Hope for Eastern Europe
The Hope for Eastern Europe campaign is the joint solidarity campaign of 14 Evangelical regional churches in Germany and their diaconal organizations with partners in Central and Eastern Europe.
history
"Hope for Eastern Europe" was founded in 1994 to work with evangelical and ecumenical partners in Central and Eastern Europe to improve the social situation in the former Eastern Bloc countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union . Initially, the sponsor was the diaconal work of the Evangelical Church in Germany . Some free churches , the Gustav-Adolf-Werk and the Martin-Luther-Bund were also involved in the action. In 2011 the aid organization was restructured and shifted to the level of the regional churches .
Structural development since 2011
In the course of the restructuring in 2011, the Diakonisches Werk Württemberg took over responsibility for trademark protection for the “Hope for Eastern Europe” campaign. Since then, 13 other regional churches or their diaconal organizations and the convention of the former Protestant Eastern Churches have been involved in the implementation of the campaign. Responsibility for the “Hope for Eastern Europe” campaign is entirely regional; H. the individual sponsors carry out fundraising and projects independently. The participating churches and diaconal organizations have come together to form a sponsoring group. Current sponsors of the campaign are:
- Diakonisches Werk Baden
- Diakonisches Werk Bremen
- Diakonisches Werk Kurhessen Waldeck
- Diakonisches Werk Mitteldeutschland
- Evangelical Church of Rhineland
- Diakonisches Werk Sachsen
- Diakonisches Werk Württemberg
- Convention of the former Protestant Eastern Churches
- Diakonisches Werk Braunschweig
- Ev. Church of Hesse and Nassau
- Lippe regional church
- Diakonisches Werk Pfalz
- Diak. Rheinl.-Westphalia-Lippe plant
- Ev. Westphalia Church
- Diaconal work of the Evangelical Reformed Church
- Ev. Church and Diakonie Bavaria
tasks and goals
The campaign is committed to a social and just Europe and aims to promote peace, justice, the preservation of creation and the inclusion of disadvantaged people. "Hope for Eastern Europe" subsidizes projects of local partner organizations and promotes professional and personal exchange, international cooperation and networking. Particular emphasis is placed on the development and maintenance of partnerships and the support of evangelical and ecumenical partners in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in the development and qualification of social, diaconal and church work. In addition, the campaign supports partner churches in developing and maintaining infrastructure and church work.
See also
- Renovabis , the Catholic fundraiser
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "Fields of work - Hope for Eastern Europe", Evangelical Church of Rhineland, accessed on June 14, 2012
- ↑ "Hope for Eastern Europe", Diakonie Sachsen, accessed on June 14, 2012 ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Hope for Eastern Europe", Evangelical Church Rhineland, accessed on June 14, 2012
- ↑ "Hope for Eastern Europe", Diakonie Württemberg, accessed on June 14, 2012 ( memento of the original from June 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Hope for Eastern Europe", Ecumenical Center of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau, accessed on June 14, 2012
- ↑ "How and why we have to help.", Diakonie Baden, accessed on June 14, 2012 ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2012 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.
- ^ "Hope for Eastern Europe", Evangelical Church Palatinate, accessed on June 14, 2012
