Kindernothilfe

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Kindernothilfe
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legal form non-profit registered association
founding 1959
Seat Duisburg ( ⊙ coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 34.4 ″  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 30.5 ″  E )
purpose Christian aid organization for needy children
Action space 33 countries worldwide
people Katrin Weidemann, CEO
Jürgen Borchardt, CFO, Deputy CEO
Carsten Montag, CEO Program Department , Deputy CEO
sales 60,046,384 euros (2018)
Employees 166 (2018)
Members 215 (2018)
Website www.kinderothilfe.de

The Kindernothilfe is one of the largest Christian relief organizations in Germany. She has been working for children in need since 1959, meanwhile in 33 countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. It supports almost two million children and their families with sustainable development projects and provides humanitarian aid . Organizations of the same name also exist in Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

Kindernothilfe Germany

General

Kindernothilfe is one of the largest non-governmental organizations for development cooperation in Germany . It is now involved in cooperation with local partner organizations in 33 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America and supports around 1.9 million children and their families. In addition to development projects and humanitarian aid in the project countries, Kindernothilfe also provides campaigns and lobbying work in Germany. The donation work is supported by over 245,000 donors, around 1,000 volunteers, the Kindernothilfe Foundation and the Kindernothilfe organizations in Austria , Switzerland and Luxembourg . For the serious handling of donations, Kindernothilfe has received the donation seal of the German Central Institute for Social Issues annually since 1992 , which it has been awarded annually since then.

aims

The aim of Kindernothilfe is to promote the implementation of the rights of children and young people around the world in order to enable them to live in dignity, free of poverty , violence and abuse . Kindernothilfe primarily supports children who are affected and threatened by particularly serious violations of children's rights: street children , working boys and girls, AIDS orphans, sexually abused and exploited children and children with disabilities.

history

In 1959 Christians founded the “Action Hungry” in Duisburg to help children in need in India . In the early 1960s, the number of children supported rose from five to 255. This rapid development led to the fact that the "Action Hungarians" was further developed on January 7, 1961 into the registered association "Kindernothilfe". In the 1960s and 1970s, the association expanded its work to other countries, including Ethiopia , Indonesia and Brazil . Kinderothilfe Austria was founded four years later . The Kindernothilfe Foundation was founded in 1999, and Ewald-Peter Lachmann is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. In 2004 Kindernothilfe Switzerland followed, in 2013 Kindernothilfe Luxembourg. In May 2019, ARD broadcast a television service in honor of the 60th anniversary of Kindernothilfe from the Salvatorkirche in Duisburg, in which Christina Rau , Sabine Heinrich , Manfred Rekowski and the Wuppertal carolers participated.

Working method

Kindernothilfe works with various instruments in order to promote the realization of children's rights . To this end, the association relies on helping people to help themselves , community development, humanitarian aid , social work, and campaigning and lobbying . The Children's Fund works with local partner organizations to make children's rights a reality, and its child rights approach is primarily based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child . In the course of its domestic work, Kindernothilfe supports the interests of children and young people in developing countries with campaigns and alliances. To this end, the association works with German and international development politicians, exchanges ideas with them, and carries out publicity campaigns and press work. In this way, Kindernothilfe has an influence on political concepts and legislation and on the financing of development projects. In addition, a major focus of domestic work is looking after donors, sponsors and volunteers, as well as working with the media. In addition, Kindernothilfe has been awarding the “Children's Rights in One World” media prize annually since 1999 to journalists who deal with the topics of children's rights and children's rights violations in their articles. Christina Rau is the patron of the award . In addition, Kindernothilfe is targeting schoolchildren in Germany with the “Action! Kidz - Children against Child Labor” campaign.

Focus of work

In Africa , Asia and Latin America , Kindernothilfe primarily supports girls and boys who are affected by particularly serious violations of children's rights, and combats the causes. The thematic priorities of the domestic and international work of Kindernothilfe therefore include: social, economic and political inequalities, child labor , street children , children with disabilities , violence , abuse, early marriage, refugees , poverty , discrimination , HIV and AIDS , hygiene and environmental protection .

Child protection

Kindernothilfe sponsors numerous programs to protect children from abuse and mistreatment. The basis for this is their child protection policy, with which, for example, all employees at home and abroad are made aware of how abuse and maltreatment can be prevented, how suspected cases are transparently reported and how cases of abuse and maltreatment are dealt with. In addition, Kindernothilfe is involved in the international child protection alliances Ecpat and Keeping Children Safe.

Support options

Kindernothilfe has four main forms of funding. On the one hand, the child rights organization can sponsor a child or a project. At the end of 2014, the charity introduced a new form of long-term funding that is not tied to a specific project or sponsored child. There is also the option of a one-time donation of any amount. Under the umbrella of the Kindernothilfe Foundation, donors can also set up their own foundation, an endowment fund or a support foundation. In addition, around 1000 volunteers throughout Germany support the work of Kindernothilfe by, for example, working as translators or getting involved in so-called work or friends' groups. In the Action! Kidz - Children against Child Labor campaign, children and young people can support working boys and girls in the poorest parts of the world.

criticism

In the projects that were initially supported by Kindernothilfe, mainly day-care centers and student dormitories were built and maintained. They should provide individual children with both schooling and vocational training . In the late 1970s there was increased criticism of such sponsorship models in development cooperation. In 1977, Kindernothilfe commissioned the sociologist Alexander Thomas to study the sponsorship model for helping children in need. In response to the study results, the charity decided to develop and support more broad-based programs. Since then, this has been happening with self-help groups and community development projects, with which entire villages and regions are supported for the benefit of the children.

Codes

The work of Kindernothilfe is guided by various guidelines and codes :

  • Diaconal corporate governance code
  • Kindernothilfe's anti-corruption code
  • Venro Code of "Development-Related Public Relations"
  • VENRO Code of Conduct "Transparency, Organizational Management and Control"
  • VENRO Code of "Protection of Children from Abuse and Exploitation in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid"
  • Transparent civil society initiative

financing

The association is affiliated with the Diaconal Work of the Evangelical Church in Germany . Around 90 percent of the funding is provided by donors. The current annual report of the association gives a detailed overview of the financing, income and expenses.

Alliances

Kindernothilfe is involved in the following campaigns and alliances, among others:

Publications

  • Annual report of the association
  • Foundation annual report
  • Kindernothilfe magazine
  • Magazine kids, kids
  • Position papers
  • Teaching and kindergarten material
  • Church and parish materials
  • various studies, brochures, newsletters and flyers

Awards

  • 2007 Transparency Award from the auditing and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
  • 2015 winner in the category coaching CLEVIS internship mirror
  • 2015 Human Resources Excellence Award
  • 2015 AT Kearney Family Award as the most family-friendly organization in Germany
  • 2016 Phineo transparency test by Phineo gAG, on behalf of Spiegel Online
  • 2017 Star-Award Clevis internship mirror

Kindernothilfe Foundation

The Kindernothilfe Foundation was founded in January 1999 with Norbert Blüm as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The aim of the foundation is to support the work of Kindernothilfe regardless of the current amount of donations. The foundation's assets and the assets of 27 dependent foundations (trust assets) managed by it have grown to 29.6 million euros. Since it was founded, a total of 2.85 million euros has been distributed to projects of the association Kindernothilfe. Ewald-Peter Lachmann is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Other Kindernothilfe organizations

Kindernothilfe has also been active in Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland for many years. The Kindernothilfe organizations support girls and boys in the poorest countries of the world with the same concern, commitment and goal.

Kindernothilfe Austria

Since it was founded in 1996, Kindernothilfe Austria has been active in 19 countries. She now has over 3,600 sponsors who support her work.

Kindernothilfe Switzerland

Kindernothilfe Switzerland was founded in Aarau in 2004. Your focus countries are Zambia, Rwanda and Honduras.

Kindernothilfe Luxembourg

Since it was founded in 2013, Kindernothilfe Luxemburg has focused its work on core projects in Malawi and Haiti.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kindernothilfe.de
  2. ↑ Annual Report 2017 (PDF; 2.6 MB) Retrieved January 26, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Frank Lamers, Christoph Engel: The face of the child. That is the secret. 1999, ISBN 3-87067-800-3 .
  4. ↑ Kindernothilfe Homepage: Information - Topics - Protecting Children. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b Veronika Kölle: Kindernothilfe - The development of an idea. 1986, ISBN 3-87067-296-X .
  6. ↑ Kindernothilfe homepage: How we help. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Kindernothilfe's Convention on the Rights of the Child. (PDF; 2.6 MB) Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Kindernothilfe homepage: How we help - campaign work. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Kindernothilfe Homepage: Media Prize. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Action! Kidz homepage. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Kindernothilfe homepage: an overview of our projects. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Kindernothilfe homepage: Kindesschutz. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Kindernothilfe homepage: Sponsorship. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Kindernothilfe homepage: donations. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Kindernothilfe homepage: large donations and donations. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Action! Kidz homepage. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Kindernothilfe homepage: Kindernothilfe commitments. Retrieved March 21, 2017 .
  18. ↑ 2015 Annual Report (PDF; 2.6 MB) Accessed December 19, 2016 .
  19. ↑ Campaign work. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Annual report of the association. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Annual report of the foundation. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Kindernothilfe magazine. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  23. ^ Children, children. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  24. ↑ Position papers . Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  25. ↑ Teaching and kindergarten material. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  26. ↑ Church and parish material. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  27. ↑ various studies, brochures, newsletters and flyers. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  28. ↑ Press portal. Retrieved August 24, 2017 .
  29. ↑ graduate Retrieved August 24, 2017 .
  30. ↑ HR Excellence Award. Retrieved August 24, 2017 .
  31. ↑ Press portal. Retrieved August 24, 2017 .
  32. ↑ Transparency test. Spiegel Online, accessed August 24, 2017 .
  33. ↑ Clevis Consult. Retrieved August 24, 2017 .
  34. ↑ Kindernothilfe Foundation. Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
  35. ↑ Annual report of the Kindernothilfe Foundation. Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
  36. ↑ Kindernothilfe Austria. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 7, 2017 ; accessed on December 6, 2017 .
  37. ↑ Kindernothilfe Switzerland. Retrieved December 6, 2017 .
  38. ↑ Kindernothilfe Luxemburg. Retrieved December 6, 2017 .