Annual report-2005 - Karl Kübel Stiftung

Karl Kuebel Stiftung fuer Kind und Familie, www.kkstiftung.de
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.”
From the Foundation Guidelines of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung
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.
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