arche noVa

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arche noVa
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legal form registered association
founding 1992
Seat Dresden
purpose Humanitarian aid, development cooperation, educational work and voluntary service
Action space Kenya, Mali, Somalia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Iraq, Myanmar, Philippines, Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Germany, Czech Republic
Chair Stefan Mertenskötter
Managing directors Mathias Anderson
sales approx. 13.6 million euros (2018)
Employees 30 employees in Germany, 20 team members in the education program, approx. 150 abroad
Website arche-nova.org

arche noVa - Initiative for People in Need eV is a non-profit, non-denominational and non - partisan non- governmental organization that is active worldwide in the field of development cooperation and humanitarian aid . The organization supports people who are in need through natural disasters or crises through no fault of their own and helps them to help themselves. The focus of the work is on the subject of water, sanitation and hygiene. From disaster relief to reconstruction, the association works with local partner organizations abroad. The association also carries out development education projects in Germany . In the 2017 financial year, arche noVa eV recorded donations of EUR 1,009,560.05 and total income of EUR 12,744,296.12. The association has consistently carried the DZI donation seal since 1993 .

The organization is based in Dresden and is u. a. Member of the coordination committee of the Federal Foreign Office , member of Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH) through the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband , as well as of VENRO and the German WASH network .

history

In 1992, after the Gulf War , six young people from Dresden drove with a semi-trailer of the former National People's Army of the GDR loaded with relief supplies to the UN protection zone in northern Iraq. The association was founded in the same year. From the headquarters in the Dresden Yenidze and a small Berlin branch, 30 full-time employees, supported by numerous volunteers, control the projects at home and abroad. German and international specialists lead the projects on site and implement them together with local employees / partner organizations. In the meantime arche noVa eV has grown into the largest East German aid organization. Since 2002 the association has offered a development education program that brings the topic of global learning to schools, vocational schools and other public places in order to strengthen the understanding of global relationships in Germany. Since the devastating tsunami in South-East Asia in 2004, the association and the state capital of Dresden have been cooperating in the joint action alliance "Dresden helps" and are implementing emergency aid and development aid projects in acute crisis areas.

Projects

International and national

Inauguration ceremony for the 2000th well drilled by arche noVa eV in Sri Lanka by a Hindu priest

In humanitarian aid , the association works for people in acute emergency situations. For example, drinking water treatment systems are used or aid supplies with hygiene items are distributed. In long-term projects of development-oriented cooperation, the people affected are supported in building an independent and self-determined existence. The focus is on securing the water supply, promoting economic independence, education and hygiene awareness. The association works with local partners and involves local people in the planning and implementation of projects. Arche noVa eV is committed to the implementation of water as a human right , for example through hygiene education programs and cooperation with local water committees.

Emergency team

Arche noVa has been on site after disasters since 1992 and guarantees initial basic supplies for those affected with drinking water treatment systems, expertise in the field of water, sanitation and hygiene, aid distribution and other emergency aid measures. The emergency aid team is ready for action in the event of a natural disaster and is available for several weeks in emergency and disaster relief.

Disaster preparedness

After the floods on the Elbe and Danube in 2013, arche noVa helped 120 non-profit organizations with the reconstruction. In order to be prepared for renewed floods and to keep the damage as low as possible, arche noVa has since supported the institutions affected at the time with the manual "Disaster Management in the Association" as well as workshops and consultations.

Global learning

Under the motto “One world - your world”, employees of the association carry out educational work at Saxon schools . The topics of these interdisciplinary project days are democracy , humanitarian aid , conflicts , sustainability , tolerance , globalization , displacement and world trade . The aim of these events is to sensitize young people to problems and inequalities in a globalized world and to motivate them to act. The project was named the “Official Project of the United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development”. In addition, the association is also targeting teachers and student teachers with advanced training on the topic of global learning. The arche noVa educational program is a recognized location for the Voluntary Ecological Year .

communication

The "Communication" department provides information about the work of arche noVa on the website, social media channels, in print publications and at events. She creates flyers, brochures, the quarterly magazine "arche aktuell", the newsletter and the annual business report.

The acquisition of donations takes place via mailings, sponsoring memberships, acquisition of corporate partners and foundations, individual donor support, donation boxes in shops, fundraising at our own as well as externally organized events and the sale of Christmas cards. Recently, under the motto "Donations instead of gifts", private individuals have also had the opportunity to collect donations for special occasions during celebrations. Donations can also be given away through so-called well shares, where the recipient becomes a well shareholder with an individually determinable amount.

Awards

The association's work has received several awards

  • Federal Cross of Merit for the former managing director Sven Seifert, 2016
  • "Association of the year 2010", awarded by the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden and the Sächsische Zeitung
  • Local Agenda 21 Prize for Dresden eV, 2008
  • "Best practice" project for education for sustainable development / global learning awarded by the Saxon Ministry of Culture and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), 2007
  • Prize for special social commitment of the PDS for the Iraq mission, 2003
  • Prize of the "Lebendige Stadt - Dresden Verein (t)" foundation, 2003
  • Prize of the Robert Bosch Foundation for humanitarian aid in East and Southeast Europe, 1998
  • Dresden Peace Prize of the AnStiftung, 1996

Memberships

  • Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH); an association of German aid organizations
  • Coordination Committee of the Federal Foreign Office
  • Parity Welfare Association (Parity International Section)
  • VENRO - Association of Development Policy and Humanitarian Aid of German Non-Governmental Organizations
  • WASH network ; an initiative of German non-governmental organizations on water, sanitation and hygiene
  • Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA); an international network of partner organizations from 45 countries that share the vision of a sustainable solution to the global sanitary crisis
  • Development Network Saxony (ENS); an amalgamation of associations, groups and initiatives that work for sustainable development and global justice
  • Action Alliance Dresden Hilft; an alliance between arche noVa and the state capital Dresden Tsunami disaster 2004
  • Berlin Development Policy Council (BER); a network of development initiatives, associations and groups at the Berlin state level

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.dzi.de/spenderberatung/datenbanksuchmaske/suchverbindungen/?11240
  2. ↑ 20 years "arche noVa": From Haiti to Japan - helpers from Dresden in crisis areas on the way  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Dresden Latest News, September 14, 2011. Accessed January 30, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.arche-nova.org  
  3. ^ Action alliance Dresden helps ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Website State Capital Dresden, accessed on September 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ Home | arche noVa eV - Flood Aid 2013. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 11, 2017 ; accessed on February 9, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Projects of the UN Decade: one world - your world - a project for more social engagement in Saxony (2nd award)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the United Nations World Decade 2005-2014 Education for Sustainable Development . Retrieved January 30, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bne-portal.de  
  6. ↑ Job site overview - Voluntary Ecological Year 2010/2011 (as of October 30, 2009)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . pdf on the website of "Paritätische Freiwilligendienste Sachsen GmbH". Retrieved January 30, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / parisax-freiwilligendienste.de  
  7. ↑ Donations instead of gifts - do good with occasional donations in favor of arche noVa | arche noVa - Initiative for People in Need eV (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 16, 2017 ; accessed on February 16, 2017 .
  8. ^ Profile ( Memento from May 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Arche noVa website. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  9. ↑ Sven Seifert receives the Federal Cross of Merit | arche noVa - Initiative for People in Need eV (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 8, 2017 ; accessed on February 8, 2017 .
  10. ^ Association of the Annual Prize Winners from previous years website of the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  11. ↑ Dresden Agenda 21: Prize Winners 2008 . Dresden Local Agenda 21. Accessed January 30, 2012.
  12. ↑ Bosch Stiftung list of award winners ( memento of the original from June 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 160 kB). List of winners on the Bosch Foundation website. Retrieved January 30, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bosch-stiftung.de
  13. ^ Arche noVa - Initiative for People in Need eV . "Aktion Deutschland Hilft" website. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  14. ↑ Member organizations AD  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband. Retrieved January 30, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / parisax.de  
  15. ↑ Member database . Website of the Association of Development Non-Governmental Organizations in Germany. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  16. ↑ The vision that all people have access to sustainable and safe water and sanitation and that they practice basic principles of hygiene on their own responsibility . Website Wash Network. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  17. ↑ More sustainability in sanitary supply concepts website from SuSanA. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  18. ^ Members . Website of the Saxony Development Network. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  19. ^ Dresden Hilft ( Memento from April 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Website of the state capital Dresden - city, administration and council. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  20. ^ Members ( memento of October 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Website of the Berlin Development Policy Advice. Retrieved September 17, 2015.