Last weekend the Post Magazine of the South China Morning Post, brought a feature about our India trip - I posted already some of the stories previously but hope its still a good read:...
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Make it Happen – Educating Girls reduces poverty
Last Sunday, March 8 marked International Woman's Day. This years theme was: Make it happen! In time for this event, my last project: Education Explorers, has released the trailer of the upcoming documentary about girl education in India – check it...
Education Explorers – we reached Jaisalmer but the mission has only started!
The misty fort of Jaisalmer, like a gigantic sandcastle rising out of the desert, marked the end point of our rickshaw journey. With its last breath of life, both vehicles managed to get over the finish line. It was with mixed feelings that we handed over the keys and...
2000km of potholes, crazy buses and quite a few sharp corners
Key turned, Choke on, clutch pulled, Neutral in, then a heavy pull (a very heavy pull) on the Lever! …. and off we go: In the last ten days Sofia, Phil, Clare, Tom and myself have travelled more than 2000km - through 6 six states of India, over tiny country roads and...
per Rickshaw through India…
Two weeks ago I posted about my upcoming adventure in India… Yesterday we finally started - after preparing, pimping and tuning our Rickshaw Clare, Tom, Sofia, Phil and myself are off - 3000 km from Cochin, Kerala to Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Already, after having covered...
Let’s change the world (get 10,000 girls into school) – Education Explorers!
In my last blog I mentioned my trip to India - I spent a day in a rural village in northern Rajasthan and one of the most striking observation was the way woman were treated there. In general not even as second class citizens - no, they were third class citizens. Most...