Daetz Foundation
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| Legal form: | non-profit private foundation |
| Purpose: | Developing intercultural skills, especially for children and young people |
| Chair: | Peter Daetz |
| Consist: | since 1998 |
| Founder: | Peter Daetz |
| Seat: | Lichtenstein |
| Website: | www.daetz-stiftung.org |
The Daetz Foundation was founded in 1998 by Marlene and Peter Daetz and is located in the palace palace complex of the Daetz-Centrum Lichtenstein . It is a classic private foundation and, in accordance with its statutes, pursues exclusively charitable purposes. The foundation works purely operationally and not in a supporting manner. The purpose of the foundation includes the promotion of intercultural competence and wood carving in the Daetz-Centrum Lichtenstein.
Purpose of the foundation
All programs of the Daetz Foundation aim to promote better mutual understanding between people from different cultures .
Lichtensteiner model
The Lichtenstein model is intended to sensitize schoolchildren to intercultural issues. It complements the school-based teaching of traditional, country-specific specialist knowledge by providing an interdisciplinary understanding of traditions, sensitivities and ways of thinking.
Objectives of the educational concept:
- Developing empathy for other cultures
- Critical consideration of the own and the foreign
- Promote multi-perspective thinking
- Recognize the complexity of cultural dimensions
- Raising awareness of differences and similarities between cultures
Awards
In 2004, Peter Daetz was awarded the " Deutscher Stifterpreis " by the Federal Association of German Foundations .