“Everyone has two lives. The second starts when you realize you only have one.”- Confucius This quote from Confucius gets (a new) momentum with the Corona crisis. Sabriye and I are in Kerala, India where, since March 25th, 2020, there has been a 21-day national lockdown that affects 1.3 Billion people. What immediately struck us […]
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Quarterly Newsletter 4-2019 “Where is everybody when the children on the streets are crying? Where is everybody when the children on the street are dying? I see nobody when I look left or right. I see thousands of children when I look back from where I came and it is bleak and unclear when I
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Dear friends and supporters of kanthari, On the 27th of April 2019 we got a message that three Ugandese participants had missed their connecting flight and got stuck in Nairobi. When we requested for more details on whatsapp… no reply… Every year there are quite a bit of nerve wrecking moments when a new group
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Every year, from the beginning of January to the end of April, the kanthari campus is rather quiet. The sounds of birds, our dogs, jumping fish and quaking frogs are breaking the silence. However, this year is different: The campus and the entire property was used as much as possible. This year, the organization MAD
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Quarterly Newsletter 4-2018 HAPPY NEW YEAR! The wooden gate of the kanthari campus closes behind us. It is incredible how time flies, it seems like yesterday that we started the first kanthari leadership training in 2009. And now we just finalized the tenth course! During this special year we had a group of 23 participants from 13
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Dear supporters, friends, in our last quarterly newsletter we mentioned that the monsoon had arrived. At that time we didn’t know that it would lead to one of the worst floods in more than 100 years here in Kerala. Luckily, the water has receded but the damage that it left behind is tremendous. One of
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The monsoon has arrived and affects daily life in India. Mainly during the night it rains cats and dogs. The usually already lush landscape turns into a glowing splendor of colors. The average temperature is app 28 degrees Celsius. The mood on campus is high. Everywhere small groups of participants can be found, busy discussing,
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Worldwide, the year 2018 has experienced a quite turbulent start. With all the turmoil that many people are facing it is good to know that another batch of kantharis has returned home to make a positive impact in their communities. The jump “Run, jump and swim” this is the title of act 5, the start
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The sun has just set over the Vellayani lake in Kerala, South India. Despite the sun is no more visible, the heat remains. The difference with yesterday’s sunset is that today this scene is only witnessed by us and no-one else. The kanthari campus is completely empty. This year we had a special group of
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Quarterly newsletter 3-2017 Act Three is almost over. Everywhere you find participants with headphones and recording devices. From the sound studio we hear drums and a flute playing. All are in Radio-fever. The participants are working hard on the preparations of a 12 hours radio Marathon to save Vellayani lake, the beautiful fresh water body
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