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Heidelberg, April 2004
Musik- und Singschule Heidelberg raises € 5340,-- to pay school
fees for 89 orphans.
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| Axel Schweikert, Director, and Kerstin Müller, Deputy Director, with students at the check delivery Photographer: Alex |
A creative music program and workshops took place for the opening of the new extension of the Heidelberger Musik- und Singschule . Instead of admission fees the children collected money at the end of each event under the motto „Children are helping children“.
Christmas fund raising by the Marie Baum Schule
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Amazing what the students could
achieve in one week Bild: Welker |
SIM-Rally 2002
20313 km for AIDS orphans
This Herz HD Stiftung benefit rally had 674 participants and was a full
success
Heidelberg, September 2002
On September 14th, more than 100 volunteers organized this rally in which racers of all ages on bicycles and wheelchairs participated for a good cause. Every kilometer equaled 1 Euro for AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe. The atmosphere on race day was extraordinary, everybody wanted to contribute. The average participant biked 30 km (19 miles), while our records were set by two champions: 158 km (100 miles) for the bicycle races, 90 km for the wheelchair races. 60 sponsors and businesses donated € 20.000 to help pay educational expenses for 338 children for 1 year. |
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| Foto: Rohde |
The photo gallery reflects the cheerful
spirit of this event.
The pictures can be downloaded for free.
Visit of Dr. Greg Powell in Heidelberg
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Dr. Powell talking at the Rhein Neckar Zeitung (newspaper) with Thorsten Schmidt, the manager of culture service and organizer of the “spring festival” (Festspiele) of the city of Heidelberg. The city is planning their next benefit project for Herz HD Stiftung in 2002. Foto: Kresin |
During a trip to the Netherlands Dr. Powell stopped by in Heidelberg
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order to report on the progress of our projects. So far, under the supervision
of CPS, educational expenses were paid for 271 children, including 137
girls and 134 boys. Those children go to 23 schools in an industrial suburb
of Harare called Highfield. 163 children attend primary schools and 108
children attend high schools or secondary schools. For 215 children the
mandatory school uniforms were purchased with the help of donations.
Dr. Powell also reported about the progress of the project “Foster
Families”.
CPS arranges about 5 of those sponsorships every month. The social workers
from CPS together with volunteers from the community select the parents
for foster children.
The willingness to take babies into their family is high. The annual costs
for those sponsorships currently are DM 350 = US$ 175.
Beate Weber, mayor of Heidelberg,
presents the check from the benefit concert
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Mayor Beate Weber, Thorsten Schmidt (manager of the Heidelberger Frühling) and Hans A. Herz (managing director of the foundation) at the symbolic check presentation. |
With this check of DM 10.000,-- the Herz HD Stiftung has collected more
than DM 100.000.-- since September 1999. The foundation has committed
DM 50.000,-- to the Child Protection Society(CPS) to finance school expenses
(fees, learning expenses and uniforms) for 500 children for the coming
school year .
Orphan Homes
The sheer number of orphans makes orphanages an unviable long-term solution. Most homes, therefore, serve only as intermediate solutions until a foster home is available.
In Chinyaradzo and Vimbainesu CPS cares for about 100 children ranging from birth to 16 years. Because of the hyper-inflation in Zimbabwe the cost for these homes is unsustainable for CPS. One child requires DM 420 = US$ 210 per annum or DM 35 = US$ 17 per month or DM 1,20 = US$ 0,60 daily. |
residents of Vimbainesu (engl. “you can count on me”) |
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