The glass half full

Hey everyone. Wiebke here. My birthday + welfare party turned fundraiser was the most fun birthday, I’ve ever celebrated. The small organic/vegan cafe and co-working venue Yorck52 was bursting at times and brimming with the energy of the diverse crowd til 4am. The fleamarket items disappeared at a steady rate, the lottery yielded some 60...

As you can imagine, the journey ahead of us is not a walk in the park. A lot has happened since Kalyan and I first met in India in May this year. We’ve been fundraising, choosing our first partners, drafting the route of our journey and refined the theory and concept behind TGHF further. Here, you will be hearing from us in detail during the...

Hey again, Wiebke here. It’s party time in Berlin!! On 2nd of October, we will celebrate the kick-off of our initiative, the name change from Folks on Spokes to The Glass Half Full and yes, my birthday and wanting to say good-bye before disappearing also had to do with it. We have cake & coffee, a flea market, free bicycle repairs, an...

Hey there. My name is Wiebke. Welcome to The Glass Half Full. It’s been a long ride even before we’re starting our journey to map the social conditions of rural India and I thought, I’d tell you how all of this came about. I’ve only been to ‘Incredible India’ twice. But this country with the most warm and hospita...

We’ve been blessed right from the start with support from our respective networks, friends and family. A big thank you to all of you who support us in this very early stage of this initiative. It’s often only the bravest and boldest who dare to “bet on an unknown horse”, the ones who choose to believe it’s necessary to...