We, as well as our customers, have it much better than many people in other parts of the world. Children in particular are subject to being the victims of wars and other disasters. We do not want to look away, but rather be committed and engaged. It is for this reason that we alternate our support of different child-related projects that urgently need assistance. Even if we are not able to solve all the problems, every bit counts and continually kindles awareness. We hope you share our view.
We have assisted the OrphanAid Africa Project in Ghana with € 16,000.
With the aim to support orphans and children in need of protection in Ghana, OA was founded in Ghana in October 2002. The work was first deemed essential in improving the living conditions in orphanages, and a private orphanage was founded. Today we know, however, that 90% of the 4,500 children living in orphanages in Ghana, some under catastrophic conditions, are not orphans! Poor families send their children to orphanages as they see this as the only way to secure the childrens's survival. Therefore OA believes sustained commitment for the children's good in Ghana may exist only in supporting the families and communities so that children have the chance to grow up with their families. Today the work of OA focuses on the reintegration of children and on the support of their families. In addition, OA conducts a separate children's village in Ayenyah for those children who can not return to her family because of personal fate and circumstances.
www.oafrica.org
We have donated € 12,000 to the UNICEF project "Schools for Africa".
Every child has the right to an education. But in African regions south of the Sahara, about one in three children is not in school, even to the present day. Many families are too poor to pay for their children's school supplies. Rural schools in particularly are often overcrowded, poorly equipped or simply too far away. There is also a lack of qualified teachers. The AIDS epidemic exacerbates the situation. UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Hamburg Society for the Promotion of Democracy and International Law therefore launched the campaign "Schools for Africa," whose aim it is to ensure that children in altogether eleven African countries obtain a good, basic education. UNICEF supports the construction of additional classrooms, provides school supplies and trains teachers. The aim is that all schools should become "child-friendly".
www.unicef.de/aktionen/schulenfuerafrika/
We have donated € 5,300 to the project "Miteinander Hoffnung pflanzen" ("Plant Hope Together").
Palanagavanu, located in southern Tanzania, is the sister community of the protestant church of our neighboring village Markt Schwaben and embodies the principles of mutual giving, taking and learning. Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world, therefore it is supported in many ways through this project: AIDS education is carried out, tuition aid is provided and training is supported; students are supported with school materials and nurseries are built. In addition, goods such as clothing, vehicles, machines, materials or tools are collected and sent to Tansania as needed.
www.evangelisch-marktschwaben-poing.de/partnerschaft/palangavanu.html
We have assisted the "Baobab Family Project" with € 1,500.
The orphan children's home in Mikindani (southeast of Kenya) was the first project of the "Baobab Family". It became a new family for 31 boys who were mostly orphans and street children. These children are now living in the "Baobab Children's Home" along with Kenyan social workers and are attending school, so that they can look towards an independent future.
baobab-family-project.org/Mikindani-Kinderhaus.12.0.html
We have donated € 1,200 to UNICEF for AIDS orphans in Mozambique.
In Mozambique, there is hardly a family spared of AIDS: Nearly one in six Mozambicans between the ages of 15 and 49 years is HIV-positive, representing a total of 1.5 million people. More than 500,000 children have already lost their mother or both parents to AIDS, and 35,000 babies are born HIV-positive every year. UNICEF provides support to the communties so that the many orphaned children can be cared for. UNICEF also helps to improve medical care for HIV-positive children, prevent the transmission of the virus to newborns, and educate youth.
www.unicef.de/index.php?id=161
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