help alliance expands project portfolio with 8 new projects

13. April 2023

New projects in cooperation with Lufthansa Group Airlines and stronger commitment in the area of emergency and disaster relief

help alliance continues to expand its global commitment and supports a total of 8 new aid projects this year. For the first time, projects in Namibia, Syria and the Dominican Republic will be supported. In total, help alliance is now active in 28 countries with 52 projects and makes an important contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations.

The new projects also include three initiatives that were created in close cooperation with Lufthansa Group airlines Eurowings Discover and Edelweiss Air. “The involvement of the airlines through their own aid projects strengthens the sense of community of the entire Group and shows that there is great motivation to work across the board for disadvantaged children and young people,” says Andrea Pernkopf, Managing Director of help alliance.

In addition to its long-term projects, help alliance is also stepping up its emergency aid in crisis areas such as Ukraine or the earthquake-affected regions in Turkey and Syria. With needs-oriented emergency aid and reconstruction measures, the organization supports the affected people quickly and effectively.

As usual, the projects of help alliance are proposed by employees of the Lufthansa Group and supervised on a voluntary basis. Since its founding in 1999, the aid organization has worked for sustainable social development in the project countries and is committed to helping disadvantaged children and young people worldwide.

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These projects will be supported by help alliance starting this year

Arusha, Tanzania: School of the Future
In the project region, a large number of children live in difficult and poverty-stricken conditions. In order to help these children and at the same time to develop the community as a whole, an innovative school center is to be built with a special focus on sustainability, environmental protection and integration.
Visit the School of the Future
Masaka, Uganda: Entrepreneurship Program
To counteract the difficult labor market situation in Uganda, teachers are being trained at 12 secondary schools to introduce young people to the subject of entrepreneurship, develop product ideas with them and support them in setting up a business.
Visit the Entrepreneurship Program
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic: Lilis School
In 1992, Florencia "Dona Lili" Bonilla founded the Colegio Enriquillo in a poor suburb of Puerto Plata with the aim of providing the children living there with access to a high-quality education that would pave the way for a university scholarship. The school building, which had fallen into disrepair, is now to be rebuilt.
Visit Lilis School
India, Krishnapuram: Holistic School
Access to education is particularly difficult for traumatized children, who are often limited in their cognitive development because their experiences impair their development and make it difficult for them to learn and concentrate. These children find the support they need at Peniel English Higher Primary School. Through specially tailored educational programs, they are not only accompanied on their educational path, but are also supported holistically.
Visit the holistic School
Costa Maya, Mexico: Plastic Collectors
Over the past 20 years, coastal pollution in southern Mexico has increased dramatically. Plastic waste washes up on the beaches every day, severely affecting flora and fauna. Local fishermen are to be motivated to collect old plastic from the seas. This is recycled into new plastic micro material and reused. For this social and environmentally friendly approach, the project partner Tide Ocean 2022 was awarded the Swiss Ethics Award.
Visit Plastic collectors
Cape Town, South Africa, Surf Therapy
Statistically, each child in the township experiences an average of eight traumatic events per year. Also at iThemba Primary School we can observe again and again that many children are inhibited in their development by traumatic experiences and need special support to process these experiences.
Visit the Surf Therapy
Katutura, Namibia: Brainfood
The project in the former township of Katutura combats two core problems: malnutrition and the resulting difficult learning conditions for children and young people.
Visit Brainfood
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