Projects

The project region Arusha is located in northeastern Tanzania. Here, a large number of children live in difficult and poverty-stricken conditions. In order to help these children and at the same time to develop the community as a whole, we want to build an innovative school center with a special focus on sustainability, environmental protection and integration.

To counteract the difficult labor market situation in Uganda, teachers are being trained at 12 secondary schools to introduce young people to entrepreneurship, develop product ideas with them and support them in setting up businesses.

In 1992, Florencia “Dona Lili” Bonilla founded the Colegio Enriquillo in a poor suburb of Puerto Plata with the goal of providing the children living there with access to a quality education that would pave the way for them to receive a university scholarship. The school building of “Lilis School” has become dilapidated over the years and no longer meets the requirements of the government for a private school.

Access to education is particularly difficult for traumatized children, who are often limited in their cognitive development because their experiences impair their development and make it difficult for them to learn and concentrate. These children find the support they need at Peniel English Higher Primary School. Through specially tailored educational programs, they are not only accompanied on their educational path, but are also supported holistically.

Due to the earthquake on February 6, 2023, families in the northern Syrian refugee camps lost what little they had left after fleeing other parts of the country. Their tents, mattresses, blankets and small stoves were destroyed in the earthquake, their tents collapsed over their heads. Blankets and mattresses lay unprotected in the snow for hours and soaked up dirty water.
Nine tent schools of our partner organization were also destroyed.

In the past 20 years, coastal pollution in southern Mexico has increased dramatically. Plastic waste washes up on the beaches every day, severely affecting flora and fauna. At the same time, overfishing of the oceans is contributing to an ever-decreasing income for local fishermen in the region.

The project in the former township of Katutura combats two core problems: malnutrition and the resulting difficult learning conditions for children and young people.

Statistically, each child in the township experiences an average of eight traumatic events per year. Also at iThemba Primary School we can observe again and again that many children are inhibited in their development by traumatic experiences and need special support to process these experiences.

Since 2019, unemployed young people and returned migrants have been finding new perspectives for an independent future through an apprenticeship in agriculture. The goal of the project is long-term financial independence from subsidies. To this end, the project is to be expanded in 2023.

The comprehensive child protection programme offers street children a point of contact, a safe place to stay, regular and balanced meals, medical care, clothing and help in processing their traumas.

The children’s home Hogar Maria Luisa takes care of children who have been in danger and offers them a home where they feel safe to develop their full potential and prepare them for their future.

In this project for digital reading assistance, the reading and language skills of children and young people are supported through innovative approaches. The fun of reading and the good feeling that someone outside the family is taking time alone for the child are conveyed in a playful way.