Kreuzberg Children's Foundation
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| legal form | Foundation, endowment |
| founder | Peter R. Ackermann |
| Seat | Berlin |
| main emphasis | Educational equity and youth engagement; Promotion of the social participation of young people, tolerance, social cohesion and European and international understanding |
| Employees | 10 |
| Volunteers | 14th |
| Website | www.kreuzberger-kinderstiftung.de |
The Kreuzberger Kinderstiftung is a nationwide foundation that advocates educational equality and youth engagement. It supports projects, awards grants and implements its own programs. Between 2004 and 2016, it funded over 500 charitable projects and awarded over 450 grants.
history
The Kreuzberger Kinderstiftung consists of two parts: The non-profit Kreuzberger Kinderstiftung legal foundation under civil law (bR) was established in 2004 by lawyer Peter R. Ackermann in Berlin. In 2014 the Kreuzberg Children's Foundation was founded as a non-profit corporation.
The headquarters of the organization is a listed building on the Landwehr Canal, which was built in 1890 as a service villa for the royal Prussian hydraulic engineering inspector (“lock keeper's house”). In 2001 Peter Ackermann financed the purchase of the house for the State of Berlin. In return, the foundation was given sole usufruct for 66 years. After extensive construction and renovation work, she took over the building and established her permanent seat there.
Foundation purpose
The purpose of the foundation is to promote youth welfare, education and upbringing as well as international understanding. The purpose of the non-profit stock corporation is also to promote charitable causes, welfare, international sentiment, tolerance in all areas of culture and civic engagement in favor of these purposes.
activities
Funding programs
The foundation particularly supports projects that are organized by children and young people themselves. A youth council decides on funding of over 50,000 euros a year.
Child and youth engagement in Germany : Funds are given to projects that enable participation in socio-political processes, intercultural exchange and social engagement.
Youth projects in Greece : Funding is given to projects for young people who are particularly affected by the economic and social crises.
Scholarship programs
The scholarships for a school year abroad are aimed at middle school and high school students who take part in international youth exchange programs. The patron is the Federal Foreign Minister. A year of vocational school is also possible ( job compass ).
The IKAROS scholarship supports young people in Berlin on their second education.
In cooperation with the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe , travel grants are awarded for study trips to Greece.
The ECCHR grant promotes the participation of young human rights activists in the training program of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) in Berlin.
Operational program at the foundation's headquarters
Current projects are two canoe groups, a choir and a cooking class. The foundation house and garden are made available to groups involved in child and youth work.
The Kreative Kreuzberger project (2007–2009) offered workshops on various art forms.
International operational projects
Aid campaign flood victims (2005–2007): After the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the foundation financed the construction of a vocational school in Sri Lanka with the UNESCO Foundation - Education for Children in Need , the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district and residents of the district.
myworld.reporter (2007–2008): Under the auspices of UNESCO , the foundation developed a project in which young people from different countries produced short films about environmental damage.
The foundation is also involved in sea rescue on the Mediterranean.
financing
The foundation is financed exclusively through donations and income from the foundation's assets.
Memberships
The foundation is a member of the Federal Association of German Foundations and the Berlin Foundation Network. She has joined the Transparent Civil Society initiative.
Awards
In June 2010 the foundation was awarded the Feri Foundation Prize.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.pnn.de/potsdam/1047185/
- ↑ https://new.jugendrettet.org/de/about
- ↑ List of signatories of the Transparent Civil Society Initiative ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2017 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. , Transparency International Deutschland eV, accessed on January 25, 2017
- ↑ Every new thing has to find its way. The 2010 Feri Foundation Prize went to the Kreuzberg Children's Foundation. , in: StiftungsWelt (3-2010), p. 36f (PDF), accessed on January 25, 2017
