Maltese pilgrimage to Rome
Disabled young people and their companions, a total of 30 people, traveled to Rome from October 15 to 20, 2016. There you took part in the Year of Mercy as part of a Maltese pilgrimage.
Renovation of day-care center "Dinoko"
No sweating, no shivering. A better future has begun for the little ones at the "Dinoko" daycare center in the densely populated township of Zandspruit, Johannesburg. With the support of the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation, the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the new daycare center for 85 children took place at the end of July 2016. Instead of corrugated iron huts, where it was unbearably hot in the summer months and [...]
Construction of rooms for an inclusive reception establishment
Collective integration. The Association Pour l'Innovation en Matière d'Intégration (APIMI) in France aims to promote the growing together of all children and the non-exclusion of children with disabilities - through "collective integration". APIMI directs the socio-educational and civic interest of children without disabilities and their families towards the care of children with disabilities and their families. [...]
New equipment for the Ronald McDonald house in Grosshadern
A colorful feel-good factor. The Ronald McDonald House was opened as a temporary home for families whose seriously ill children are being treated at Großhadern Hospital. It accommodates around 200 families every year. In 14 apartments, the house offers families enough space to be close to their children. For the 20th anniversary, the furnishings for the living room were donated by Regine [...]
Renovation of the orphanage
Protection from wind and weather. In the summer of 2014, the renovation of the Compassionate Orphanage Home in Lagos began with the financial support of "Tränchen Trocknen". When the team from Sixt Nigeria and Germany representative Sebastian Szautner arrived at the Compassionate Orphanage Home about a year later, all the children were dressed up. They prayed and asked for the [...]
Emergency Aid in Nepal
Start school. Immediately after the earthquake in Kathmandu in 2015, the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation, together with Malteser International, organized blankets and tents for those affected in the disaster region. The effects of the earthquake of the century hit the town of Bungamati particularly hard. The foundation therefore organized sustainable care there. In cooperation with the Honorary Consul General of [...]
Balkan Aid for the recent flood victims
Family life. The Bambi-Lane daycare center is in a picturesque location. On the outskirts of the small town of Loznica, in the far west of Serbia, on the banks of the River Stira. A paradise for children. But in spring 2014 came the shock: the Balkan flood of the century on May 18 and the following days tore the river from its bed and left a wave of devastation [...]
Support for a children's special education center
Strengthening perception. Since October 2013, children and young people with disabilities have been cared for and supported in just one day care center in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. Previously, the day care center was located in small basement rooms and the therapy practice in a separate small apartment five minutes away. With the support of the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation, the day care center and the therapy center [...]
TV screens for the DHZ
Hospital stays and sterile hospital atmosphere can be stressful confusing and scary for children. The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation supported the Deutsches Herzzentrum cardiac treatment center by purchasing and installing six monitors with DVD players in the treatment rooms to entertain the kids and relieve them from their stress.
Building accommodation for parents
Best care. Together with Mauritia Mack, wife of Europa-Park owner Jürgen Mack, and the glass and jewelry manufacturer Leonardo, the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation is supporting the construction of an urgently needed mother and parent house for the pediatric department at the university hospital in Santa Ana, El Salvador. El Salvador is a small, little-noticed country in Central America that has been ravaged by civil wars [...]
Equipment for workshops of the German children's hospice association
Excursions with overnight stays. The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation has supported the German Children's Hospice Association in the purchase of five mobile care beds and a manual suction pump. The care beds and suction pump are used in meetings and seminars of the German Children's Hospice Academy, in which children and young people with a life-shortening illness take part. Most of the participants have multiple disabilities and are dependent on wheelchairs, [...]
Expansion of the primary school
school. At 40 percent, young people make up the majority of the population in the Diourbel region of Senegal. Many demands are placed on the children, which prevent them from attending school. Less than half of seven to twelve-year-olds go to school. Among thirteen to eighteen-year-olds, the proportion is less than a third [...]