Hanne Glodny

Johanna Karola Glodny (born July 7, 1924 in Opole ; † March 25, 2015 in Bad Lippspringe ) was a German doctor and person in humanitarian aid and social work.

Live and act

After studying medicine , she obtained a doctorate in medicine and was granted a license to practice medicine . She worked as a resident doctor for about three decades , most recently as an internist with her own medical practice in Paderborn .

After the transition to retirement in 1991, Hanne Glodny took over the Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe (DAHW) e. V. in Würzburg made contact with the leprosy doctor Ruth Pfau , head of the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center (MALC) in Karachi , ( Pakistan ). For more than 20 years she flew regularly to Pakistan, where she carried out medical education work, supported the offspring of health workers (leprosy assistants), taught Afghan refugee children , and set up health centers and schools. In addition to fighting leprosy , she was involved in immunization campaigns and the treatment of eye diseases - such as cataracts and cataracts . As early as 2004, she founded a school in Karachi for over 700 children of Afghanistan refugees , who are known as Dr. Hanne Glodny School is known.

For her voluntary , social commitment as a doctor in third world countries and for the Christoffel Blind Mission , Pope Benedict XVI. In 2009, Hanne Glodny was awarded the New Year's Eve Order and appointed Lady of the Order of the Holy Pope Silvester - on December 9, 2009, on behalf of Archbishop Paderborn Hans-Josef Becker, prelate Thomas Dornseifer solemnly presented her with the New Year's Eve.

In April 2011, the German Consul General in Karachi presented Tilo Klinner for Hanne Glodny with a check for 2,000,000 PKR as a grant from the German government for the renovation of the Dr. Hanne Glodny School , for Afghan refugee children on Motorway M-10 , which was badly damaged by the 2010 flood.

On May 23, 2011, Hanne Glodny took part with Joachim Fuchsberger , Sven Kuntze and Susanne Holst on Reinhold Beckmann's show Mobil im Alter. Strong, active, restless - are these the new old guys? part. The reporter and camerawoman from Cologne, Petra Hoffmann, accompanied Hanne Glodny in Pakistan in 2011 and wrote the report From Paderborn to Pakistan . An 87-year-old doctor on the road , which was broadcast on WDR television in July 2012 .

When it became known that five women from North Rhine-Westphalia would be awarded the Order of Merit on International Women's Day for their extraordinary commitment , the Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia invited Ms. Angelica Schwall-Düren u. a. Hanne also Głodny to order dinner on March 6, 2013 following a Berlin. On March 7, the Federal President Joachim Gauck awarded 33 women the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for their special voluntary commitment in the Bellevue Palace in Berlin - Hanne Glodny received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (large ladies version with the ladies' bow) .

Honors

• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on ribbon
• 2009: Order of Holy New Year's Eve (lady)
• 2011: Dr. Hanne Glodny School on Motorway M-10 , Pakistan
• 2013: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st class with the ladies' bow

Web links

• Hanne Glodny; Archdiocese of Paderborn December 2009
• From Paderborn to Pakistan. An 87-year-old doctor out and about ( Memento from August 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• DAHW: Hanne Glodny supports Ruth Pfau in Pakistan
• Cooperation with the Dr. Hanne Glodny School (English)
• Order dinner on March 6, 2013
• Award ceremony for International Women's Day

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dr. med. Hanne Glodny (1924–2015) ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 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.