Construction of a school in Ukunda
Achieving academic advancement. Mekaela Ratinga Junior School is located near the town of Ukunda, a coastal town with a population of around 50,000. It was founded around three years ago by a Kenyan and expanded with the financial support of two German couples. In August 2014, the two couples transferred the school to Mekaela Academies, an umbrella organization of several [...]
Equipment for children's center fairplay
The British aid organisation 'Fairplay' supports children and young people up to the age of 25. Many of them have severe disabilities. The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation supported the organisation with the financing of play and sports equipment as well as the organisation of events. The aim is to give young people an understanding of sport and fitness in a playful way.
Science room for girls' school
The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation supports the establishment of a science classroom at the A-Tur Girls' School in Jerusalem. Before, the lack of a classroom had a negative impact on the level of scientific learning at the school. And this despite the fact that today, especially for girls scientific education, plays a more and more important role.
New school care center for Sinti and Roma children
Social competence. Together with the Order of Malta, we are rehabilitating and expanding a school for Roma and Sinti children in Tarnabod. Together with the humanitarian aid organization of the Order of Malta, the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation is enabling the expansion of the learning center for Roma children in Tarnabod, Hungary. The aim is to offer the children a good education and at the same time ensure intensive care. [...]
Expansion of a preschool for children from broken families
Safe learning. Together with Malteser International, we are expanding the Don Bosco boarding school by building a preschool for boarding school children aged between four and six from low-income and unstable homes near Mexico City. The school is a reliable place for the children to learn social skills, knowledge and values in a safe environment where they can [...]
Four new classrooms in the street children center
Offering a new home. The Salesians of Don Bosco have been active in Namibia since 1998 and work in Rundu, the country's second largest city. The number of street children and AIDS orphans aged between nine and 17 in Rundu is growing steadily. The country is one of the five countries in the world most affected by HIV/Aids. Many children live [...]
Improving the playground at Salbgerhaus
The Salberghaus is a professionally recognized Children and Youth Services facility with diverse inpatient, partially inpatient, and outpatient services for children aged under 10 years. In addition to the care and support of children, the advice, guidance, and support of parents and families is an important part of the work. To make the stay for the children as pleasant as possible, the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation renewed the playground. A beech hedge was created for privacy from the street and to delimit the terraces for the special education center. Furthermore, the children at the Salberghaus received colourful Easter baskets as part of the Sixt visit in 2016.
Renovation of Day Care Center Mahou
Learn better, play more freely. "I am totally moved when I see how the children use their imagination and skills to make window curtains out of paper or build musical instruments out of crown corks and empty shoe polish tins under these simple circumstances. It shocks me to see the level of poverty in which the country's future leaders have to grow up and how [...]
Renovation of Pavlion at Sophie Scholl School
Consistent inclusion. The Sophie-Scholl-Schule in Wetterau near Bad Nauheim is an inclusive school. Inclusion encompasses the vision of changing all areas of society so that they are actually accessible to all people without barriers. The flagship of the schoolyard is the pavilion, which was in urgent need of renovation. The Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation therefore supported the refurbishment, so [...]
Courtyard and garden redesign for the mother-child house
Protected play. The Karolina mother and child house in Münchener Au offers pregnant or single mothers a home and support in everyday life. Ten mothers and their 13 children live in the house. The inner courtyard of the building is a place for the mothers to meet and socialize and provides space for the children to play. The Regine Sixt [...]
Renovation of a day-care center for disadvantaged children
In the northwest of Lithuania, many children live in disadvantaged families who face problems such as poverty, violence and unsafe street life. The children often grow up without parental supervision, spend a lot of time on the streets and miss out on school. In 2012, the municipality of Viekšniai founded a day care center with the purpose of providing children with a safe and secure environment [...]
Renovation of the outdoor play area for Talitha Kumi Kindergarten
Safe play. In 2012, Regine Sixt visited the educational center "Talitha Kumi" in Beit Jala near Bethlehem together with the then Federal President Christian Wulff. The facility, which is supported by the Berlin Missionary Society, includes a kindergarten, a school from first grade to university entrance qualification, a hotel management school, a boarding school for girls and a large guest house. In it [...]