OPAM

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OPAM Association for the Promotion of Literacy
purpose Literacy, development aid
Chair: Werner Mays
Establishment date: September 12, 1980
Seat : Lindlar , Germany
Website: www.opam.eu
OPAM founding member Leonore Kremer was honored in 2012 by Federal President Joachim Gauck for her commitment.

OPAM (Italian: Opera di Promozione dell'Alfabetizzazione nel Mondo , German Aid Organization for the Promotion of Literacy in the World ) is an international aid organization for the promotion of literacy in disadvantaged regions of the world.

The aid organization consists of an Italian branch (founded in 1972) and a branch for the German-speaking area (Germany-Austria -German-speaking Switzerland ). The latter was founded in 1980 under the name OPAM Association for the Promotion of Literacy eV based in Lindlar .

history

In 1977 pastor Josef Prinz († 2009) and development worker Hermann Bröskamp († 2012) met the Catholic clergyman Don Carlo Muratore († 2003) in Rome. He had previously lived in Venezuela for 15 years and was convinced that the best way to fight poverty was through education. On his initiative, OPAM-Italy was created in Rome in 1972.

Prinz and Bröskamp were enthusiastic about his idea and then founded the OPAM Association for the Promotion of Literacy eV in Germany in 1980 as an independent aid organization.

OPAM eV

The association is neither confessional nor politically bound. Werner Mays has been the chairman since 2009. The Union

  • clarifies with brochures, information booths and lectures z. B. in schools across Germany on topics such as illiteracy and poverty in the third world.
  • collects donations and transfers them to reliable partner organizations for educational projects in disadvantaged regions of the world. To date, OPAM has "initiated or funded over 500 projects worldwide", mainly in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
  • For some years now, it has also been promoting microcredit projects to enable parents to earn the school fees for their children themselves.

Foundation, endowment

The Josef Prinz-OPAM-Foundation for the promotion of social development through literacy , named after the deceased founder of OPAM eV , has existed since September 2012 to promote the association's work. The former national handball trainer Heiner Brand took over the patronage of the foundation. The foundation's managing director is OPAM co-founder and board member Leonore Kremer, who was honored by Federal President Joachim Gauck in 2012 for her long-term commitment.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://opam.de/die-opam-story/
  2. ↑ https://opam.de/die-opam-story/
  3. ↑ a b c d opam.de: The OPAM story. Retrieved February 12, 2014 .
  4. ↑ opam.de: Microcredit - Help for self-help. Retrieved February 12, 2014 .
  5. ↑ opam.de: Founded Josef Prince OPAM Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2014 .
  6. ↑ OPAM eV board member Leonore Kremer honored by the Federal President. Retrieved February 12, 2014 .