Catholic working group for the care of soldiers
| Catholic Working Group for Soldiers Care eV (KAS) |
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| purpose | Support for soldiers in the Bundeswehr and their relatives in Germany and in the operational area |
| Chair: | Gisela Manderla Member of the Bundestag |
| Executive Director: | Daniel Bock |
| Establishment date: | 1956 in Bad Godesberg |
| Seat : | Berlin |
| Website: | www.kas-soldatenbetreuung.de |
The Catholic Working Group for Soldiers Care eV (KAS) is a non-profit Catholic association. Since 1956 she has been involved in the off-duty leisure time support for soldiers of the German Armed Forces . The KAS also looks after the relatives of soldiers and the civilian population living on site. The association is a member of the German Caritas Association . The work of the KAS is financed by the Catholic Military Bishop and the Federal Minister of Defense as well as by means of self-generated funds. The KAS is “there” for members (members of the armed forces and their family members) at around 60 locations in Germany and in the Bundeswehr deployment areas together with the Evangelical Working Group for Soldiers Care eV (EAS) .
Fields of activity
Family care
Social work among members of the armed forces and their families with the following objectives:
- Strengthening soldiers' families and their family cohesion
- Promote communication and mutual understanding
- Increase individual resistance to stress
- Provide assistance with individual questions for soldiers' families
- Provide rest and relaxation
- Promote awareness and understanding of the special life situation of soldiers' families in civil society
- Bringing the needs and feelings of relatives into the Bundeswehr context and the development of new offers
- Deals:
- Specialist lectures, workshops, theme days, weekend and week-long seminars, e.g. B. for deployment preparation, deployment support and deployment follow-up
- Recreational offers
- Childcare offers
- Accompaniment and support in various projects
- Initial and continuing education
- Practical advice
Leisure care
- Advice, planning, organization and implementation of events and events at locations in Germany and abroad
- Establishment and operation of soldiers' homes , leisure centers and leisure offices at many Bundeswehr locations, primarily in the west and south of the Federal Republic
Mission support
- Operation of the OASEN - care facilities in countries of assignment (by ARGE EAS / KAS GbR)
- Flexible support in use e.g. B. with delivery of leisure equipment, concerts and workshops
service
- Information material and documents for the preparation and implementation of leisure activities
- Answers to questions about event organization or service offers
- Help with the procurement of leisure material
- Assistance in the production of promotional materials for leisure activities
Facilities
The office is located in Berlin-Marienfelde and is in the pastoral area of Lankwitz-Marienfelde .
In addition to the various regional and central care offers in the areas of leisure and culture, adult education and family work, the KAS currently has the following care locations:
- Six soldiers' homes (Haus der Gebirgsjäger, Füssen , Heinrich-Köppler-Haus, Hammelburg , Erich-Kemmer-Haus, Oberviechtach , Haus Linzgau, Pfullendorf , Haus Ostmark, Roding , Haus Heuberg, Stetten akM )
- 28 open care locations, 12 of which have a KAS leisure center
- Two oases in Mazar-e Sharif ( Afghanistan ) and Prizren ( Kosovo ), by ARGE EAS / KAS GbR
The work of the association is supported by the Catholic Family Foundation for Soldiers based in Berlin-Marienfelde , which promotes family work in the Catholic military pastoral care. Wolfgang Schneiderhan is the patron . The Foundation Advisory Board includes Wolfgang Bosbach , Claus Hipp , Bernhard Meuser , Klaus Stüwe and Prime Minister Dr. Reiner Haseloff works. In the Board of Trustees acts Markus Grübel with.
Web links
literature
- Hardthöhenkurier , Issues 1–6 / 2010, Bonn.
- Hardthöhenkurier, Hefte 1, 4–6 / 2011, Bonn.
- Hardthöhenkurier, issue 1/2012, Bonn.
- The KAS Book, Part I and Part II, 2nd updated edition, Bonn, 2005.
- Operational command of the Bundeswehr (ed.): The Bundeswehr support organization introduces itself, Schwielowsee 2014, p. 17.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prime Minister Dr. Reiner Haseloff appointed to the Advisory Board of the Catholic Family Foundation for Soldiers. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Catholic Family Foundation for Soldiers , accessed on October 5, 2017