In a quarry in the south of the city of Guwahati, what Development Minister Dr. Gerd Müller wants for the entire region of South Asia has been achieved: there is no longer any child labour. For the poor families in the slums of the region, the hard work in the quarry is a livelihood. But …
Development Minister Müller visits our project in Guwahati Weiterlesen »
Since 10 December, there have been massive protests and outbreaks of violence in north-east India. Our project regions are directly affected. The trigger is the new Citizen Amendment Bill (CAB). The law regulates who can become an Indian citizen and how quickly, or who can keep Indian citizenship. Immigrants of religious minorities will have accelerated …
Violence in Assam: Several project regions affected Weiterlesen »
One year ago our project for street children was presented in the big „Ein-Herz-für-Kinder“ gala on ZDF. With prominent support, we succeeded in gaining much attention for the street children of the Indian City of Guwahati. Since then a lot has happened. Many of the children go to school today, a new orphanage has been …
One year after the „Ein Herz für Kinder“ event Weiterlesen »
Im November 2018 besuchten die Projektkoordinatoren der Stiftung Childaid Network Nepal und machten erstmals auch Station in Kumbu-Kasthali, um die Entwicklungen vor Ort in Augenschein zu nehmen. Der aktuelle Stand der verschiedenen Projektaktivitäten, die geplante Unterstützung einer Modellschule, der Besuch einiger Patenkinder und die Evaluation bestehender Prozesse gehörten zu den geplanten Arbeitsaufträgen des Teams. Auf …
Where ten years ago bamboo huts were still standing, a large school building has now been built. Today, 600 children from Amguri attend the school run by our partner, the Salesians of Don Bosco. In addition to Childaid Network, other partners such as the German Doctors and the Taunusgymnasium in Königstein participated in the development …
Do you remember? The little boy could be seen in a film by ZDF last December. The gala „Ein Herz für Kinder“ featured our street children’s project in Guwahati. Moijudiin suffered from a huge, painful growth on his hand, which he had caught on the garbage dump of Guwahati. The family is too poor to …
Near Bongaigaon in western Assam, the foundation stone was laid for a girls orphanage. Together with a new institution – the Ursuline Sisters – a program for the orphaned, abducted and neglected children in the area will be developed and realized there in the next few years. The project is in line with Childaid Network’s …
Travel Report by Norbert Grobbel and Petra Shakya (March 2017) For Norbert Grobbel this was the second trip to Nepal this year, Petra Shakya as our new project coordinator was in the project area for the first time. Together they report on the progress: Reconstruction of six schools begins The reconstruction of six schools …
Two years ago, to be precise on April 25th 2015, an earthquake struck the mountainous regions between the Mount Everest and Kathmandu, Nepal. The major convulsion, measuring 7,9 on the Richter scale, as well as several aftershocks, buried thousands of people and devastated the infrastructure in the Eastern and Southeastern districts bordering Kathmandu. The region …
We would like to share a story we received some time ago: Samel Bhengra was happy to be able to go to school for a couple of years. But since the family’s savings did not suffice to pay his further education, he went to work as day laborer from grade 4 onwards – just like …
A success story from our evening schools in Assam Weiterlesen »
