Education for refugee children
Girl power. Since the beginning of 2018, five-year-old Nasran has been attending preschool at the "Educational Center" in the Bekaa Valley near the capital Beirut. With the help of the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation TRÄNCHEN TROCKNEN and ora Kinderhilfe international e.V., a preschool and a primary school for refugee children from Syria have been successfully opened in Lebanon. Especially for girls [...]
Renovation and equipment of a school
Education for refugee children. The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation, together with its project partner Habitat for Humanity Germany in Beirut, was able to renovate and re-equip a school for Syrian and Pakistani refugee children. The facility benefits 1,500 refugee children aged between 3 and 14, 50 of whom are children with special needs.
Construction of a children's care center
A safe haven. "Lerato" means love. It is also the name of the daycare center founded by Nancy Letswolo in 2014. "Lerato" looks after 45 children every day. In addition, the founder Nancy and her five employees look after 150 orphans after school hours. The daycare center is located in the South African township of Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. Together with the Christian-humanitarian foundation [...]
Education for slum children
Opportunities through education. The "Happy Child Education Center" is a small school for 45 children in Kabiria, a slum area on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. With the support of various foundations, a two-storey building was erected there, which serves as a preschool, as well as an extra toilet block. In addition to the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation, the following are involved in this educational and social project [...]
Construction of a school in Mkenda
Enabling learning. Mkenda is a small village in southern Tanzania, home to many people who fled Mozambique during the civil war, both Muslims and Christians. Thanks to some compassionate sisters, there is already a well-attended kindergarten. To enable these children to continue their education after kindergarten, the Reiner Meutsch Foundation [...]
Renovation of the orphanage
Loving orphanage. Although there is a sad story behind every child at the Crèche Coeur Immaculé de Marie orphanage, the nuns always manage to catch the little orphans. The "Filles de Marie" order has been working in Mauritius for 150 years. With the help of 18 employees, four nuns of the order now look after 30 children aged between zero [...]
Construction of a kindergarten
The Devoir school is located in Agoè-Zongo, a poor suburb of Lomé, the capital of Togo. It was founded in 1997 as an elementary school and has been looked after and supported by the association "Mon Devoir e.V." from Freiburg since 2007. The expansion of the school to include a kindergarten had been on the association's wish list for some time, as the main goal is to [...]
A new garden for the Kochendörfer Mother-and-Child Home
The Kochendörfer mother and child home not only provides children, young people and adults with a safe temporary home, but also a place where they can develop. The atmosphere here is characterized by emotional warmth, positive appreciation, transparency and authenticity. To ensure that the residents can continue to feel at home here in the future, the interiors have been designed according to the Reggio principle "The [...]
Support for day care centre in Uganda
Children with physical or mental disabilities have a very difficult time in Uganda. And although efforts are now being made to promote inclusion, there is still a lack of support and resources for children with special needs and their families, especially their mothers. That's why some mothers from Uganda's capital Kampala got together, rented a house and [...]
Redesign and renovation of a playground
Before its renovation, the playground was partly dilapidated and therefore no longer safe. In a joint project, Malteser International and the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation renovated it. Some of the play equipment was repaired and some replaced. As part of the redesign, the playground was also made barrier-free so that children in wheelchairs can now play together [...].
New equipment for a special kindergarten and day nursery
Promoting development. There is a lack of facilities for children and young people with physical and mental disabilities in Mongolia. There is also often a lack of specialist advice and treatment. There are only a few contact points for parents of children with disabilities and only a few kindergarten places for children with mental and/or physical disabilities and only a few non-governmental organizations that [...]
Construction of the "Corner of Peace" St. Lucia
Creating relaxation. The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation supports the violence prevention project on St. Lucia. The aim of the project is to prevent violence among children, especially boys. The construction of a "peace corner" is aimed at boys who use violence as an outlet for frustration. Acts of violence are often associated with a slide into crime and drug abuse. The peace corner is intended to encourage [...]