Martin Aufmuth

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Martin Aufmuth (born April 13, 1974 in Immenstadt ) is a German teacher for mathematics and physics. Since 2007 he has emerged with various charitable activities. He has been arousing particular interest since 2012 with his one- dollar glasses project . His aim is to provide as many people in need as possible in developing countries with inexpensive glasses that are manufactured locally.

OneDollarGlasses, an invention by Martin Aufmuth

Career

After the diploma at the Technical School in Sonthofen Martin Aufmuth graduated from 1992 to 1995 trained as a radio and TV technician. He then did community service in the Immenstadt hospital. He then attended the vocational college in Kempten and passed his Abitur with distinction in 1997 .

From 1997 to 2002 Aufmuth studied mathematics and physics at the University of Erlangen . He then taught these subjects at the Werner von Siemens Realschule in Erlangen . Aufmuth has been married since 2006. He has three children.

In June 2012 Aufmuth founded the non-profit association EinDollarBrille eV and became a board member of the association. In 2014 he took a leave of absence from school work in order to be able to devote himself full-time to work for the association and to promote the success of the OneDollarGlasses .

engagement

Fundraising

Martin Aufmuth started the Internet project “BallonMillion” in June 2007 with the motto “10,000 balloons for a fairer world” and the aim of collecting donations amounting to one million euros for the benefit of the organization Das Hunger Projekt . The goal was not achieved, but by 2013 a total of 552,550 euros in donations were collected. This financed two development centers in Malawi and Mozambique , each of which can improve the situation of around 30,000 people. The campaign was under the patronage of Renate Schmidt . Numerous celebrities gave encouragement and support, including the politicians Richard von Weizsäcker , Angela Merkel , Horst Köhler and Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul .

In retrospect, Aufmuth sees the fundraising as a decisive step for himself: “In the end, we only raised half a million. But I noticed that I can make a difference. That was a key experience for me. "

Climate protection project

In 2009 Aufmuth initiated the co 2 maus project , with which pupils were motivated in a playful way to be interested in climate protection and to save CO 2 themselves . According to Aufmuth, by the end of the project in 2013, a total of 45,000 children and young people along with their siblings, parents and teachers had taken part and saved more than 40,000 tons of CO 2 . The action received several awards.

Providing poor people in developing countries with glasses

The machine developed by Martin Aufmuth for manufacturing eyeglass frames from solid steel wire. The 30 × 30 cm worktop is integrated into the lid of the tool box so that the manufacturers in the target countries can produce glasses at any location.

In June 2012 Aufmuth founded the EinDollarGrille eV association , which is active in eight countries (as of 2017). With the OneDollarGlasses, Aufmuth wants to help people in developing countries who need glasses and cannot otherwise afford them. The material for glasses costs about a dollar; the glasses sell for a few dollars. The glasses enable people with ametropia to attend school or to do work that requires good eyesight, for example.

For the production of OneDollarGlasses, Aufmuth developed a bending machine that, together with other tools, fits into a wooden box with the dimensions 30 × 30 × 30 cm. The bending machine enables simple glasses frames to be made by hand from sturdy wire. The lenses are manufactured in a partner company in China and are made of break-proof polycarbonate with a hardened, scratch-resistant surface. After an eye test , the optician selects the right glasses from an assortment with 25 different lens thicknesses from –6 to +6 diopters . Since 2016 glasses with –10 to +8 diopters have even been supplied.

Awards

For the co 2 mouse project

For the EinDollarGrille project

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Vita martin-aufmuth.de
  2. ↑ a b Inventor Martin Aufmuth: The one-dollar glasses for developing countries deutschlandfunkkultur.de, January 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ BallonMillion campaign das-hunger-projekt.de
  4. ↑ BallonMillion martin-aufmuth.de
  5. ↑ a b The one-dollar glasses opens eyes at Mittelbayerische.de, December 6, 2014.
  6. ^ The project co 2 maus martin-aufmuth.de
  7. ↑ See the tool box with the bending machine mounted in the picture presentation (PDF), p. 29. The following pages show the individual work steps.
  8. ↑ a b Invention of the one-dollar glasses: How glasses can change life sueddeutsche.de, November 6, 2013.
  9. ↑ bending machine eindollarbrille.de
  10. ↑ a b Annual Report 2016 of EinDollarBrille eV, p. 7 (PDF).
  11. ^ The blessing of the one-dollar glasses spiegel.de, February 24, 2014.
  12. ↑ Martin Aufmuth brings cheap glasses to Africa merkur-online.de, October 24, 2013.
  13. ↑ Glass production in China ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2018 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. eingollarbrille.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eindollarbrille.de
  14. ↑ The glasses eingollarbrille.de
  15. ↑ Awards martin-aufmuth.de
  16. ↑ Awards eingollarbrille.de
  17. ↑ EinDollarBrille eV is the “Good Example 2016” br.de, press release from May 5, 2016. See also the application video for this competition.
  18. ↑ https://www.ashoka.org/de-de/fellow/martin-aufmuth
personal data
SURNAME Aufmuth, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher for mathematics and physics
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Immenstadt