Go ahead!

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Go ahead!
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legal form non-profit registered association
founding 2007
Seat Koenigsfeld
Volunteers 200
Members 708
Website goahead-organisation.de

Go ahead! eV is a German non-profit aid organization that supports disadvantaged children and fair access to education in sub-Saharan Africa throughout Germany and promotes local initiatives there.

The chairmen of the association are Katharina Lange and Jenny Schuller. The independent association is represented nationwide through a network of university groups in Bremen , Paderborn , Heidelberg , Marburg , Erfurt and Munich . These work independently and organize fundraising campaigns or content-related events on the topics of HIV / AIDS and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

Young volunteers are supported by experienced mentors. In Germany, the association collects donations to support educational and HIV / AIDS awareness projects in sub-Saharan Africa and provides information about the situation of disadvantaged children and the inadequate access to education for young people in this region. Specifically, the Germany-wide work of the association and the university groups consists in the organization of various events such as benefit concerts and sports events, lectures, workshops or information evenings. The organization also offers school workshops across Germany.

Partner projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

The association works together with local aid organizations in southern Africa and financially supports preschools and selected educational and awareness-raising projects for the benefit of disadvantaged children. The most important project partners in Sub-Saharan Africa are the non-profit organizations Heartbeat , Transitions Foundation, Pastoral Center, 1000 Hills Community Helpers, ACTS International and United Through Sports.

Campaigns

kickHIV!

As part of the 2010 soccer world championship in South Africa, the association ran the Germany-wide campaign kickHIV! With the support of soccer players Mesut Özil and Philipp Lahm , entertainer Elton , actor Steffen Groth , singer Cassandra Steen and author Bartholomäus Grill . by. The media partner was Friday's print medium . Over 60 campaigns took place in over 40 locations across Germany in a short period of time. The donation income of around 35,000 euros was used to finance sports education projects in South Africa, which pursue the scientific approach Youth Development through Soccer (YDTS).

BreakTheCycle

The nationwide awareness campaign BreakTheCycle - Education as a way out was carried out for the first time from November 18 to December 1, 2011 (World AIDS Day) and has taken place annually since then. The aim of the campaign is to inform young people in Germany about the vicious circle of HIV / AIDS, poverty and insufficient access to education in southern Africa and to make them aware of the social problems of their peers in this region. Numerous actions take place all over Germany. The campaign received support from the then federal chairwoman of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, Claudia Roth , and the actor Steffen Groth . In 2019, along the three main days of action, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17th), World AIDS Day (December 1st) and Education Day (December 8th), many different activities took place around focus on HIV / AIDS. The aim is to combine awareness-raising work and entertainment with concerts, sports tournaments, film screenings and many other activities - all donations collected go directly to our local project partners in South Africa, Uganda and Zambia.

Profs vs. Professionals for charity

Since May 2014, as part of the poetry slam tour “Profs vs. Profis for Charity “professors from various universities against professionals from the poetry slam scene. The proceeds will benefit various projects of the association. Among other things, the poetry slammer Julia Engelmann competed in Bremen against the professors there.

Traveling exhibition "Through my Eyes"

The traveling exhibition "Through my Eyes" has been on view in various German cities since 2013. It shows 30 pictures from everyday school life in Namibia and South Africa. For this purpose, Go Ahead! Members distributed disposable cameras to school children who took the pictures themselves.

Donation drink

The DONATION DRINK is a long-term donation project of the non-profit organization Go Ahead !. The campaign was launched in 2019 and is aimed at committed gastronomy owners who want to help raise donations with their restaurant, bar or café. The basic idea is that a drink on the drinks menu becomes a donation drink. If a guest buys the defined drink, a certain share (e.g. € 0.20) is paid to Go Ahead! donated. Homemade drinks are best for this, such as B. iced tea, lemonade or a new cocktail creation. These are something special in themselves and with the “Donation Drink” seal: unbeatable! In principle, however, any drink of your choice can become a donation drink.

transparency

By participating in Transparency International's Transparent Civil Society initiative , Go Ahead! committed to full transparency. The homepage reveals which activities the association carries out, where the funds come from, how they are used and who the decision-makers are.

Patrons and supporters

The association receives support from the former South African archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu , the pastor of the German-speaking Roman Catholic community in Cape Town Stefan Hippler , from the actress Cosma Shiva Hagen , the band Jamaram , the former Unicef ​​chairman and SPD politician Heide Simonis and the TV presenter Dennis Wilms .

Awards

  • 2015: Project funding for the mentoring & training program in KwaZulu-Natal 2015 by the Baden-Württemberg Development Cooperation Foundation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article in the FAZ-Hochschulanzeiger. ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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; 1.5 MB) FAZ-Hochschulanzeiger November 2010, accessed on March 17, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goahead-organisation.de
  2. ↑ It's a matter of honor. ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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; 253 kB) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of April 6, 2010, accessed on March 29, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goahead-organisation.de
  3. ↑ List of the workshops carried out ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goahead-organisation.de
  4. ↑ «Go Ahead!»: Students help in South Africa. ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. N24.de, April 15, 2009, accessed March 29, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.n24.de
  5. ↑ http://www.heartbeat.org.za
  6. ↑ Lahm and Özil as ambassadors. focus.de from May 20, 2010, accessed on March 29, 2011.
  7. ↑ South Africa is looking for a new identity. Article on the online portal of the Austrian newspaper Der Standard , derstandard.at of June 24, 2010, accessed on March 29, 2011.
  8. ↑ kickHIV! - Together against AIDS in South Africa ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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; 266 kB) Article on the online portal of the German Embassy in Pretoria / South Africa, www.germany-southafrica-football.diplo.de from May 15, 2010, accessed on March 29, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bildungschetztzukunft.org
  9. ↑ Lahm and Özil as ambassadors ( memento of the original from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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; 118 kB) Article on FIFA's online portal, fifa.com, dated May 20, 2010, accessed on March 29, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bildungschetztzukunft.org
  10. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jusos.de
  11. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goahead-organisation.de
  12. ^ SEZ: Foundation for Development Cooperation Baden-Württemberg: Home. In: www.sez.de. Retrieved May 27, 2016 .
  13. ↑ GoAhead! Organization - Who we are and what we do. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).