Corona Blog

Another Death Toll By Chacko Jacob, a kanthari catalyst (At kanthari instead of teachers or professors, we work with catalysts. Catalysts are not teachers in a conventional way, they are experts in one or the other subject, willing to exchange knowledge with participants who strive to becomes experts in their chosen fields.) With cases of […]

“No water, no farmers. No farmers, no food.” John Mwangi, a 2016 kanthari, grew up in Kibera, one of Nairobi’s largest slums. His family, father, mother and 7 more siblings lived a little tin hut. John’s father often told the children how the family had ended up in the slum. They originated from a very

Finding Purpose Eight years ago, at the kanthari campus, we had a lively discussion about the question “what is meaningful work?” Many of our graduates set up their own training programs and centers for very specific target groups. They ask themselves what kind of training is meaningful and sustainable. How can I convince young people

Turn trash to treasure On the 12th day of the lock-down, I actually wanted to talk to Tosin about domestic violence. But instead I got information on a different and also very pressing topic: The hunt for food. But first about Tosin, a very interesting woman and founder of the organization “Turn Trash To Treasure”.

In the safety of the family? I have spoken to some of our kantharis about impacts of lockdowns on family situations. Ruang from Thailand, a 2018 kanthari graduate said: “Family and home takes on a whole new meaning in times of the lockdown. The home can become a prison, everyone is at the mercy of

Vision 2020, THE RIGHT TO SIGHT! Twenty-one years ago, when we had just opened our preparatory school for the Blind in Tibet, we were invited by ICEVI to attend a conference in Beijing, with the promising name “Vision 2020”. ICEVI, the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment is a network of organisations

The good ones go into the pot, the bad ones go into your crop? Karthik, a 2012 kanthari graduate, sent me an article this morning titled: “People with Down syndrome could be left to die of Corona virus to ‘save’ medical supplies”. The article, published in Metro reads: “New guidance published by Alabama officials says