Support for disadvantaged and traumatized children
Since 2006, the Foundation has primarily supported charitable organizations in Germany that promote the development of disadvantaged and traumatized children and young people. Among them are young people who are disadvantaged or have been traumatized due to severe illnesses, disabilities of any kind or by a difficult social environment.

The Foundation’s projects offer children a safe haven where they can recharge their batteries and give them plenty of space for creativity and self-expression. They can try things out in workshops, grow through their artwork and gain newfound self-confidence. That, in turn, will help them process their traumatic experiences.

Special projects for Ukraine
Expanding the support to specifically help refugee children fleeing Ukraine and their families was a matter of immense importance to Foundation in the past year. Working together with longstanding cooperation partners, the Foundation was able to put some special projects together for Ukrainian refugees that focused on both networking and creativity.

ORANGE PROJECT Dormagen (Germany), for example, has been organizing art classes for Ukrainian children and young people since April 2022. An artist was on hand to guide the afternoons’ activities. The children had fun painting and, in the process, playfully regained some confidence in their own abilities and skills.

At the elementary school on Ravensburger Ring in Munich (Germany), the Foundation supported a creative offering for refugee children in the local “Welcome Group”. Within the scope of the “Architektur macht Schule” (“Architecture is catching on”) project, children had an opportunity to innovate and come up with their own creations, including buildings and bridges. The children took great pleasure in building their models, expanded their horizons and learned to work together as a team.