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A Christmas donation for our kindergarten in Ethiopia
The municipality of Vaterstetten, represented by the First Mayor Leonhard Spitzauer and the members of the municipal council, donated 4,000 euros for the construction of a kindergarten in their Ethiopian twin town Alem Katema. Due to the pandemic, this year’s association grant was not called and so the mayor had the idea to donate this […]
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30.000 € from Karlheinz-Böhm-School
250.000 € is going to cost the next project of the partnership association in Ethiopia: about 200.000 € for the construction of the 3rd kindergarten – the rest for the training of educators and the inclusion of children with disabilities. 100.000 € have already been collected by the association in the last years, 150.000 € […]
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Acquire a Brick-Certificate
Spitzauer did it, Wirnitzer did it – and many, many other Vaterstetten residents have done it too: buying one or more brick certificates to finance the construction of our third kindergarten. 300 to 400 children between the ages of four and six will have the chance to lay a great foundation for their education by […]
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Board elections 2021: Old staff – new élan
With the old team into a new future – what often seems impossible in politics, the partnership association will now implement. At the belated new elections on October 9 in the Vaterstetten OHA, the previous management team was confirmed, yet there is an enormous spirit of optimism. One feels closer to the construction of the […]
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“The world´s best coffee”
When Florian Hammerstein talks about his wild coffee from Kaffa, it quickly becomes clear: someone has found his passion here. For over 15 years, the business graduate from Freiburg has been importing Arabica from Ethiopia’s south with his company “Originalfood,” which is harvested from the jungle by small farmers. There are now around 15,000 of […]
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The fearless”Dinosaur” – about Girma Fisseha´s passing
“I am not afraid” – with these words Girma Fisseha regularly ended discussions on the subject of death in recent years. The courage of a proud Ethiopian, who had already come to Germany in 1976 and became a German citizen here, had become second nature to Ato Girma (Mr. Girma). Courage that made him go […]
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