At 7 am some children already wait in front of the door of this drop-in center. Some of the children look very tired and want to sleep, others look forward to staying and playing together in the upcoming hours; a few of them are still under drugs. But they all have one common aim: washing,…
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Traveling to the Philippines and India
It’s time to travel again. There might be many reasons: People and friendships. Ongoing projects in collaboration with NGOs. Pleasure, destiny, attraction. Maybe even a kind of obsession to travel and to understand a little bit more of this world. What’s on the agenda? It will be a social and business travel again. A combination…
A heartwarming co-existence with cows, dogs & goats in India’s cities
Cows, dogs, even monkeys and goats are a natural part of India’s cities and present everywhere – even in the metropolis like Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. This might be surprising and unusual for tourists who visit the subcontinent for the first time. But it takes only a short while unless one gets used to it….
Colours in Ahmedabad – the kite festival
Incredible India, incredible colourful country! Who still has some doubts whether India is the most colourful country of the world, should come to Ahmedabad and see… It’s a day before the annual kite festival will take place. In the streets of the city there is a very specia atmosphere. I have come to Ahmedabad…
A service is a service… when a European stays in India
It’s winter in India and with these fantastic day temperatures it is a pleasure to walk around and to visit the country as long as … you can manage the overall existing air conditioning. Having AC can be fantastic with other temperatures. Now in Indian winter times it can become a problem. But…
A stop at Delhi airport & a shopping surprise in the very early morning
Going from Europe to India means mostly to arrive after midnight and – in case Delhi, Chennai or Mumbai are not the final destination – to spend a few hours in one of these airports before being able to continue the travel. This is what happened to me today, too. So I arrived around…
Indian friendships and a next exposure trip with managers
I’m happy to be back to Tamil Nadu, back to the tribal women and villages and to a different part of the world where some things just are seen and done differently. It’s somehow about coming back to the roots, to be closer to earth – a good experience after four months in the “modern”…
My 11 moments in Romania
It was my first travel to Romania and I stayed just a few days in Iasi, an university City in the North-East of the country. These are my moments describing the country as I perceived it. Related content Want to get…
To be or not to be – The poor who do not exist
I was never confronted with the poverty of non- existence, the full ignorance by officials to exist. But exactly that was the case I experienced in Romania Often poor families and individuals stay just among others, in crowded living surroundings, in the middle of the cities. Some are even more ‘visible’ and stay in suburbs in between, in…