First Harvest! Zero Dumping Waste Management in Action from Food and Vegetable Waste After just 50 days of hands-on learning and community dedication, something remarkable has taken root — not just in the soil, but in the mindset of three unique locations in Southern India. We’re proud to celebrate the first harvest from our Zero…
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Bridging Corporate and work at the bottom line – Stepping Into Reality: A Transformative Field Visit from managers to an Anganwadi in India
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…
Bamboo products and women empowerment
Today, we visited a recently opened center in Mankarai ( close to Coimbatore) where tribal women are trained in Bamboo products and note book making – just to mention those income generating ideas among many others. The products are sold to schools and local tourists who come here especially during the weekend to spend some…
The MMH Virus – and the personal engagement by our external leadership trainer he
Last week we have run with the active support of our external leadership trainer, Jeremy Keeley, one day training for teachers and students of Industrial Training Institute, Kerala. The training was facilitated by Jeremy who has joined us in the past years during the leadership weeks under the Making More Health umbrella. The great thing:…
From doing more health at the ground to the United Nations – and meeting some Indian stakeholders of health and innovation.
Today, we are with Making More Health in Genève: „Health is about changing mindsets and about connecting people. About facilitating and promoting partnerships across countries to co-create, it’s about delivering a better future based on innovation and innovative thinking and doing….“ Thoughts we exchanged today in a panel session at UN. I’m very proud for…
Health awareness is key – inauguration of a MMH awareness center
On 21 February 2019 we have inaugurated our Making More Health (MMH) Awareness center at the tribal hospital in Kottathara, South India – in close collaboration with our local partner NGO Karl Kübel institute for development education. The idea was born two years ago when we heard from the director of the hospital that the…
A goat health book for village people in rural India is under way – it’s time to involve local stakeholders
In the last months a group of some Animal Health managers – who had participated in an exposure week in South India in 2017 -have started to develop a goat health book to support animals and income generation for poor village and tribal people. Yesterday, two of our managers came back to our project area….
Interim assessment and high blood pressure measuring for 40 health workers from Self-help groups in rural India
Under the umbrella of the Making More Health initiative, today and tomorrow we conduct a high blood pressure learning session. It is part of our ongoing health worker training program for our 40 Self help group leaders in rural India. We have distributed blood pressure devices and solar battery rechargers. Starting with a repetition of…
Managers experience how to provide good food when they can spend 50 rupees per day only…
After the visit of our MMH kindergarten in Rural South India today our managers got the task to buy nutrious food for a very small amount of money (50 INR – that is what most of the families living close to the poverty line can spend per day per food). This experience gave them an…
Indian beach time
After a business meeting in Mumbai and good discussions with local colleagues about our social entrepreneurial and employee- driven activities in the rural and tribal areas of South India I have finally arrived in Cochin. It’s just a short stop before going to the project area (in Anaikatti border region between Tamil Nadu and Kerala)….
Go India, go future! 