kanthari in the media
“Through kanthari, I have learned how to make a good pitch, write proposals, fundraising and financial management, communication and leadership. My dream project was shaped during the course of the training and it was an excellent opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with people from around the world.”
Alfred Okello (Uganda) 2017 kanthari participant – founder of Otet Uganda
On this page you find links to several articles/videos/podcast that have been published about the work of kanthari and/or kanthari graduates.
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2024
– On the occasion of international women’s day, an article was published in The Hindu
– An article about the life saving work of Anumuthu (2017 kanthari) was published in the New Indian Express
– A blog post was published by the Knodel Foundation
– And read about kanthari on The Better India
2023
– Former Cabinet Secretary and author. K.M. Chandrasekhar wrote an article in the New Indian Express “Crossing continents with drive and a dream“
– Sanjana Samraj, an Indian Educator made the following video:
A REVOLUTIONARY Leadership Program in India! MUST WATCH For Aspiring Leaders!
The Dutch Euriade Foundation awards kantharis founders with the Martin Buber Plaquette
Humanitarian Entrepreneur podcast: paul kronenberg: Being Part of the SolutionThe Kerala TV news channel N24 portrayed kantharis environmental activities.
Vision Beyond Sight (india)
2022
– Yampier Aguiar Durañona interviewed several kantharis for his Giraffe Heroes podcast:
– Niwas Kumar – Breaking out of binary concepts – India
– Nematullah Ahangosh – Taliban in Afghanistan and we are here (Afghanistan)
– Cavin Odera – Jaboya – fishing in dangerous waters (Kenya)
– Tobi Adegbite – recyclers of waste (Nigeria)
– Sabriye and Paul were guests in Erik Weihenmayer’s NO BARRIERS podcast
– Local TV covered kanthari on International Women’s Day
– Jane Waithera’s fight against the stigma of albinism – Deutsche Welle-TV
– In January kanthari was awarded the Bharat Sevak Samaj Award
– The Indian vlogger Sai Sharma, made a video clip about kanthari
2021
– Yampier Aguiar Durañona interviewed paul kronenberg ‘life is too important to get stuck’ Stick Your Neck out podcast.
– Smita Tharoor interviewed Sabriye Tenberken for her Stories of Unconscious Bias podcast
– This Institute in T’puram is training people from socially challenged backgrounds to empower others just like them – Indian Express
-Dr. Heidi Forbes-Oste interviewed Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg: listen to the Global Nomad Hacks podcast
– several kantharis were interviewed by Yampier Aguiar Durañona of the Giraffe Heroes Foundation Stick Your Neck Out podcasts. Click on the links to listen to each episode:
– Njeke Joshua Egbe – Peace Crops for Cameroon
– Carolina Ortiz – The hummingbird, (Bolivia)
– Sherin Noordheen – The strength to live (India)
– Sanoj NT – Dangerous life by the tracks, India
– KR Raja – A shared sentence, breaking the circle of crime (India)
– Meghana Raveendra – kanthari network of change and knowledge
– Pynhoi Tang’s Sapphire Early Intervention Center (India)
– Gumisai Bonzo’s Transgender Realities (Zimbabwe)
– Robert Malunda’s Gateway to Elation (Zimbabwe)
– Tiffany Brar – Leading to the light
– Lawrence Afere – OMLA, creating a new Africa
– Anja Paffenzeller – To Fly like Bats (Brasil)
– Harriet Kamashanyu’s Rhythm of Life (Uganda)
– Lorena Julio’s message of inclusion and equality (Latin America)
– Limbi Tata Blessings’ Ecological Balance for Cameroon
– Aparna and Ruang addressing cultural taboos (India/Thailand)
– Yoshimi Horiuchi about the power of books (Thailand)
– Jane Waithera’s Positive Exposure (Kenya)
– Karthikeyan’s Sristi Village, changing attitudes (India)
– Faruk Musema’s Reverse Inclusion (Uganda)
– Kapila Rasnayake’s World without Gender (Sri Lanka)
-Gram Tinashe Makwarimba – Invisible Women (Zimbabwe)
– Sarita Lamichhane – Sarita fights back (Nepal)
– Akhina Mohan – Stand up and speak – alarmo (India)
– Abhilash John – the Great Indian Treasure Hunt (India)
– Precious Kiwiti – To hell and back (Zimbabwe)
– Sabriye Tenberken was interviewed by Amanda Bakker in the Female Boss podcast
– An article written by Pragya Raut about the kanthari campus was published in the ecopreneur
– an article with the title ‘A spicy change – kanthari, Kerala, India was published on exchangetheworld
– The Indian vlogger, Sai Sethu published a video about Sabriye Tenberken on his ‘Stay on the Ground’ channel:
2020:
The Giraffe Heroes Foundation, an organisation who highlights the work of exceptional change makers, has featured several kantharis in podcasts. Click on the links to listen:
– Trevor Molife from Zimbabwe, founder of Purple Hand Africa who works with the LGBTQI community
– Sristi KC from Nepal, founder of Blind Rocks! Who works to empower the blind.
– Tony Joy from Nigeria, founder of Durian who works on children and women empowerment- Abhijit Sinha from India, founder of ProjectDEFY who works on alternative education
– Ojok Simon from Uganda, founder of Hive Uganda, who trains blind people in beekeeping
– Empowering the Marginalized, interview with Sabriye.
kanthari was also covered in MadeHerStory
An article about kanthari was published in Newzhook
On the Remarkable Path from War Orphan to Peace Builder – Peter Adeeko, Soulace Africa: imamediation
This duo is helping marginalized drive social change in their communities with its leadership program: your story
Tiffany Brar bags Holman Prize 2020 – The New Indian Express
Inspirational Men: Building a Village For Those Without a Home – Stories of Change – Anumuthu
Environment: Creating 26 Unique Forests in Tamil Nadu – Stories of Change – Ragunath
Become a spicy change maker: Deccan Herald
27-YO Lawyer Quits it All to Help 2000+ Bihar Farmers Succeed Via Agroforestry – The Better India
2019:
“kanthari Spread the Spice” and article in The Hindu
An article about kanthari was posted on the website of The Pollination Project
A long article in Malayalam was published in The Better India
An article about kanthari in Malayalam in the in TheManorama
Joint efforts to keep Vellayani Lake Alive in The Hindu
2018:
– Every day between five and seven in the evening participants and catalysts clean the lake.
The future of Lake Vellayani is in the hands of all of us.
An article about lending the lake a helping hand was published in the Hindu and can be read here
– “A Journey from Being Marginalised to Becoming Fierce Leaders” – The Stories of Change
– Imperfection is the mother of invention” – Deccan Herald Bangalore
– On the third of March 2018, an article about kanthari with the title Sea Change was published in the Deccan Herald
2017:
“Once the world understands the power of imperfection, discrimination will Vanish”, Sabriye Tenberken in the Times Of India
Women are from Mars – OUTLOOK
kanthari helps people realize their vision – The Hindu
MIG – les handicapes en Inde
2016:
Change Agent kanthari Deccan Chronicle
http://unbindarch.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/architecture-for-humanity-kanthari/
Dream Factory in The Week
Peel en Maas – paul kronenberg over kanthari
2015:
The ‘stinging’ Change Agents Tehelka Magazine, India
Peacewomen: article in The Moon Magazine
Sandi Klein – Interviews with creative women
Women’s History month – Visually impaired women
Freitagsbloggers – Die Traumefabrik von Kerala
Post Magazine – accessibility
Go India – visit at kanthari
Blista: Frueher war ich behindert, jetzt nur noch blind
Vogue business: nachgefragt bei Sabriye Tenberken
2014:
A School, and a Future, for Blind Children
Interview with Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg at Wharton University in Jan 2014
Sabriye Tenberken trains the people who wants to change the world
Article in the CS Monitor: January 2014 Christian Science Monitor newspaper
Interview on 51%
Author Interview: Rosemary Mahoney, For The Benefit of Those Who See
WINGS Fellow Sabriye Tenberken spoke about her latest work in India
Phenomenal Woman: Sabriye Tenberken
2013:
kanthari and Social Entrepreneurship
‘The world is more beautiful for me now’
Chillies that make a difference to the world
The birth of a vision
kanthari: a Leadership Training Institute for Those Who Wish to Create a Better Society
Woman Unusual
UST Global and kanthari International
2012:
Dreams without borders: A sustainable model for social change
Changing Mindsets
Sabriye Tenberken: A true ‘kanthari’
The women behind the IISE (kanthari)
2011:
a-tempo: eine chance fuer Visionen
kanthari in the media