Karl Kübel Foundation for Children and Family

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Figure of Karl Kübel on a flag in front of the foundation building
The headquarters of the foundation in Bensheim (Darmstädter Straße)

The Karl Kübel Foundation for Children and Families is a foundation under civil law with legal capacity based in Bensheim in the south of Hesse .

history

The foundation was established in 1972 by the entrepreneur Karl Kübel , who brought the proceeds from the 3K furniture works he sold in 1973 and most of his private assets into the foundation. In addition to the income from the foundation's assets, third-party funds and donations form the material basis for the foundation's work.

Together with partners, the Karl Kübel Foundation works to ensure that children are supported and encouraged in their educational and development processes by competent adults right from the start. The operational activities of the foundation include all local actors in the sense of the holistic approach of " helping people to help themselves" who work preventively and sustainably for the continuous improvement of the quality of life of families. The foundation sees education as the basis for empowerment , poverty reduction and equal opportunities. She appeals to the ecumenical belief in Christianity.

aims

The charitable commitment of the foundation is divided into three areas: domestic work, education and development cooperation.

The Domestic and Communication Department initiates and accompanies sustainable projects across Germany for holistic education in the social area - GaBi. Its aim is to sensitize politics, business and society to the needs of different families and to create a family-friendly living environment in cooperation with partners. Her commitment includes the promotion of parenting skills, the exemplary development of child and family centers and the establishment of participation structures.

In Germany, two educational institutes belong to the foundation: the Odenwald Institute in Wald-Michelbach, Hesse, with conference facilities on the Tromm, and the Felsenweg Institute in Dresden . While the Odenwald Institute offers courses and events in the areas of personality development , leadership, personal and professional development and strengthening family life, the Felsenweg Institute has focused on another area. It supports social planners and specialists in the development and implementation of qualification concepts. From 1995 to 2018 the foundation also maintained the Osterberg Institute in Niederkleveez , Schleswig-Holstein. It was closed at the end of 2018 for economic reasons. In India, the priority country for development cooperation, the Karl Kübel Institute for Development Education was opened in Coimbatore in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu in 1999 to train the employees of the partner organizations on site . The work of the foundation's development cooperation department focuses on projects in India, the Philippines and other developing countries, as well as development education in Germany.

Projects

In Germany, projects such as "Drop In (inclusive)" and support for the development of family-friendly quarters with the involvement of family centers that work according to the English concepts Sure Start and Early Excellence are implemented under the umbrella term "GaBi - Holistic Education in Social Space". The foundation cooperates with many federal states, districts, municipalities and cities. There are significant collaborations among others. a. with the states of Hesse, Saxony, Thuringia and Berlin. Numerous local projects such as Drop In (inclusive), learning with newspapers, specialist conferences on topics such as "Children with a refugee background in day care", "Inclusion and equal opportunities in early childhood education" have a direct impact on site.

The Karl Kübel Foundation organizes major events such as the Hessian Family Day, which is held every two years together with the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration and in cooperation with the host city and has an average of 30,000 visitors. The Karl Kübel Foundation has been running the Hessenstiftung since 2004 - the family has a future .

In the areas of development cooperation, the main goals, analogous to domestic work, are to improve the living conditions of particularly needy population groups on site and to raise awareness of global responsibility in Germany. The foundation participates in the federal government's " weltwärts " program and sends young volunteers to their projects in India and the Philippines.

Karl Kübel Prize

Since 1990 - with a ten-year break - the Karl Kübel Foundation has been awarding the nationwide Karl Kübel Prize. Until 2014, it was awarded for exemplary and outstanding commitment by organizations and initiatives for the concerns of parents and children in Germany and was endowed with 50,000 euros. Since 2015, the award has recognized well-known public figures who are particularly committed to children and families, and is endowed with 25,000 euros. It is complemented by the Dietmar Heeg Media Prize for journalistic achievements on topics related to children and families.

The Karl Kübel Prize was awarded in the 1990s on the following topics:

  • 1990: "When families get active ..."
  • 1991: "Carried by families"
  • 1992: "How families shape life"
  • 1993: "How families - protect lives"
  • 1994: "Live together - learn from one another"
  • 1995: "Family and Work"
  • 1996: "Family and Housing"
  • 1997: "Families - religious and tolerant"
  • 1998: "Life models of sharing - families go new ways"
  • 1999: "Nothing works without us - family initiatives in religious communities"

Award winners from 2010:

  • Prize winner 2010: Bildungsforum Mengerskirchen (Hessen)
  • Winner 2011: Project families learn the future in Minden (North Rhine-Westphalia), learning place at Hofgut Oberfeld farm in Darmstadt (Hesse), initiative kikuna in Dornstadt (Baden-Württemberg)
  • Prize winner 2012: Bildungshaus Lurup (Hamburg)
  • Prize winners 2013: REFUGIO Munich , the Social Services of African Migrants, SAM (Essen), the International Center for Women and Girls (IFMZ), (Nuremberg)
  • Winner 2014: Familiennetzwerk Kamen eV ( Kamen ), Family Center and Children's Leisure Center Ritterburg ( Berlin )
  • Award winner 2015: Ulrich Wickert
  • Award winner 2016: Peter Maffay
  • Award winner 2017: Maria Furtwängler
  • Prize winner 2018: Gerald Asamoah
  • Prize winner 2019: Queen Silvia of Sweden

collaboration

According to the foundation constitution, the activities are preventive and follow the basic principle of sustainability. Projects are usually carried out together with partners from science, politics and other areas. The foundation is a member of the Federal Association of German Foundations , the Association of Development Policy and Humanitarian Aid of German Non- Governmental Organizations (VENRO), the Federal Family Forum , the Federal Association of Family Centers, the South Hesse Foundation Network and the German League for Children .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Holistic education in the social area
  2. ^ Odenwald Institute of the Karl Kübel Foundation
  3. Felsenweg Institute of the Karl Kübel Foundation
  4. ^ Osterberg Institute of the Karl Kübel Foundation
  5. Tamil Nadu
  6. Drop In (inclusive) ( Memento from October 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  7. Sure Start Program
  8. Literacy - Learning with real stuff ( Memento from July 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  9. weltwärts - the development volunteer service
  10. ^ Karl Kübel Prize ( Memento from September 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  11. a b fnp.de of March 2, 2017: Karl Kübel Prize goes to actress Maria Furtwängler , accessed on March 9, 2017
  12. Dietmar Heeg Media Prize ( Memento from October 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ^ Documentation on the Karl Kübel Prize website ( Memento from April 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  14. Karl Kübel Prize 2014 awarded ( Memento from October 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ^ Karl Kübel Prize 2015 ( Memento from October 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ^ Karl Kübel Prize 2016 ( Memento from September 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
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  18. Queen Silvia comes to Bensheim. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , April 15, 2019, accessed on the same day.
  19. ^ Federal Association of German Foundations ( Memento from November 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  20. Foundation Network South Hesse ( Memento from November 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )