It took nearly a year. It was the idea of some colleagues who had the chance some years back to visit in the MMH insights week or projects and activities, among them also some hygiene activities at schools in India and there they could interact with students. That’s were the idea to do some thing…
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A hybrid training on mental health with Indian social workers and NGO partners
Finally. After 18 months this was the first health training that we could run at our local partnership campus of the Karl Kuebel institute for development education (KKID) in rural South India. The past months we could support with food kits and hygiene measurements, but due to lockdowns and the overall situation it was not…
Women and men build our next MMH kindergarten
The kindergarten buildings are ready soon. At the moment the wall plastering is taking place. Get an idea on how women and men engage to finalize the building: video
More Health, Better Care – Two additional Making More Health kindergarten under construction
The Corona crisis is a huge challenge for the population, in the Indian cities and also in the villages. Also in our project area close to Coimbatore and the villages the situation is obvious: besides the risks of the virus itself the direct and indirect consequences are huge. The income situation in many families is…
The situation in our tribal villages – and joyful moments for the children
Selvaraj, our direct local support says: “Luckily at the moment there are no cases from our tribal villages. We have visited all the villages and distributed mask and soap. People are happy that we are distributing to them.So far no people are affected and we informed all the people, SHG members and community health workers…
Holistic empowerment goes beyond mask distribution
The Karl Kübel foundation (KKS) and Making More Health (MMH), a social entrepreneurial initiative driven by Boehringer Ingelheim have been supporting 20 local leaders from Vimuktha Federation. They women have participated in several health and hygiene awareness training sessions as well as in digital and income generation activities, among them also the production of soap….
Health and income generation trainings pay off – Selfhelp groups in India manage their communities in crisis times
So far our tailoring group women in Karamadai, South India have produced 4000 masks (out of 8000) and these are being distributed to the sanitary workers, self-help group women and people from interior tribal areas. In the tribal areas the masks are distributed along with the food kits. Here the need for food is very…
Tailoring masks for more health and family food
In Karamadai, close to Coimbatore, where we have been doing a lot of health trainings and income generation activities over the last five years, our Selfhelp group of tailoring women is very active: While producing masks they help others, but also themselves and their families. The income source is really needed to cover the food…
More than facts and figures – it’s only the reality that counts: so what happens after five years of making more health in India?
Last week Jorge, our video specialist, went to our tribal and suburban project areas in the Anaikatti area (close to Coimbatore, South India) and Coimbatore city to do a video of impact. After five years it is time to check how our activities and trainings last, which effect they have on the people on the…
Yes, we can! And do! When managers bring joy to our school children in Coimbatore, India
Christine, one of my colleagues at Boehringer Ingelheim who joined our Making more Health leadership week in last November, had a great idea: after visiting our schools where we run also hygiene programs with one of our Making More Health Fellows and where during the leadership week our managers had a very meaningful and insightful…
Go India, go future! 