Prisoners who kill their spouse in domestic disputes leave behind children who are orphaned. In many cases, when a father kills a mother, their child becomes an orphan and these children are even stigmatized. What will happen to them? A career that leads to prison, too? Or is there a chance and also the good…
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Again at the TNAU university – the mushroom production is growing
A few years have passed since I visited the TNAU university the last time. It is impressing to see the further development steps they have taken in mushroom growth, research and most of all on how to engage Self-help groups to take up the idea. Mushroom growth – income generation for the poor Meanwhile earlier…
Making More Health (MMH) is for all: When young girls start to change the world
Yesterday, I met the two girls in one of our Making More Health awareness training modules on “Safety and environment issues in daily life” which we run with urban and rural self-help group leaders in the surrounding of Coimbatore, South India. This 13 &14 years old years old girls, Sathya and Anjali from Kallukkadu…
More social entrepreneurial activities in rural South India – where health meets wealth!
A lot of programs have been launched under the umbrella of Boehringer Ingelheim’s Making More Health initiative in India in the past three years and are ongoing, such as our health awareness program driven by the company’s managers and experts that helps selfhelp group members of rural South India to get more knowledge in mental…
Just wondering why we follow old processes instead of trying new pathways to combine business and social needs
Sometimes I just wonder how the world can look if we connect business and social in a more natural way, if we do not separate it into two different worlds, if we ask how to do business in a way that in every business activity we do we consider and include the social impact, too….
Silicon Indian Valley tour – Innovindia. A training on social entrepreneurship & innovative business models with impact
Just as a reminder: The next disruptive leadership experience is coming. Apply till 18 February at http://www.innovindia.org. What is Innovindia? This training week in rural India will be a real challenge to you and to your way to think innovative future business models. It shows ways on how you can combine what you aim for…
Splendid technology, but change needs much more
It is a very promising and interesting trend to invest into single social enterprises and into technology. If both “pieces”come together, it is even better and it does not take too long until everyone talks about it. Many conferences highlight these trends, especially when it comes to social enterprises and technical solutions – both are…
When teachers in the most colourful country of the world learn about colourblindness
“In the morning when I select my clothes it is a problem, I do not know whether the shirt I take is green or red or blue…” – this challenge of identifying well the colours should sound familiar to some of you or your friends and family members. Did you know that ca. 10% of…
Going back to India and challenging myself
It might be true: people who come the first time will hate it or love it. You come never back again or you can’t resist to come back again and again. For me India is the country of contrasts, the one where you can find everything and often you are confronted with extremes. Probably, that’s…
Moments with Social entrepreneurs in India – Edith Eliott teaching healthcare to caring relatives
In many cultures – not just in India – families of patients stay very close to them when they are in hospital: mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers spent entire day’s sitting close to the patient in the room and assist where possible. Often then many hours pass and they cannot do anything but being…
Go India, go future! 