Evangelical Development Service
The Evangelical Development Service eV (EED) was a development organization of the Protestant regional and free churches in Germany, which annually supported over 1,500 projects of church and civil society partner organizations financially or through the placement of development specialists and awarded scholarships to young professionals from developing countries. In 2012 it merged with the Diakonisches Werk der EKD .
history
The association was created in 1999 from the merger of the church aid organizations
- Services overseas (DÜ)
- Evangelical Central Agency for Development Aid (EZE)
- Church Development Service (KED) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and other regional churches
- Ecumenical Missionary World Service (EMW-ÖMW)
- Ecumenical Scholarship Organization (ÖSW), 2003
EED and Diakonisches Werk der EKD merged in 2012 to form the Evangelical Work for Diakonia and Development . In it, EED and Bread for the World form a development agency under the name “Bread for the World - Evangelical Development Service”. The representations in Bonn, Stuttgart and Berlin-Dahlem were dissolved and the administration relocated to a new building in Berlin . The new form of organization has been working since October 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evangelical Development Service and Diaconal Work of the EKD with Bread for the World Seal Fusion ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2016 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.
