Video of the month: urban farming in Singapore
Social enterprise initiative in Singapore – urban farming I like it. The urban farms you see when visiting huge cities such as New York, Berlin or Singapore. These surprising green small parts between...
View ArticleTwoandahalfweeks in India – tribal dance (video)
I have taken this video during the stay at the tribal village in Tamil Nadu, India. The lady is 75 years old. Unbelievable how she moves and spreads energy … Without doubt, that is my video of the...
View ArticleThe coconut tree climber and a curious thing (video)
During our visit to the Tamil Nadu agricultural university (TNAU) we learnt that coconut harvesting can be dangerous. Not just because coconuts can fall on your head… Traditionally, for climbing up and...
View ArticleMobile phones give access to local healthcare
The use of mobile phones has reached every part of this world. Also in the most rural areas of developing countries there are people who own a mobile and use it whenever possible. Before any domestic...
View ArticleHow an iron fish can change a huge health problem
Anemia is a huge problem in the developing world. In many countries. Iron deficiency is the cause of weakness and impairs cognitive development in children. The Lucky Iron Fish™ is a social...
View ArticleVideo of the month: Building a culture of health
A culture of health: The world is complex and making health, as well. Building a culture of health means more than just giving a medicine, a doctor’s visit or building hospitals: it is also about...
View ArticleLight means life. Light means loss.
Without doubt, light means life. Light has an incredible influence on our lives. In a positive way. Safety, enabling us to move quickly and continuing with activities that a century ago simply were...
View ArticleIndia: Healthcare in rural areas is expensive, but this could change
The long walk, the cost of loss of earnings of the day, the price of staying in the city when treatment is needed, and the cost of a relative coming with the patient to support any treatment needed –...
View ArticleIndia. Meeting tribal women. Life, chances and challenges. A trailer
Impressions that stay. TrailerFiled under: change and society, India, social impact, video & mobile, Women
View ArticleThe light bag – simple idea, huge impact
Light is essential. And has a huge impact also on education and how poor children can study. The light backpack offers the opportunity to study when the daylight has gone. But just have a look: Video:...
View ArticleThe soap bus ticket – an idea that can change a lot
When I came across this video I thought this is really amazing – a bus ticket that serves not just as a a ticket but even as soap. Bus tickets – that’s an item everyone has access to. Every day …...
View ArticleIndia: Healthcare in rural areas is expensive, but this could change
The long walk, the cost of loss of earnings of the day, the price of staying in the city when treatment is needed, and the cost of a relative coming with the patient to support any treatment needed –...
View ArticleIndia. Meeting tribal women. Life, chances and challenges. A trailer
Impressions that stay. TrailerFiled under: change and society, India, social impact, video & mobile, Women
View ArticleThe light bag – simple idea, huge impact
Light is essential. And has a huge impact also on education and how poor children can study. The light backpack offers the opportunity to study when the daylight has gone. But just have a look: Video:...
View ArticleTalking to an artist from Cochin, India
I’m back in India. It’s Saturday morning and before going back to our project area in the hinterland of Coimbatore I talk to a few local people at Fort Cochin, in Cochin: Here are the famous Chinese...
View ArticleTalking about life at a handicrafts shop in Cochin
It’s one of the bigger handicrafts shops at Fort Cochin. One of those shops where during the high season tourists from all over the world stop to buy some souvenirs from India. But today there are...
View ArticleUsing a game: income generation and more for selfhelp group women
“It was in 1977 that we have started to put a lot of energy into social work and to set up Self help groups and skill trainings for poor women from urban, rural and tribal areas around Karamadai,” Rev....
View ArticleA billbed for homeless – How the advertising industry can create a better world
Just imagine how many people do not have a home, no house where to go and sleep at night. In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, but also in many other countries of the world people must sleep on the streets,...
View ArticleUnderstanding Social entrepreneurship – make it part of your daily activities!
Have you heard about social entrepreneurship? You still wonder what it is all about? There might be different interpretations and understanding on what it is all about. Different ways to emphazing...
View ArticleThe most important word in Ladakhi and teatime with Bardi
Ladakh ma-demo duk! Ladakh is very nice! And it’s people, too. When I walk along the Old Road in Leh, Bardi stops me and simply asks if I want a tea. He is sitting in front of his small, but …...
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