Annual report-2005 - Karl Kübel Stiftung

Annual Report 2005 

Karl Kuebel Stiftung 

fuer Kind und Familie 

Darmstaedter Strasse 100 

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Germany 

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Karl Kuebel Stiftung fuer Kind und Familie, www.kkstiftung.de 

Table of contents 

Annual report 2005 

Page 

Preface 3 

Development Cooperation 

Karl Kuebel Institute for Development Education (KKID), India 5 

International Conferences 7 

Philippines 8 

Kosovo 9 

Youth Campaign 10 

Tsunami-Projects, India 11 

Family Forum 

School for Parents 15 

Child-friendly Services in the Internet 15 

3. Hessian Family Day 16 

hessenstiftung – familie hat zukunft 18 

Educational Institutes 

Odenwald-Institute 19 

Osterberg-Institute 21 

Felsenweg-Institute 22 

Networks and Cooperations 24 

Structure of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung (organigram) / The team 26 

Annual Report 2005 Page 2 /26


Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, 

Dear readers, 

Joerg Schmidt Gabriele U. Herrmann 

In 2005 the Karl Kuebel Stiftung stood with its non-profit-activities – International Development 

Cooperation, Family and Education Work – in a very intense dialogue with its social and political 

environment: Last but not least because “family” has been a big issue in the election campaign for 

the federal elections. Despite all differences, all democratic parties agree that families need 

stronger support, if economy and society are to have a bright future. With the 3. “Hessischer 

Familientag” (“Hessian Family Day”) and the 9. “Saechsischer Familientag” (“Saxon Family Day”) 

Karl Kuebel Stiftung made important contributions to enhance the commitment for families on all 

levels. We have accomplished sustainable changes and tangible improvements: The 

“hessenstiftung – familie hat zukunft” (“Hesse Foundation – Family is the Future”), which we 

administer since 2004, has indicated directions for important issues with projects such as “Studying 

with a child” and “Compatibility of family and job”. In addition to other activities our “Forum 

Familie” (“Family Forum”) with its parent course “Understanding the Baby” has pushed a 

preventive programme that can support especially young families with a problematic background. 

In view of the sustainability of our country, the educational system was the centre of debates 

about quality and equity of chances, early childhood promotion and occupational qualification. In 

this regard the three big Educational Institutes of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung have taken up a wide 

spectrum of these current issues – from the strengthening of occupational skills to the family 

education until the training of teachers. The numbers of participants demonstrate that the 

institutes are able to prevail on the competitive market of further education. Besides the positive 

economical development there have been a few milestones: The Osterberg-Institute celebrated its 

10 th anniversary, the Odenwald-Institute conducted a successful annual conference on “Education 

and Enthusiasm” in September and the Felsenweg-Institute has been assigned by the Free State of 

Saxony with the realisation of the 10. “Family Day”. 

In the year 2005 our division of Development Cooperation had its focus on the Tsunami-aid. 

Already at the end of 2004 the Hessian Federal Government as the initiator of the mission “Hessen 

hilft den Flutopfern” (“Hesse helps the Victims of Tsunami”) has authorised the Karl Kuebel Stiftung 

with the implementation of all relief efforts. This meant to secure the targeted and speedy 

application of donations amounting to 1,4 Mio. Euro in support of families in need in the South 

Indian part of the disaster area. We have understood this task as a clear sign of confidence in our 

work – and we are aware of the big responsibility especially towards the people in need but also 

towards the donors and the project partners. Facing the extent of the damages and the big need 

for immediate and reconstruction aid there was no doubt in 2005 that we had to address those 

projects with especial intensive care over years. Parallel we have continued our commitment in 

India and the Philippines and have initiated further projects within the framework of “help for selfhelp”. 

In Kosovo we can also present specific achievements: since 2001 we work together with 

CARE International and the Federal Government. Programmes for children, teachers and parents 

are conducted to work on their trauma and to overcome tensions between the ethnic groups in the 

former regions of war. 



Given the wide spectrum of our activities we will present a selection of project-highlights on the 

following pages. Complementary we would like to recommend you reading the additional annual 

report, which deals with the issue of development cooperation in-depth. 

It still applies that parents and children here and abroad need our assistance. To meet its duties 

and responsibilities the Karl Kuebel Stiftung is depending on your support – maybe this annual 

report gives you a reason for that. We would be pleased, if we could welcome you in the circle of 

like-minded people and sponsors, whom we would like to express our hearty gratitude at this 

occasion. 

The Executive Board 

Gabriele U. Hermann Joerg Schmidt 



D E V E L O P M E N T C O O P E R A T I O N 

“Through the support of parents and families in different cultures we contribute to a 

comprehensive development of their children especially in the first three years.” 

“In development cooperation we stand up for the improvement of living conditions for the 

exceedingly needy sections of the society and contribute to more social justice. To strengthen the 

awareness of youths for their global responsibilities we support multipliers in their efforts for 

development education.” 

From the Foundation Guidelines of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung 

Key Data of the Development Cooperation 2005 

18 new projects with a total volume of 4,18 Million Euro have been approved, thereof 1,83 Million 

worth of donations. With these new projects 20.400 families and 122.500 persons in 193 

communities have been reached. The total volume of all ongoing projects amounts up to 17,5 

Million Euro. 

Karl Kuebel Institute for Development Education (KKID), India 

www.kkid.org 

After more than five years of intensive work, the Karl Kuebel Institute for Development Education, 

close to the city of Coimbatore in the South-Indian State of Tamil Nadu, has been distinguished: 

both in its main sphere of competence in training of project staff as well as with its international 

conferences. 

The Institute at the foot of the Nilgiris Mountains 

With its modern learning infrastructure, the capacity to accommodate 100 guests, but especially 

due to its professional personnel the institute is in a good position on the market of providers for 

training and education. Moreover the reorganisation of the management and new operational 

sequences in the interchange between India and Germany provide more transparency: The 

institute has been tied closer to the section development cooperation, and the financial monitoring 

has been improved. 

The offering of training has shifted in the direction towards “customised” programmes in the sense 

of being specific for the need and demand of the training of staff of the customers. These have 

been especially requested in 2005. On inquiry the premises are rented out as a conference hall. 



The institute is financed through the contribution of participants, own service performances for 

projects and has been subsidised by the Karl Kuebel Stiftung. 

A selection of training and education offerings at KKID 

For the staff of Non-Governmental-Organisations (NGOs) 

-Establishment, development and strengthening of Self-Help- and Women-Groups 

-Participatory approaches for village development 

-Self-Help-Groups and management of micro-finance 

-Fabrication and exercise of herbal medicine for basis health services 

-Watershed-Development 

-Utilization of renewable energies for the village development 

For the Management of NGOs 

-Design, monitoring and evaluation of projects 

-Support of the sustainability of projects 

-Project management 

-Financial management of NGOs 

-Documentation and reporting 

-Writing of project proposals 

For personal development 

-Leadership and career management 

-Communication-, crisis- and conflict-training 

-Moderation and trainings methods 

-Co-operation in and with groups 

The headquarter of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung in Bensheim is closely cooperating with the institute, 

especially in the coordination of the international programmes: 

-Renewable energies and how they can contribute to the fight against poverty 

- This issue was the centre of attention of an international conference (see the report on the 

following page) 

-Since 2004 KKID is the supporting organisation of the triennial project “NGO-IDEAs” (NGO- 

Impact on Development, Empowerment and Actions). “NGO-IDEAs” is a cooperation of 32 Indian 

and 14 German NGOs working in the field of development cooperation. The expected synergy 

effects have been achieved, which is proven by the newly developed training course programme, 

e.g. for the issue of organisational development. To impart the newest skills and knowledge for the 

project executing organisation, workshops on the issue “Logframe” (instruments for the objectiveoriented 

project design) with moderators of the consulting-company EuronAid are regularly 

conducted. 

-The study trips for the promotion of intercultural dialogue and comprehension for the work of 

development projects have been restructured. Thematic modules have been offered together with 

travel businesses which in turn recruit participants. 

-The 66 page long brochure “Improved Protection for Indigenous People” including a CD, which 

recapitulates the results of a conference of the year 2004, has been released. The booklet with the 

focus on Asia is available at the Karl Kuebel Stiftung. 

KKID 2005 in numbers 

- 14.282 participating days - 5.230 participants of 

- 173 conducted events and conferences with - 104 organisations 

- 4 international events - thereof 78 NGOs 

- In total the KKID has been utilized by 55 organisations, among them 36 NGOs 



International Conferences 

Example: Renewable Energies and Poverty Reduction 

From the 8 th until the 11 th March 2005 the international conference “Poverty Reduction through 

Renewable Energies” took place in the Karl Kuebel Institute for Development Education. For four 

days approximately 120 experts of private and governmental aid organisations discussed the 

possibilities to reduce poverty in developing countries through the application of renewable 

energies. Locally the event has been organised by KKID and the well-known Indian organisation 

“Action for Food Production” (AFPRO) from Delhi. The conference has been supported by the 

German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German 

Technical Cooperation (GTZ). 

More than 1.000 interested participants visited the special exhibition on the issue of renewable 

energies on the compound of the Institute. In this context for example solar lanterns or biogas 

plants have been presented. The experts agreed very soon: the distribution of renewable energies 

especially in the rural areas of India is indispensable. 

Visitors of the product exhibition 

“Renewable Energies“ 

Numerous initiatives that are successfully 

applying resource-saving technologies have 

been introduced in the course of the 

conference. The private aid organisation 

“Barefoot College” in the Indian Union State of 

Rajasthan for example provided more than 100 

communities with electricity from solar cells. 

Two women have been trained as “solar 

engineers” in each of the communities. For a 

fee they maintain the solar plants and are in 

the position to conduct minor repairs. Another example shows how a decentralised biomass plant 

could successfully be built up in a huge delta area in the eastern part of India. Three years before 

local small farmers had started to cultivate fast growing plant species as biomass fuel. Now twelve 

villages are provided with electricity from the gasification and combustion of the biomass. 

However, as promising those examples are, the experts agree that it has not come to an area-wide 

distribution of decentralised renewable energies in India yet. The high investment costs as well as 

the insecure financing were named as the reasons. On the basis of further models it has been 

pointed out that those problems have been overcome where renewable energies were directly 

linked to income generating schemes. For instance this has been the case in Uttaranchal in 

Northern India where women Self-Help-Groups were working with solar spinning wheels. With the 

earnings it has been possible to cover the maintenance costs of the solar plants. 

The conference of several days’ duration ended with the positive conclusion that renewable 

energies can contribute substantially towards the reduction of poverty. A plan of action on how to 

tackle concrete activities to promote renewable energies in the rural parts of India has been 

adopted. 

The documentation of the conference and the plan of action are available in English as a brochure 

under the title “Combating Rural Poverty with Renewable Energy” including one CD at the Karl 

Kuebel Stiftung. 



Philippines 

International Conference against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Trafficking of 

Women in the Philippines 

In February 2005 120 representatives of Philippine Non-Governmental-Organisations and the 

Government, as well as politicians and international participants came together in Cebu City to 

discuss a problem of extensive magnitude – the commercial sexual exploitation of children and the 

trafficking of women. 

During the two-day conference the reasons of the 

phenomena of the sexual exploitation of children and the 

trafficking of women have been analysed. The focus has 

especially been on the exchange of information, 

experiences and strategies to combat the problem. Plans 

of Actions that will be implemented by the partner 

organisations in the following five years have been 

developed in workshops. The conference ended with the 

preparation of a declaration which has been ratified by all 

participants. 

Children-Prostitution 

Estimates assume that 100.000 

children and young women are forced 

into prostitution in the Philippines. 

The metropolis Cebu City is one of 

the five most frequently visited 

centres for sex-tourism. Since a visa 

for the close-by China is not going to 

be obligatory from 2006 onwards 

anymore, experts fear that many 

brothel-visitors will come over to 

Cebu City. 

The conference was organised by the Philippine partner 

organisation JPIC (Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation 

– Integrated Development Centre) in cooperation with four local organisations and with financial 

support from Karl Kuebel Stiftung as well as the European Union. 

In the forefront of the conference a two-day exposure programme has been organised for 20 

participants from Australia, Sweden, Korea and Germany. This gave the international visitors the 

chance to get to know the problem locally and to talk to the affected children and women. Thereby 

it became obvious for the participants how strong the problem is affected by the interlinkage of 

commercial and political interests. 

Participants of the exposure 

programme in the 

rehabilitation centre for 

former child prostitutes in 

Cebu City. 

“It is not possible to grasp with mind what we have seen there. Only through the encounter of the 

children and people on the spot one is able to realise the entire dimension. I am convinced that we are 

all responsible and I am planning to integrate it in my political work. For this the concrete “on-the-spotexperience” 

and the density with which we gathered information is helping me.” 

The EU-delegate Michael Gahler, deputy chairman of the development cooperation commission of the 

European Parliament, participant of the programme. 



Kosovo 

Education for Peace and Tolerance – Project Evaluation Presents Evidence for the 

successful Project Approach 

Even five years after the war many people are still suffering from the consequences of destruction, 

terror and displacement. Especially children are heavily traumatised from experiences such as 

abuse, diversion and homicide of family members. Left alone with their fears and their memories, 

long-lasting mental problems are likely to emerge. The misuse of alcohol and drugs, aggression 

and a high disposition for violence are only some of the possible consequences. 

In the long run those consequences are in the position to obstruct the process of reconciliation 

within the Kosovar society. Therefore the mental recovery of war-traumatised children and their 

education for tolerance and non-violent conflict resolution is a crucial precondition for the peaceful 

co-existence of the Kosovar people in the 21. century. 

The programme “Help for Traumatised Children” started on the 1. May, 2000 with a pilot project. It 

is a common project of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung and the aid organisation CARE. The project is 

furthermore supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development 

(BMZ). The project embraced 3.000 pupils of five primary schools in the region of Prizren. Initially 

it focused on the training of 132 primary school teachers. Until March 2001 they learned how to 

detect post-traumatic stress-syndromes behind ostentious behaviour like depressions, 

aggressiveness or emotional indifference of their pupils. Subsequently the experiences were 

worked up in a therapeutic-playful way so that the process of recovery and reintegration has been 

supported. Extensive counselling meetings with the parents also took place. Furthermore the 

project partner provided games and teaching material. 

In the second phase of the project (June 2002 

- end of May 2003) the focus shifted towards 

recreational-pedagogic and creative activities 

and towards a reintegration into a “normal” 

everyday live of children. 1.200 children were 

playing, drawing, singing and regularly taking 

part in the after-school activities. A local 

partner organisation of CARE was offering art- 

and theatre-projects for approximately 700 

children during the summer holidays. The 

follow-up project is running since November 

2003 until May 2006 also supported by the 

BMZ. This project focuses on the education for 

peace and tolerance and has been extended to 

16 new ethnically mixed school areas. Taken 

together all projects until the end of 2005 

nearly 11.000 pupils and more then 600 

teachers from 25 school areas in the region of Prizren have been reached. 

In nearly all project-provinces the objectives have been met or even exceeded. This concluded the 

well-known and independent consultant Margaret Stansberry in September 2005. It is especially 

pointed out that the efficiency and the positive outcomes of the project resulted in an exceedingly 

high acceptance and reputation from behalf of children, teachers, parents and the local supervisory 

school authorities. Psychosocial and after-school programmes produced a change in behaviour of 

the majority of children and teachers. Therefore the Karl Kuebel Stiftung plans to extend the 

project from the middle of 2006 onwards in 12 more villages in the southern part of Kosovo. 



Youth Campaign “Eine Welt leben lernen” (“Learning to Live One World”) 

“We support multipliers in their work for development education to strengthen the awareness of 

youths for their global responsibilities.” 


Bridges to India 

With the help of the audio-visual presentation “Come with me to India” in many schools the 

bridging towards a totally different culture succeeded in 2005. Girls and boys of an all-day-school 

in Nieder-Erlenbach close to Frankfurt showed a special symbol of their interest. They wanted to 

report something about their life to children in India. Hence they created a photo-documentation 

about teachers and students and painted pictures to document their everyday life – information 

that induced a big interest in the bridge-school Chattanahalli in the Indian Union State of 

Karnataka. The Indian students, former child labourers, packed a satchel full of paintings showing 

their everyday life as a response. Partnerships between schools in India and Germany are to be 

supported this year as well. 

Left: An Indian schoolgirl is drawing a painting for Germany 

Right: A school class on a picture to be send to India 

“Eyes Open for one World” – International Week in Bensheim 

One more highlight in the work of the youth campaign has been the International Week which took 

place in Bensheim from 11. to 17. July in cooperation with the city of Bensheim and the “Christian 

Blind Mission” (“Christoffel Blindenmission”). This event was a premier in Germany and should 

have been should be understood as a symbol against poverty in the world. The main issue has 

been the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals: The aim of the eight Development 

Goals of the Millenium Declaration of the United Nations from September 2000 is the reduction of 

poverty by half until 2015. There have been concerts, activities, campaigns, information-booths 

and much more. In total 56 groups and aid-organisations participated. Already in the forefront of 

the International Week kinder gardens and schools in Bensheim have been involved in the planning 

of the contents. School classes dealt with the issue of refugees and raised questions such as: Why 

do people leave their homeland? What do they expect from their new living environment? 

A painting party in the courtyard of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung was the highlight of all creative 

activities. Collectively it was pottered with colour, styrofoam, glue and paper-maché to create for 

example a huge, plastic “Island of Peace” – a centre of attraction for youths during the entire 

International Week. 



Tsunami-Projects 

From Emergency Aid to a long-term Reconstruction 

1. Hesse helps the Victims of Tsunami 

On 26. December 2004 a devastating flood wave destroyed entire 

coastal areas in South- and Southeast Asia. At a time when also 

many Europeans were on holidays on the beaches that have been 

destroyed in minutes, the disaster of the century took place. In India the magnitude of destruction 

had been enormous. Partner organisations of Karl Kuebel Stiftung from South India reported their 

losses directly after the catastrophe. At the same time the Ministry of Hesse reacted with a huge 

appeal for funds and initiated the fundraising campaign “Hesse helps the victims of Tsunami”. Karl 

Kuebel Stiftung has been authorised for the implementation. In only a few weeks mainly Hessian 

citizens donated an amount of more than one Million Euro. Together with representatives of the 

Karl Kuebel Stiftung Prime Minister of Hesse Roland Koch visited the affected villages to get a 

picture of the destruction and the emergency aid in the first weeks after the flood. 

Houses, boats and human lives – the Tsunami took everything away 

2. Bensheim helps 

Committed citizens initiated a huge fundraising campaign in Bensheim, the 

head office of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung. Lead-managed by the chairperson of 

the association Beatrice Herrmann, “Bensheim helps” adopted one project of 

the Karl Kuebel Stiftung in India and one project of the “Christian Blind 

Mission” in Sri Lanka. With a lot of dedication more than 100.000 Euros 

could have been collected and have been transferred to the projects. As a 

member of “Bensheim helps” Karl Kuebel Stiftung gave support to the 

association in the project areas as well as with the acquisition of funds and 

the public relations in Germany. 

3. The Strahlemann Children’s Home 

The third partnership for a Tsunami-project descends from the district Odenwald: the 

“Strahlemann-Initiative”. Since 2005 this network of business partners is involved in the long-term 

care for children who have been exceedingly affected from the Tsunami. This way in the most 

destroyed district Nagapattinam a children’s home could have been built which will open its doors 

in spring 2006 for approximately 100 children. This project is going to be supervised from the Karl 

Kuebel Stiftung for 10 years. Additionally the support of more European communities could have 

been won: Together with the French and Spanish partner communities, the Hessian village 

Liederbach takes part in the funding of the children’s home for three years. 



From Emergency Aid towards Development Cooperation: Milestones of the Reconstruction 

In the first weeks after the catastrophe medical first aid was rendered, food and fresh drinking 

water were disbursed, clothes and blankets were provided, dishes supplied and first temporary 

camps were constructed. The first milestone has been achieved, as the self-supply of the fishing 

communities was again possible. 

The reconstruction in spring 2005 marked a second phase of the Tsunami-aid. Foremost the basis 

for income generation had to be re-established. The need for catamarans, simple fishing boats, and 

for “Vallams” (big boats), had to be estimated village by village. Outboard-motors and fishing nets 

have been obtained. Fishermen who were working as unskilled labourers before were to be 

participated as one of four owners of the big boats. Now the involved families use the earnings 

from the fishing to pay the insurance-fee for the new boat. These structure-changing-measures are 

steps for a sustainable improvement of the living conditions in the fishing communities. The 

perennial reconstruction, which includes the construction of houses in some project areas, is jointly 

planned with Indian partners locally and is to offer new perspectives for the people. This includes 

the promotion of women’s participation in income generating. In Helen Colony and Enayam for 

example young fishing women complete trainings for the repair of boats motors, electronic and 

mechanics. With their skills they are able to open up repair-shops so that the villagers don’t have 

to travel long distances into the next town. Components of the project are also traditional crafts 

like the production of rope or tailoring, which qualifies the female population and generates 

income. 

Families are the primary target group of all 

development cooperation projects of the 

Karl Kuebel Stiftung. Mainly women and 

children lost their lives in the Tsunami in 

South India. And also as survivors their 

destiny is exceedingly difficult: The loss of 

their relatives and the resulting poverty 

hinders their own chances for the future. 

In all Tsunami-aid projects Karl Kuebel 

Stiftung emphasised the need for a childfriendly 

supervision in kindergartens or 

night-schools. It needs to be avoided that 

children are becoming “drop outs” from the 

school system because they need to earn 

money or work in the household. It has been a huge achievement that the students of all projects 

received good results at the end of the year 2005. 



For the reconstruction of the affected villages the rural infrastructure needed to be rebuilt – besides 

the aid to the affected groups. Wells have been constructed, the ground fixed, streetlights have 

been installed and kinder gardens kindergartens and community centres have been built. The 

phase of reconstruction has by far not been finalised by the end of 2005. To construct altogether 

435 houses is going to cost the Indian and German project partners time, energy and money in the 

year 2006. The Karl Kuebel Stiftung wants to support the fishing families to finally leave the 

temporary camps. The costs for a simple house now amount to approximately 3.000 Euro – prices 

have doubled since the start of the project. 

Sustainability has been one objective also in ecological terms. In cooperation with the local 

authorities the reforestation along the coast line has been started. Women were planting palm 

trees and vegetable gardens. The use of renewable energies for the provision of the villages and 

the children’s home is tested. 

After the measures for rehabilitation like the 

provision of boats and the construction of 

houses, the Tsunami projects (which are going 

to run for four years) reached their final 

phase: Sustainable reconstruction means to 

secure the achievements of the project and the 

slow exit from the running costs of the 

facilities. Vocational training for alternative 

sources of income, the establishment of selforganised 

credit-groups and centres for 

counselling in the villages help to secure that 

well developing communities soon will be in 

the position to take care for their own future. 

Unfortunately the situation in the temporary camps worsened at the end of 2005. Due to 

exceedingly strong rainfall and floods the people in the sheds lost the ground under their feet and 

had to fight with hunger and diseases for weeks. Exigent aim of “Hesse helps the victims of 

Tsunami” is to let the families move into steady houses. Therefore also 2006 more funds are 

urgently needed for the reconstruction of the fishing communities. 

Balance of activities 

Activities 

Projects 

1. “Hesse helps 

the Victims of 

Tsunami“ 

2. “Bensheim 

helps“ 

3. Strahlemann 

children’s home 

Emergency Aid Reconstruction Sustainability/ 

Securing the Success 

of the Projects 

First medical 

provision, provision 

of food and 

clothes, 

construction of 

temporary shelters 

First medical 

provision, provision 

of food and 

clothes, 

construction of 

temporary shelters 

Medical provision, 

provision of food 

and clothes 

187 boats, nets, outboard 

motors, 

kindergartens (150 

children), night-schools 

(541), construction of 3 

community- entres, 

construction of 435 houses 

(planned), 63 finished 

116 catamarans, 

13 Vallams, 

55 outboard motors, 

5 nets 

Identification of 100 

children, whose families 

were affected by the floodcatastrophe 

– they were 

picked up in the children’s 

home; care in a change 

home, building of the new 

children’s home in 

Child care, nightschools, 

vocational training, 

establishment of credit 

and self-help-groups, 

psychological 

counselling, support of 

women 

Child care, nightschools, 

vocational training, 

establishment of creditand 

self-help-groups, 

psychological 

counselling, support of 

women including start – 

up- training 

Training of volunteers 

and children, 

cooperation with donors 

in Germany 

(Strahlemann- 

Initiative, Fraport) and 

agencies in India 

(Peace Trust) 

Revenue 

of 

Donations 

Approx. 

1,5 

Millionen 

Euro 

Approx. 

105.000 

Euro 

Approx. 

200.000 

Euro 

Project Volume 

Approx. 

2,1 

Millionen Euro 

Approx. 

387.000 

Euro 

Approx. 

758.000 

Euro 



Public Relations in Germany 

Every week updated reports from the Tsunami projects and the project visits have been published 

on the homepage and the press has been informed. By the end of the year the Karl Kuebel Stiftung 

has conducted two big press conferences in Bensheim and in Berlin to inform the public of the 

implementation of the donations and the proceeding of the projects. In Berlin this happened due to 

an invitation of the Hessian Federal Office with a colourful vernissage at the permanent 

representation of Hesse. This exhibition which was shown for the first time on this event includes 

30 large-sized photographs from the Tsunami project “Hesse helps the Victims of Tsunami”. These 

impressive pictures are going to be shown all over Hesse in 2006 to promote the work of Karl 

Kuebel Stiftung. 

2006: Workshop and Travelling Exhibition 

The transition from emergency aid to development cooperation is also complicated in the Tsunami- 

Aid. Since there have been many different actors locally the Karl Kuebel Stiftung will conduct a 

Workshop at KKID (South India) and invite representatives of Indian as well as international NGOs 

in February 2006. Chances and problems of cooperation as well as possibilities for prevention of 

catastrophes will be discussed. 

Donations for the Tsunami-projects 

“Hesse helps the Victims of Tsunami“ 

Account for donations no. 63 63 63 4 

Bank: Commerzbank Bensheim (Bank code 508 400 05) 

Account holder: Karl Kuebel Stiftung 

Catchword „Hessen hilft den Flutopfern“ 

“Bensheim helps“ 

Account for donations no. 3 33 33 33 

Bank: Sparkasse Bensheim (Bank code 509 500 68) 


Catchword „Bensheim hilft“ 

Strahlemann-children’s home 

Account for donations no. 307 00 00 

Bank: Sparkasse Bensheim (Bank code 509 500 68) 


Catchword „Kinderheim Indien“ 

In order to write certifications of donations we kindly ask 

donors to give their full address on the remittance slip. 

Thank You! 



F A M I L Y F O R U M 

“With the support of parents and families in different cultures we contribute to a comprehensive 

development of their children especially in the first three years.” 


“Understanding the Baby”, “Erfurter Netcode” and “3. Hessian Family Day” – those three bullet 

points are standing for the spectrum of the family related work of Karl Kuebel Stiftung inside 

Germany, which has been initiated from the department Family Forum. These activities also 

represent the three pillars of the forum: The preventive approach for expectant and young parents, 

the area of media pedagogy related to child-friendly services in the internet, as well as public 

relations and awareness raising in favour of more friendliness for families in Germany. 

School for Parents: Strengthening of the Relationship between Child and 

Parents 

www.focus-familie.de 

The school for parents stands for a training-programme for the early strengthening of the 

relationship between child and parents. Aberrations of the child or in the living together of the 

families are to be prevented at an early stage. The increased number of reports about 

maltreatment and negligence of children show the importance of this project. As an answer to this 

incidents the Institute for Familytherapy at the clinical centre of the University of Heidelberg has 

developed a programme for prevention with the support of the Family Forum. After some testing 

2005 has been the year of the first practical probation: In an unique attempt the programme has 

been implemented as an area-wide pilot project due to recommendations of the district 

Bergstrasse. At an annual rate of 2.000 nativities it has been the primary goal to reach as many 

expectant or young parents as possible. Therefore extensive preparatory work was needed: Leadmanaged 

by the county district a network of experts for birth preparation like midwifes, pediatrists 

and gynaecologists has been formed. Those experts receive free training as multipliers for the 

school for parents. Leading health insurance companies could have been convinced of the concept 

and agreed to take over the costs for the fees of the course for parents. At the end of 2005 many 

multipliers had been trained so that courses could start in hospitals, surgeries and helpdesks for 

families in the beginning of 2006. At the end of 2005 the Family Forum has sanctioned for 

additional funds for the implementation and the scientific steering of the project. Therewith the 

course has been set for the success of the school for parents and the cooperating partners assume 

a positive response in other regions and federal states. 

Child-friendly Services in the Internet 

www.erfurter-netcode.de 

For another important branch of preventive work - media pedagogy - the Forum has 

developed guidelines for orientation about child-friendly internet services together 

with churches, the “Landesmedienanstalt” (“Institute for the Federal Media”) and the 

Erfurter Netcode. In February 2005 the seal for quality has been awarded for the 

first time to nine providers of children’s homepages in the city hall of Erfurt. These 

providers have been intensively reviewed before and were allowed to carry the 

Netcode-seal in form of a jumping kangaroo with immediate effect. 50 additional 

candidates didn’t meet the strict criteria of the Netcode. In a second round in 

November four more providers have been awarded with the seal. Given the positive 

response from the public, the media and the internet-scene the Association Netcode 

e.V. is planning an extension of its activities through the admission of more members and the 

extension of the inspection committee in 2006. 



3 rd Hessian Family Day 

www.hessischer-familientag.de 

30.000 visitors in Hofgeismar 

In 2005 the most important project of the department Family Forum of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung 

has been the 3 rd Hessian Family Day which took place on the 9 th July in Hofgeismar. The Family 

Forum constitutes the official agency and coordinates the planning of this huge family-oriented 

event which is hosted by the Hessian Ministry of Social Welfare and the city of Hofgeismar, which 

presents the Family Day. A programme of information, entertainment, games and fun for young 

and old have been developed during the preparation of nearly one year. The contents were 

important for the organisers: At the centre was the cooperation of different generations in the 

family, the integration of late-resettier-families, life-models of fathers and mothers, the possibilities 

and boundaries of early childhood education and the integration of people with disabilities. 

For the announcement of the Family Day all over Hesse, Karl Kuebel Stiftung and the Federal 

Government initiated a painting competition themed: “Who can paint the most beautiful picture for 

the 3 rd Hessian Family Day?” 1.100 children in the age group between three and twelve years 

participated in the competition. All over Hesse the event was announced on TV, in newspaper 

articles and in advertisements. In addition the organisers distributed 50.000 invitation flyers. The 

daily newspaper “Hessische/Niedersaechsische Allgemeine” (HNA) and the editorial staff “service: 

familie” (“service:family”) of the local radio station “Hessischer Rundfunk” (hr) supported the 

Family Day as media partners and sponsors like Amigo-games and the German dictionary publisher 

“Duden” gave an important contribution. 

A crucial factor for the success was the enthusiasm 

which was brought in by the organisations and 

initiatives of family work in Hesse and especially of 

Hofgeismar, the city that hosted the Family Day: 

Already by the middle of April 2005 with 150 

organisations a record of registrations could be noted 

down and the number continued increasing. On 9 th of 

July 2005 groups and institutions presented themselves on the market of possibilities. This market 

encompassed seven streets with different contents – for example the “Street of Children and 

Youth”, the “Street for Social Encounter”, the “Street of Family Education” and the “Street of 

Health”. Together with the Odenwald-Institute, the “hessenstiftung – familie hat Zukunft” and the 

Hessian Ministry of Social Welfare Karl Kuebel Stiftung presented its work on the market place of 

Hofgeismar. 

A diversified programme with discussions 

about current issues of family politics, which 

were moderated by professionals from the 

local radio station “Hessischer Rundfunk” 

(hr) Mathias Muench, Susanne 

Schwarzenberger and Andreas Clarysee, was 

offered on four stages. Artists presented 

theatre plays and performances on issues of 

the German fairy-tales. In addition there 

were readings and a fairy-tale quiz with 

1.000 participants. 

On the left: Obviously Hessian Prime Minister 

Roland Koch, Minister for Social Welfare Silke 

Lautenschlaeger and chairperson of the 

Foundation Council of Karl Kuebel Stiftung 

Matthias Wilkes, had a lot of fun. 



With the “Strengthening Children” –Tour from the Federal Centre for Health Education, the Sport 

Confederation Hesse, Hesse Media and the Federal-Honour-Office-Initiative additional supporters 

could be won. 

Given these excellent preconditions the 3 rd Family Day has been an enormous success – on a bright 

and sunny day 30.000 followed the invitation to Hofgeismar. Already in the morning during the 

official opening by the Ministry of Social Welfare Silke Lautenschlaeger, the chairperson of the 

Foundation Council Matthias Wilkes and the mayor of Hofgeismar, Heinrich Sattler, the atmosphere 

was excellent and was to continue all through the day. 

On the 

“service:familie”-stage 

of “hr” students 

discussed with Hessian 

Prime Minister Roland 

Koch. 

The entire day in Hofgeismar was dominated by a lively rush. The huge number of parents with 

small children was particularly striking – the meeting places for parents with diaper changing units 

and corners for crawling offered good possibilities for families to take a breather. The Clown- 

Doctors brought the Family Day with their performances to the joint apartments of the seniors of 

the evangelical aid for seniors “Gesundbrunnen”. Hessian Prime Minister Roland Koch and the 

Minister for Social Welfare Silke Lautenschlaeger caught a lot of attention, while they informed 

themselves about round tours and participated in sports activities. 

Even though the event ended officially in the late afternoon it continued to be lively around the 

compound of the Family Day. Many people used the fine weather and the good atmosphere to 

celebrate and to watch the final concert of the “Robbie Williams Coverband” in the evening. 



H E S S E F O U N D A T I O N 

www.hessenstiftung.de 

The business dealings of the “hessenstiftung – familie hat zukunft”, founded in 2001, are 

administered by Karl Kuebel Stiftung since the middle of 2004. 

The improvement, extension and evaluation of “Der FamilienAtlas” (“Hessian Family Atlas”) in the 

internet (www.familienatlas.de) ended with the presentation of the relaunch on the CebIT in 

Hannover on 11 th of March. The success of the revision has been approved by an evaluation. 

The programme area “Fathers in the job and in the family” was the thread for public performances 

of the Stiftung on the Hesse Day on the 18 th of June and on the Hessian Family Day in Hofgeismar 

on the 9 th of July. In each case a well-staffed podium discussed under the title “Everyone wants 

dad – fathers between family and job”. More information is available in the internet: 

www.hessenstiftung.de/index.php?article_id=49 

The pilot project “Studying and Researching with a child”, applied as a four-year-long longitudinal 

survey at the University of Gießen could have been introduced on two conferences in Gießen: on 

the 1 st of July at the congress of ”Compatibility of job and family - Universities present profile” and 

on the 2 nd of November at the conference “University and child? Of course!”. At the second 

conference the findings of the survey on the situation of students with children in Giessen have 

been presented. More information is available at: 


The area of perspectives of children in the policy consultations has been strengthened. Besides the 

“Children’s Barometer Hesse” the new activity “Children evaluate their city” has been started. This 

activity is implemented under supervision of professor Bernhard Meyer of the Protestant University 

of Applied Sciences Darmstadt. Cooperation partners are the Hessian “Jugendring” and the local 

radio station “Hoerfunkwelle hr3”. From October to December 2005 2.412 children in 149 groups 

descending from 51 Hessian cities participated to inspect the child-friendliness of their hometown 

from their point of view. More information: 


Management and Board of Directors from the left: Ulrich Kuther (authorised representative of 

the management), Lilly Maleck (assistant), in the middle the members of the Board of 

Directors, State Secretary Gerd Kraemer (Hessian Ministry of Social Welfare), Barbara David 

(Commerzbank) and Joerg Bombach (Hessischer Rundfunk) with Gabriele U. Herrmann 

(management) 



E D U C A T I O N A L I N S T I T U T E S 

“We support parents and children, multipliers, specialists and managers by the means of 

educational and counselling offerings to encourage their personal and vocational development as 

well as life in relationships.” 


Odenwald Institute 

Tromm, 69483 Wald-Michelbach 

www.odenwaldinstitut.de 

In the year 2005 the Odenwald-Institute could successfully position itself in the field of education. 

New target groups could be won due to an improved communication of the offerings. Thereby 

particular attention of the institute lies on issues regarding the relationships of people – in the 

family, partnerships, job and daily life. Vocational and further training were strongly demanded: 

with new offerings on systematic formation work, analysis of transactions and about the 

accompaniment of people the institute enlarged its spectrum. For the first time further training on 

fair-fighting, which currently receives a lot of attention as a method for a constructive clarification 

of conflicts and violence prevention, have been offered. 

Extension of Information and Communication 

New website 

The website of the institute has been redesigned in 2005 and a newsletter has been installed which 

will regularly inform all interested people about the offers of the institute. 

Open house 

In May 2005 the institute organised an open house on which especially the people from the region 

had the possibility to get informed about the institute and the educational work. Simultaneously 

the start of the Art Days of Tromm took place in front of the “Trommer Hof”. 

Fair-fighting-training in the local radio station “Hessischer Rundfunk” (hr) 

The family course “We love one another – we fight with one another”, which is offered in the 

Odenwald -Institute for many years and the course instructor Karlheinz Moosig was even two times 

a visitor in the local radio station “Hessischer Rundfunk” (hr). In the telecast “service:familie” the 

work of the family course was shown and on the radio show “HR-Lounge” course instructor 

Karlheinz Moosig answered questions of the moderator Sabine Schwarzenberger and of different 

listeners regarding fair-fighting. 

Conference “Education and Enthusiasm” 

An impulse for the current education debate was set on the annual conference 2005 of the 

institute. Themed “Education and Enthusiasm” more than 30 well-known consultants and course 

instructors presented innovative and approved methods of holistic learning and encouraged a 

debate on the basic principles of successful education. With nearly 180 participants the conference 

was the biggest event in the history of the Odenwald-Institute. 

(www.bildung-und-begeisterung.de) 

454 courses with altogether 

19.608 participant days were 

conducted at the Odenwald- 

Institute in 2005. 



Strengthening of Networks and Cooperations 

Accreditation as an institution for teacher training 

As one of the first private providers of education the Odenwald Institute has been accredited for 

teacher training by the Institute for Quality Development at the Hessian Ministry of Culture in June 

2005. In addition to seminars supervisions and pedagogic days for teachers are offered from today 

onwards. 

Cooperation with the association “Wirkstatt”, Karlsruhe 

From the beginning onwards the concern to support people in their liveliness has connected the 

“Wirkstatt”, Karlsruhe, and the Odenwald-Institute. Selected courses of “Wirkstatt” about 

creativity, music and nature experiencing have been a part of the programme of the Odenwald- 

Institute for a long time. The cooperation has been further intensified: Since May 2005 the 

Odenwald-Institute implements the biggest part of the seminars of “Wirkstatt” and conducts the 

organisation of the seminars. 

Youth Educational Institution 

(Jugendbildungswerk) 

There has been such a great demand for the offers 

of Odenwald-Institute for the Youth Educational 

Institution in the district Bergstrasse, that there 

was a need for a waiting list. An increasing number 

of schools ordered seminars for their students, 

especially on issues like prevention of violence and 

addiction and on teamwork. One highlight was a 

workshop themed “Rituals” within the framework 

of the event “Good times – bad times”, in which 

225 students from the 8 th grade of the school of Wald-Michelbach participated. 

Extension of the infrastructure 

Art-trail on the Tromm 

In cooperation with the Odenwald-Institute, the 

“Sparkassenstiftung Starkenbach” as well as the 

communities Grasellenbach and Wald-Michelbach, an 

art-trail on the Tromm has been developed in 

participation with seven artists. The trail highlights 

the beauty of the nature and invites to a round tour. 

The location of the institute in the middle of the 

impressive natural scenery of the UNESCO-Geopark 

Bergstrasse-Odenwald gained one additional 

attraction. 

For the participants of the institute further improvements have been undertaken: In the seminar 

house “Haus der Mitte” the course room has been extended and redesigned. Additionally the 

reorganisation of the rooms has been initiated. The participants now have their own internet access 

at the institute. 



Osterberg Institute 

Am Hang, 23306 Niederkleveez 

www.osterberginstitut.de 

In the year 2005 the Osterberg-Institute exists for 10 years now. Approximately 300 visitors 

attended the celebration of the jubilee from the 11 th to the 13 th of February, among them 

representatives of educational politics from the federation and the states. The institute 

consolidated its position as a label for further training and education in Northern Germany. 

Cooperations with other educational institutions have been deepened and new ones initiated, for 

example with the “Haus am Schueberg” in Hamburg. 

The academy for couples with 87 participants has been the “bestseller” among the conferences of 

the jubilee. Likewise the conference on transaction analysis has attracted 84 participants. This 

conference had inaugurated the cycle of jubilee-conferences already in November. The new further 

training course “Mediation” has had a good start with 15 participants in August. 

19 children and 16 adults undertook different working tasks at the working week – the second one 

after 2003 - of the development association of the Osterberg Institute in March. As a highlight of 

this successful project the aid organisation “Aktion Mensch” has awarded a grant in the amount of 

5.000 Euro for the working week for a sustainable and inventive children and youth project. 

Success with “Train the Trainer” 

The program for qualification “Train the Trainer” with several days duration which was initiated in 

2004, a cooperation with the Institute for Further Training at the Faculty of Economics and Social 

Sciences, Hamburg, has apparently found a niche in the landscape of education in Northern 

Germany. The second round started with 24 participants. The third edition for 2006 has been 

prepared. 

Art and culture 

Five in holiday mood (from the 

left): 

The District Administrator of 

Ploen Dr. Gebel, member of the 

Executive Board of Karl Kuebel 

Stiftung Gabriele U. Herrmann, 

Director of the Osterberg- 

Institute Manfred Guehrs, 

Deputy Director of the institute 

Katarina Weiher and speaker at 

the jubilee Joerg Matzen 

In April the artist Roger Rigorth has installed two intriguing and very attractive pieces of art on the 

compound of the institute: “Boot mit Rad” (boat with wheel) and “Steinkreis” (stone circle). These 

so-called Land-Art-Objects are items of loan from “Haus am Schueberg”. This churchly educational 

institution, located at the outskirts of Hamburg, is going to offer as a new cooperation partner 5 

seminars of the Osterberg-Institute in 2006 in their facilities. 

14.023 participant days could be registered at the Osterberg-Institute in 2005. 337 courses 

had been offered and for them 83 course instructors were engaged. 



Felsenweg Institute 

Tolkewitzer Straße 90, 01279 Dresd 

www.felsenweginstitut.de 

In both fields of activities of the Felsenweg-Institute – pedagogical projects and „FamilyGames“ – 

diverse events were taking place and approximately 47.000 people could be reached in 2005. 

Pedagogical projects 

The focus of the assignment in the area of “pedagogical projects” is development of concepts, 

planning and qualification. In 2005 the Ministry of Social Welfare of Saxony has consigned the 

Felsenweg-Institute with the management for the federal pilot project “First phase of 

implementation of family education in cooperation with day-care facilities for children” (2005- 

2007). It is built on the results of a first project phase from 2001 to 2004 whereupon it is possible 

to develop day-care facilities for children as locations for family education. This is to make the 

contents of family education known among more parents. Simultaneously the work with parents in 

the day-care facilities for children has been qualified and developed to a partnership for education. 

The current project is to extend these results and to establish working structures. The Free State of 

Saxony is planning to spread this approach all over the state. The main task of the Felsenweg- 

Institute as project management is to develop an adequate instrument for implementation. This is 

exemplarily compiled in four pilot-locations. 

In February 2005 the “Saxonian Federal Association” of the German organisation “Paritaetischer 

Wohlfahrtsverband” (”Equal Welfare Association”) entrusted the Felsenweg-Institute with the 

leadership of the project “Family Education in Network” (“Familienbildung im Netzwerk”, 2005- 

2007). About 30 institutions throughout Saxony are involved in this project. The aim is to further 

develop these institutions in a conceptual way and to prepare them for future challenges. The 

appointment of the Felsenweg-Institute in a pool of experts in the field of family education by the 

Saxonian Ministry of Social Welfare symbolizes the high regard for the successful work. ……] 

Field of teaching by playing 

The “FamilyGames” have also been highly demanded in 2005. This branch of the Felsenweg- 

Institute is organizing the Saxon Family Day on behalf of the Ministry of Social Welfare of Saxon 

already for many years. This year in the beginning of September it was celebrated in the courtyard 

of the baroque hunting lodge Hubertusburg south of Leipzig. 6.000 enthusiastic participants 

enjoyed the many family-oriented offerings on a warm day in late summer. A particular highlight 

was the big tent of games. With 400 current board and parlour games it offered the possibility to 

test old and new games. The area for 

toddlers provided sufficient possibilities to 

play and retreat also for the youngest. 

The Prime Minister of Saxony Georg 

Milbradt and the Minister for Social 

Welfare Helma Orosz with children in 

the tent of games on the 9 th Saxon 

Family Day 



On the compound of the baroque hunting lodge Hubertusburg there was a lot of entertainment, fun 

and games for parents and children. 

One further highlight was the activity “The biggest game in the world” on 10 th of September in 

Chemnitz. In cooperation with the “German Games Museum” and the “Section Games” it could be 

managed to have 816 people participate in a one-piece board game which was more then 350 

meters long. This activity is to be registered in the Guinness Book of World Records. 

Likewise other activities of “FamilyGames” (more then 30 games events in 2005) this activity has 

by all means contributed that more people – especially families – take some time for each other 

and play together. This is an important contribution for a sustainable improvement of the abilities 

to communicate within the family but also between the different social and cultural stratums of the 

society. 



N E T W O R K S A N D C O-O P E R A T I O N S 

Award for the benefactor Karl Kuebel 

Encounter with the German Federal President 

On the 13 th of May in the context of the annual 

conference of the “Bundesverband Deutscher 

Stiftungen” (“Federal Association of German 

Foundations”) in Berlin the member of the 

Foundation Council Mary Anne Kuebel and the 

chairperson of the Foundation Council Matthias 

Wilkes informed the German Federal President 

Horst Koehler of the work of the Karl Kuebel 

Stiftung fuer Kind und Familie. 

Beteiligung am Hessentag in Weilburg 

A joyful occasion at the beginning of the 

year: Karl Kuebel was given the 

“Courage-Orden” of the Homeland and 

Carnival Association Buerstadt on the 

16 th of January. The award holder of the 

previous year, Karl Cardinal Lehmann, 

recognized in his laudatio the achievements 

in the life of the 95-year-old 

entrepreneur and benefactor. His wife 

Mary Anne Kuebel, the daughter Hannah 

Kuebel and the chairperson of the Foundation 

Council, the District Administrator 

Matthias Wilkes conveyed appreciative 

greetings in the name of Karl Kuebel. 

Since the benefactor was due to health 

problems not able to attend the ceremonial 

act, he received the fraternity from a 

delegation of the association who visited 

him in his residential house on theTromm 

in Wald-Michelbach in South Hesse. 

During the 45 th “Hesseday”, which took place in 

Weilburg an der Lahn in June, Karl Kuebel 

Stiftung presented its work at an information 

booth. The focus was the fund-raising project 

“Hesse helps the Victims of Tsunami” and the 

announcement of the 3 rd “Hessian Family Day” 

on 9 th July in Hofgeismar. Among many visitors 

were also the Hessian Prime Minister Roland 

Koch and the CDU delegate of the Hessian 

Parliament Ilona Doerr – here in conversation 

with Katrin Toenshoff, employee of Karl Kuebel 

Stiftung. 



Visit of the chairperson of the “Bundesverband 

Deutscher Stiftungen” 

The first chairperson of the “Bundesverband 

Deutscher Stiftungen” (“Federal Association of 

German Foundations”) Dr. Fritz Brickwedde 

informed himself about the current projects of Karl 

Kuebel Stiftung during a visit on 15 th of 

September. He was welcomed by the chairperson 

of the Foundation Council Matthias Wilkes (left), 

member of the Executive Board Gabriele U. 

Herrmann and Head of Department Development 

Cooperation Ralf Tepel. 

Dr. Brickwedde, who at last visited Bensheim on 

the occasion of the 90 th birthday of entrepreneur 

and benefactor Karl Kuebel, referred to the motto of Karl Kuebel: ‘How can I be of service?’: 

“I remember that Karl Kuebel told us his life motto 1995, as he received the award of the 

“Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen”. In our current service society these simple words of Karl 

Kuebel are more up-to-date then ever.” 

Participation in the “1. Hessischer Stiftungstag” 

(“1. Hessian Foundation Day“) 

Hesse is the federal state with the highest 

concentration of foundations in relation to the 

population. In order to further promote the idea of 

foundations, the Provincial Government organized 

the “1. Hessian Foundation Day” at the castle 

Biebrich in Wiesbaden on the 9 th of December. 

All interested people were invited to spend an 

informative day with experts as well as 

benefactors. As one of 30 foundations the Karl 

Kuebel Stiftung presented its projects, for example 

the current matters of “Hesse helps the Victims of 

Tsunami”. The picture shows the spokesman of the 

provincial government, State Secretary Dirk Metz in conversation with the mayor of the city of 

Bensheim, Thorsten Herrmann and the chairperson of the Foundation Council Matthias Wilkes. 

Matters of Own Concern 

Replacement of the Executive Board 

Since summer 2005 the Karl Kuebel Stiftung is managed by an Executive Board consisting of two 

persons: After the member of the Executive Board Dr. Claudia Warning changed over to the 

“Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst-EED” (“Church Development Service-EED”) in Bonn, additionally 

to her previous sections personnel, controlling and the German educational institutes, Gabriele U. 

Herrmann has taken over the responsibilities for the Family Forum and the Public Relations of Karl 

Kuebel Stiftung and “hessenstiftung – familie hat zukunft”. The member of the Executive Board 

Joerg Schmidt further on manages the trust administration and participation. Department manager 

Ralf Tepel has been promoted to the Head of Department Development Cooperation. 



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