Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 hours 37 minutes
Did you think a park bench was just a spot to rest and have a conversation with a friend? They can be much more. Find out how park benches are used to overcome loneliness and help to bridge the age gap in this episode. Sources: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/second-grader-buddy-bench_n_4378248.html - last download 14/08/21; https://www.ted.com/talks/dixon_chibanda_why_i_train_grandmothers_to_treat_depression#t-721582 – last download 12/04/19; https://www.friendshipbenchzimbabwe...
In today's episode you'll meet teacher Mohammed Ayub, who created a free school for all girls and boys from the slums in Islamabad. We'll also discover why the colour yellow is essential when it comes to bridging the religious divide between Muslims and Christians in Kenya. Sources: https://www.colourinfaith.com - last download 14/08/21; https://www.ted.com/talks/nabila_alibhai_why_people_of_different_faiths_are_painting_their_houses_of_worship_yellow - last download 14/08/21;https://www...
What's at the core of a civilization? In this episode we're going to answer this question in a very pragmatic fashion by looking at a community project in Lebanon and by discovering how a tether may be more than just a way of physically connecting people. Links on becoming a guide: For Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Singpore, the UK: https://www.attendly.com/guide-running-with-blind-or-visually-impaired-runners/ - last download: 27/08/21. For Germany: https://www...
Can you run a business based on trusting your customers? Can you build trust in communities that have experienced conflict and war? The answers to these two questions will bring you to a bakery in Saudi Arabia and the Hand in Hand school and community project in Israel. Give it a listen, it's worth it. Trust me. Sources: The Honest Bakery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmI_LM7O3Bc – last download: 26/08/21. https://saudigazette.com...
If you worked in the film business and had worked with Hollywood greats like Brad Pitt - would you leave that life behind to go to Auroville, South India to start an NGO? That's exactly what Fif Fernandes did...
Courage. It's one of the essential ingredients if you want change: change yourself, your environment, or society at large. Meet the Rebels With a Cause of this episode: Francis Ogweng, a police officer and feminist who fights for gender equality in Uganda. "Dismantling the patriarchal culture of men is not easy as this is their comfort zone. To date many people make fun of me, they call me names, they think I am not a real man – but I don’t care, nothing they say discourages me...
What do therapists, FBI negotiators and people who build bridges across social divides have in common?They know und use the secret that turn a (sometimes difficult) conversation into game changing one. These days social gaps are visible everywhere and societies all over the world struggle how to bridge them...
Can patience make a difference? Can it have an impact? And even more pressingly: can being patient be fun? Find out the answers to these questions and discover how patience got popular at a supermarket chain in the Netherlands, and why it plays a role in bridging the age gap in a language school in Brazil. And should you be in a hurry: The impact of patience depends on two things: How patient are you when it comes to others and how patient are you when it comes to yourself...
What's your relationship like with money? Do you have enough money? Does money come easy to you? Do you believe that money is the root of all evil? There are so many concepts around money - after all money makes the world go round. Most often we relate to our own sense of selfworth to the amount of money we make. Value and money seem to be invariably linked. But that doesn't need to be the case...
Have you ever bought a caffè sospeso, a pending coffee? Have you ever invited a stranger over for Sunday lunch? We all know that having a drink with a friend or sharing a meal with our family is one of the easiest way to deepen our human connections. But it can also be a life-changing experience...