German Dentists Foundation
| Aid Organization of German Dentists for Leprosy and Emergency Areas (CH Bartels Fund) (HDZ) |
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| legal form | Foundation, endowment |
| founding | 1987 |
| founder | Carl Heinz Bartels |
| Seat | Goettingen |
| precursor | Sponsorship of Lower Saxony dentists |
| main emphasis | Help in leprosy and emergency areas |
| Chair | Klaus Winter |
| sales | 797,663 euros (2018) |
| Website | www.stiftung-hdz.de |
The Aid Organization of German Dentists for Leprosy and Emergency Areas (CH Bartels Fund) was founded on May 18, 1987 by the Göttingen dentist Carl Heinz Bartels . The foundation emerged from the initiative sponsorship of Lower Saxony dentists for leprosy areas launched by CH Bartels in 1981 . The trigger for the sponsorship and the later foundation were the shocking experiences of the Göttingen dentist in the leprosy regions of Southeast Asia .
Areas of activity
The HDZ works where state aid measures do not take effect and where the large aid organizations are not represented. The aid measures start selectively but comprehensively. In particular with:
For this purpose, hospital wards were and are being built and fully equipped. The focus is always on helping people to help themselves, for example with:
- School and vocational training for young people
- Establishment of workplaces
- Instruction of doctors and dentists as well as auxiliary staff on the supplied equipment
- Supply of medicines
The HDZ is continuously in use in Asia , Africa , the European countries but also in Germany. In 2014 alone, more than 50 projects with a volume of almost 800,000 euros were initiated or completed. Projects are not carried out alone, but also together with partners, such as B. Don Bosco Mundo , the Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), the German embassies in Albania , Cambodia , Mongolia and Uzbekistan and others. From its foundation up to and including 2012, the HDZ has collected aid goods and monetary donations worth over 30 million euros and used them for charitable work in over 1,000 projects in more than 60 countries. The foundation uses more than 90% of the donations for aid.
Board of Trustees
The sole foundation body is the board of trustees . The chairman and his deputy are elected from the members of the board of trustees. The head of the foundation manages the day-to-day business of the foundation.
Patronage, patronage and memberships
The aid organization German Dentists (HDZ) is under the auspices of the German Dental Association , the verifier and the annual account of the HDZ. The President of the German Dental Association, Engel, paid tribute to the foundation on its 25th anniversary at a ceremony in Hanover on October 19, 2012. The former President of the German Dental Association, Horst Sebastian , ensured, among other things, through his special commitment to the HDZ that the necessary funds for the construction of an orphan orphanage in Peru and for the accommodation and education of 80 girls were secured. The children's home is located in the valley of the sacred Inca river Urubamba , approx. 30 minutes from Cusco and is called Dr.-Horst-Sebastian-Village . With this one of the largest projects of the aid organization was realized.
The Lower Saxony Dental Association has taken over the patronage. This is because the original initiative, the above-mentioned sponsorship of Lower Saxony dentists for leprosy areas in Lower Saxony, and the foundation is also based there.
The foundation is a member of the Transparent Civil Society Initiative and supports its goals sustainably.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.charitywatch.de/?id=636
- ↑ 25 years HDZ (pdf) ( Memento from April 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Our project in Cusco / Lamay - “Dr. Horst-Sebastian-Village “ ( Memento of December 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Aid Foundation of German Dentists, December 1993