January 15, 2011. first of all sorry for not blogging for such a long time. it seems that short facebook updates come easier when on the road than the ‘proper’ blog post but rest assured, we always do our best to stay in touch regularly one way or another. they say plans work but only till the battle begins. our plans don’t seem t...

Wow, whoever has just taken action anonymously: thank you!!! Since we can’t thank you via direct mail, maybe this reaches you… We’re thrilled to have found a new sponsor in you that’s taken on a whopping 830km all by him- or herself. That’s 830km more on our journey for adequacy and in total, we’re now set for 1...

Hi everyone, We’ve just created a fundraising event on betterplace.org. It would mean a lot to us if you take a moment to check it out. With your help we’ve already been able to kick-off The Glass Half Full, which aims to shift focus from ‘eradicating poverty’ to creating the desired state: an adequate life for every communi...

December 1, 2010 Now that we got the bikes we will ride on for 12,000km through rural India, here’s a short story on how it all fell into place, and how so many friends helped us along… First it was the amazing Flyer bikes from Switzerland, with battery assist… we test rode them in their factory premises, and liked them immensely, but we had...

November 17, 2010 A few days ago during the photography workshop held for us by PhotographyONTHEMOVE, I got proposed to. To my surprise, it wasn’t some guy that was proposing. It was Narenama, a woman here in the village. I was quite shocked, she seemed to seriously consider. When I inquired with the help of some guys around why she wanted to...

November 6, 2010 It’s 6.30 pm and that means tuition time. Right now it’s the girls turn, mathematics is the subject. There is always a small bunch of kids who take up this opportunity very gladly and Kalyan does his best to mentor them through their homework and questions. There is nothing he expects back, not even cooperation. It woul...

Tuesday, 2nd Nov 2010. Surrounded by at least six kids in a distance of only some centimeters (they just give me enough room to move my fingers on the laptop and actually read every word out loud as I’m typing them), I am desperately trying to concentrate for a little while. Some 7-8 more girls are studying their English books in front of me...