay, even in small tribal villages, while talking to people, it happened after a while: People came closer, interested to find out more on what I was doing with the smartphone. Nearly everyone of the younger generation (not just the youngest, but also men and women up to…
A nun, petrol station friends, Clint Eastwood and a fisher boat
“Can we stop for a short visit to a friend, here at the petrol station?” the nun who sits besides me in the car is asking. We are on the way from Pollachi to Valparai in the Nilgiris mountains in South India. After a few minutes the car stops. A friendly, maybe 40 years old…
Lakshmi, a woman who wants to discover the world and beautiful Valparai
Lakshmi is eighteen. She’ s still at school. Another year, then she wants to go to university – if possible at Coimbatore, a four hours trip from here. When I meet her the first time in Villoni, a very small and remote village in the surroundings of Valparai in the West Ghat mountains, a very…
Go India, go future! 