What Meghana Raveendra is writing on the Kanthari Blog brings one of the key questions for effective positive change to the point: will social change makers around the globe be able to form a movement or will they sooner or later be cornered as freaks and fall victim to Orwellian type of standardization and sterilization permeating politics at large during these times? We feel with her and that shared feeling had brought about our partnership with Kanthari since last year…… f.n. knock knock knock – By Meghana Raveendra “Networking is not about just connecting people. It’s about connecting people with Read More
Tag: Change Makers
Biden’s Inauguration Speech
It wasn’t a lecture, it wasn’t advertising – it was a speech living up to the moment. Let’s hope for the best…: Full video. David Brooks writes about this: “…. The salient divisions in the Biden era won’t just be left versus right. They will be between the performers, the people who run for office to get on TV, and the builders, the people who want to achieve something. They will be between the fantasists, the people who lie and fabricate, and the realists, the people who are attached to reality. They will be between the narcissists (Ted Cruz) and Read More
GHF 2020 and 21
Friends: The Giraffe-Heroes Foundation is looking back at a year full of surprises – in many ways. One thing is for sure, our slogan, Where there are Giraffes there is Hope, perhaps has never been more fitting than during these days….. We devoted a lot of time and resources to our Giraffe for Climate Adaptation – The Bees and Trees Initiative – . Even though the crowd-funding campaign was without success, the cooperation among Dimi Dumortier, Hendrik Haers, André Wermelinger, Chris Malins, Cosco and ourselves was much of a reward and produced a good understanding of how to cooperate in Read More
Kanthari – Sabriye Tenberken: Giraffe Heroe and her Giraffe Incubator
It is amazing what Sabriye & Paul have got together and it is fascinating to listen to Sabriye talking about how it came all to happen. The perfect match for the Giraffe-Heroes-Project. Convince yourself: ‘”The biggest danger is not to dream big and fail but to dream small and succeed.” In case you have no Spotify access you may listen on our website directly: kanthari-empowering-the-marginalised/