Hannelore Hensle
Hannelore Hensle (born September 9, 1943 in Breisach am Rhein ) is a German social worker .
Career
After graduating from elementary school, Hensle completed a commercial apprenticeship. At the age of 15 she went to England to work as a domestic help for a year and a half. She then worked as an administrative clerk for the Freiburg University Hospital . 1964 she went to America for a year, where she worked as a babysitter in New York and then at an employment agency in Colorado Springs. From 1965 to 1969 she worked in Stuttgart as an export clerk.
From December 1969 she worked for the Diakonisches Werk of the EKD . Between 1969 and 1982 she carried out humanitarian aid missions, for example in São Tomé in 1970/71 , airlift to Nigeria during the Biafra war , in Angola and Gabon and from 1980 to 1982 in Somalia. From 1971 to 1980 she was a clerk in the South Asia department of “ Bread for the World ”. In 1982 she became the head of disaster relief at the Diakonie and turned it into a recognized church aid organization. She retired on December 31, 2005.
Honors
- 2005: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Hedwig Gafga: She doesn't hesitate for long when people are in need somewhere in the world: Hannelore Hensle knows the crisis areas on earth; the woman from Baden heads Diakonie's disaster aid , In: Standpunkte . - 2004, 9. - pp. 64-66
- Rainer Land: Intrepid and practice-oriented , In: der überblick 04/2005, page 93
Web links
- Hannelore Hensle in the Baden-Württemberg regional information system
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hensle, Hannelore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social worker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Breisach on the Rhine |