help alliance funds 17 new projects in 2022
17 new projects that create prospects for young people
After last year’s project work was affected by the difficulties of the Corona pandemic, it is very gratifying that help alliance will support 17 new projects this year. This means that the Lufthansa Group’s aid organization is benefiting from the worldwide trend toward relaxation, which is making travel and physical coming together easier again. This is also reflected in the projects, which will be implemented in six new project countries (Argentina, Italy, Iraq, Cameroon, Colombia, Philippines), among others. As in the past, the projects were selected from suggestions made by employees and are supervised and managed by them as volunteer project leaders.
With its work, help alliance is making an important contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “Quality education” (SDG 4) and “Decent work and economic growth” (SDG 8). The Corona pandemic also had an impact on the development and education of young people in the Global South, and therefore help alliance’s new projects support providing equal opportunities for children and young people after this difficult time.
“The variety and number of new projects shows that the crisis of the past two years is as good as over, but that there is nevertheless a particularly great deal for us to do now as an aid organization. That’s why I’m all the more pleased that so many dedicated colleagues want to give young people around the world a good future with their individual projects, and that we can support them in doing so.”
– Andrea Pernkopf, Managing Director of help alliance
With its new projects, help alliance underscores the need to strengthen the Lufthansa Group’s social commitment, especially after the Corona pandemic.
The new projects at a glance
Philippines: Best school equipment for Filipino children
By providing school materials, LCD projectors and school meals for disadvantaged children, the project aims to relieve the burden on teachers and parents and create an improved learning environment for all students. To the project page
South Africa: Houses of Hope in Cape Town
Ubomi houses offer children and young people from the poorest parts of Cape Town a place for education, cultural activities and thus create perspectives beyond the dangers of the township. To the project page
Brazil: Dancing creates self-confidence
The project carries out social youth work to prepare children and young people for life with a variety of educational opportunities, but also, for example, through the therapy of violent trauma. To the project page
Kenya: Therapy center for children with disabilities
The therapy center offers children with disabilities and special needs as well as their families educational opportunities, individual health care and social support. To the project page
Nigeria and Cameroon: Career orientation for young adults
This project aims to help young adults, especially young women, learn skills that will help them provide quality service to their communities in order to generate sustainable income. To the project page
Italy: More participation for young people in Milan
The project aims to raise awareness among children and young people of their abilities, potential and skills, and to help them develop their talents so that they can consciously choose and shape their future. To the project page
Kenya: A fresh start with computer courses
The partner organization takes a holistic approach to helping young people in Kibera, improving the living conditions of everyone in one of Nairobi’s poorest neighborhoods. To the project page
Kenya: School garden for a healthy future
The establishment of a large school garden not only provides children with healthy food, but also trains disadvantaged young people to lead self-determined lives. To the project page
Germany: New ways to learn to read
The project ensures that children with special needs are not left behind and supports them in learning to read parallel to their school lessons. To the project page
South Africa: Sustainable bindings create jobs
The project aims to give more women and girls access to feminine hygiene products, offering self-produced menstrual pads that cost a maximum of EUR 0.06. The production and sale of the pads creates jobs. The production and sale of the sanitary pads creates jobs for previously unemployed women from the township. To the project page
Iraq: Running for more self-confidence
Outdoor activities not only promote physical fitness, but also offer women and girls the opportunity to develop their skills and competencies. As a result, they gain more self-confidence and contribute to positive change in a war-torn society. To the project page
Ghana: Youth development in Accra
In the poorer districts of Accra, there are hardly any extracurricular learning opportunities for children and people with disabilities. The newly built youth center is therefore a safe place where they can receive care, tutoring and medical attention. To the project page
Germany: Get into learning with dancing
Dancing is not only fun and looks good, it is also a good way for young people with experience of flight and migration to overcome their traumas. To the project page
Germany: Digital reading promotion
In this project for digital reading promotion, the reading and language skills of children and young people are supported through innovative approaches. The fun of reading and the good feeling that someone outside the family is taking time alone for the child are conveyed in a playful way. To the project page
Argentina: A safe home for traumatized children
The children’s home in Buenos Aires cares for children who have been in danger and offers them a home where they feel safe to develop their full potential and prepare them for their future. To the project page
Colombia: Perspectives for young mothers
The Mother and Child Center in Bogotá provides medical and psychological counseling to teenage mothers and helps them complete vocational training to provide for themselves and their child. To the project page
Get to know our new project managers
Amin Zaaki is from Ghana and works at Lufthansa Technik. He is in charge of the project “Youth Development in Accra.
Corina Hanisch lives in Buenos Aires and works at the Lufthansa station there. On the side, she supervises the project “A safe home for traumatized children”.
In addition to his work at Eurowings Technik, Ruben Baumgarten is our project manager for the “Sustainable Bindings Create Jobs” project in South Africa.
Carolin Tänzer is a flight attendant at Lufthansa and our volunteer project manager for the help alliance project “New start with computer courses” in Kenya.
Together with her colleague Gilda Longoni, Mara Cristallino oversees the help alliance project in Milan.
Gilda Longoni works for Lufthansa in Milan and, together with Mara Cristallino, is in charge of the project “More Participation for Young People in Milan”.
She is a volunteer reading mentor and works at Lufthansa Cargo. Janett Betz supervises our “Digital Reading Promotion” project
George Davantes comes from the Philippines and works as a flight attendant for Lufthansa. He is in charge of the project “Best School Equipment for Filipino Children.
Dorothee Pörner dedicated flight attendant is our volunteer project manager for the project “Dancing creates self-confidence” in Brazil.
Linda Andere works for Lufthansa Cargo in Nairobi and also supervises the “Therapy Center for Children with Disabilities” project.
Thorsten Frauning is purser at Eurowings and together with Julia Schirmeyer he is our volunteer project manager for the project “School Garden for a Healthy Future”.
Julia Schirmeyer is a flight attendant at Lufthansa and, together with Thorsten Frauning, supervises the project “School Garden for a Healthy Future” in Kenya.
Sabine Stamp has been working as a flight attendant at Lufthansa since 2016 and is project manager of the project “Get into learning with dancing.
Patricia Di Fabio is a lawyer at Lufthansa and supervises two projects on a voluntary basis: “Running for more self-confidence” and “New ways of learning to read”.
Caroline Fessler is Manager Brand Strategy at the Lufthansa Group. Together with Patricia Di Fabio, Caroline oversees the project “New Ways to Learn to Read.
Olivia Davis-Mbou joined Lufthansa Industry Solutions in 2009 as a consultant in product management, quality management and DevOps in the cargo sector. Since 2009, she has been involved in IT education for young people in Cameroon and Nigeria, where she was born and raised. She supervises the project “Career Orientation for Young Adults”.
Eylem Bozlak has been a volunteer project manager at help alliance since 2022. The flight attendant oversees the “Houses of Hope in Cape Town” project.
Daniel Serrano works as General Sales Manager for Lufthansa in Bogotá, Colombia and is in charge of the project “Perspectives for Young Mothers”.
