kanthari

Founded in 1999, kanthari is a non-profit association based in Swisttal, Germany working on community development, education, disability +4 more.

kanthari is a leadership training institute in Kerala, South India, founded in 2005 by Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg. It trains social change makers, many of whom have themselves experienced exclusion, poverty, violence or discrimination, to build and lead their own social ventures. The 12-month curriculum, organised in five acts, combines practical learning, playful elements and a team-based community project phase. Since 2009, the institute reports having trained 323 social visionaries from 57 countries, who have gone on to found more than 210 initiatives. The campus in Kerala is known for its environmentally friendly architecture. The institute is supported by the Förderkreis kanthari e.V., a German association founded in 1999 as Förderkreis Blindenzentrum Tibet e.V. The association, based in Swisttal near Bonn, raises donations and memberships, and its donations are tax-deductible. Its roots lie in Braille Without Borders, which ran a school for blind children in Tibet from 1998 until 2018.