Alfons Goppel Foundation
The Alfons Goppel Foundation , based in Munich , has been supporting children in developing countries with sponsorships and (special) donations since 1980. The focus of development aid is education . Various aid projects are supported together with volunteers, schools, church institutions, political representatives (including Thomas Goppel and Angelika Niebler ) and a development association. With sponsorships, the foundation enables the children to attend school at a cost. This is not only a sustainable form of help, but also creates personal contact between the sponsored child and the sponsored parents. The focus of educational assistance is on South America, as the culture is closest to Bavarian. Ecuador is the largest project since the foundation was established.
Namesake
Former Minister President Alfons Goppel is the namesake of the foundation. Traveling gave him the idea of helping children in developing countries to have a structured future and a home. Even after his death in 1991, the foundation is continued by members of the family and their children (Ludger and Thomas Goppel and grandsons Gertrud, Martin and Alfons Goppel junior).
Board of Directors and Board of Trustees
The foundation board (Gerhard Hess and Alfons Goppel jun.) Is responsible for the management and implements the decisions of the foundation board. The Board of Trustees, whose members u. a. Angelika Niebler, Günther Fach, Claus Hipp , Harald Schultes, Gerald Kurz and members of the family supervise the management of the foundation's board of directors.
history
The foundation was established on January 8, 1980 with basic assets of DM 200,000 and began its work in Ecuador and Paraguay.
Even before the foundation was founded, a network of church and volunteer helpers with 180 sponsored children was established in Ecuador thanks to the many trips that the namesake took. Today the foundation looks after over 1,0000 sponsored children. In cooperation with funding from the Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests, the foundation also made it possible to build an agricultural school in the dry Chaco region in the middle of Paraguay during the founding years of the foundation. For more than 30 years, young professionals from Paraguay have been “brought” to Bavaria for training, only to return to Paraguay after two or three years as professionally qualified trainers and work at the agricultural training facility and for your region.
In 1990 the foundation expanded its aid projects to Brazil and Peru.
Events
Charity ball
The “Münchner Soirée” is the foundation's charity ball in the ballroom of the “ Bayerischer Hof ” hotel . With well-known shows such as the Altneihauser Feierwehrkapell'n , Anna Maria Kaufmann , the Nostalphonikern, MEMEZA, representatives of the German TV Ballet and performances by the Circus Krone , something new is offered every year. Guests from politics, business and science as well as from the House of Wittelsbach were guests. The young German artist Valentina Babor and her family are also regular guests at this event. The patrons included the politicians Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg , Gerd Müller , Michael Glos and Edmund Stoiber . It is a tradition that Alfons Goppel introduced at the beginning of each year and is carried on to this day by Thomas Goppel, who today moderates the Munich Française . Every year there is a raffle for the benefit of the aid projects.
Hoargarten / Christmas reading
The Bavarian Advent or Hoagarten is a traditional event. The artists and guest speakers change annually. Thanks to the support of the Catholic Academy , the Christmas reading takes place there every year. It is an evening in which the focus is on maintaining Bavarian tradition and hospitality. The guests included Conny Glogger , Alex Dorow and Georg Ried . After the demonstration, there will be an exchange between the sponsors.
Sponsor meeting
The "godparents meeting" is the annual meeting of godparents, supporters and friends of the foundation. With the support of the “ Maritim ” hotel, the foundation is able to invite all sponsor parents to an exchange every year. On this occasion, sponsored children or project managers often present a report or share experiences.