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…
Tag: Tamil Nadu
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…
Modern city life and trendy bakery in Coimbatore
It’s a really seductive place, this bakery. Many sweets in all colors, shakes and different tea and coffee types, to go service for some typical South Indian dishes and many busy people from the city going in and out. People staying in Coimbatore love this place. It’s a trendy location close to many shops in…
New bags designed by tailoring women group in Karamadai, South India
It’s three years now that we started to train a women group on tailoring. The women have learned so much in these years: stitching, embroidery and tailoring in many ways. Together with them I produce a lot of our marketing material for our Making More Health Initiative here in Indis: soap bags, game pads for…
Chat and joy with teachers and children
In our project area in Tamil Nadu close to Coimbatore we reach out to schools, too. Together with our local NGO partner we support hygiene projects for three schools. Recently, our managers also came and engaged in hygiene games with the children. See this article Now, after the first two years, it’s time to include…
Goats and shoes for ShG women
Yesterday we had an exciting day in a tribal village here in Tamil Nadu, our project area. For four years now we have worked with many Self-help groups in many different trainings: health trainings, soap trainings, digital trainings. Some Self-help group women did very well. Time for some incentive, no? Due to the engagement of…
