Agapedia Germany

About Agapedia Germany When we founded Agapedia in 1995, it was important for JĂĽrgen Klinsmann to not only help children abroad but to also support children where he grew up himself. Esslingen on the Neckar river was the perfect starting location. According to the town’s youth welfare program, around 1,500 children live in the town…

Children’s Center Esslingen

Current Program of the Children’s Center Children’s Center EsslingenEvery day, up to 60 children between the ages of six and twelve experience how they can spend their free time in a meaningful way at the Agapedia children’s center in Esslingen. Children’s circus, creative and artistic design, sports, games and relationship work create the basis for…

European Solidarity Corps

European Solidarity Corps Since 2013, Agapedia has been a recognized organization of the EU program European Solidarity Corps (earlier: European Voluntary Service). Young Europeans can contribute their ideas to the Children’s Center Esslingen for up to a year and gain valuable experience in the work of an NGO. We would like to say a big…

Agapedia Bulgaria

About Agapedia Bulgaria Upon hearing about our work in Romania, a Bulgarian physician told us about the dire situation in public orphanages in Bulgaria, where children no longer live but rather eke out a pitiful existence. So we traveled to Sofia for the first time in 1999. After meeting with the responsible authorities, we realized…

Children’s Center Sofia

Children’s Center Sofia The Children’s Center Sofia takes in and cares for children from public children’s homes or difficult family situations who have been abused mentally or physically. It is a family-like institution. Children and teenagers aged six through 18 live together and are cared for by our loving staff. Our staff’s greatest challenge is…

Children’s Center Plovdiv

Children’s Center PlovdivIn 2008, we inaugurated the Agapedia Children’s Center Plovdiv, which is now a second home to abandoned children who live in nearby public children’s homes. At the Children’s Center, we offer these children cooking classes, computer courses, homework assistance, creative workshops and help them acquire the skills they need. The intensive relationship work…

Foster Family Program

Foster Family ProgramThrough our foster family programme, we trained Bulgarian foster families and the foster parents were prepared to take in a child in a three-month course. This enabled abandoned children to grow up in a family of their own and actively helped to close the large, inhumane state orphanages.Twice a year, the foster parents…

Student Program

Student ProgramYoung people from the Agapedia Children’s Centre who complete school with particularly good grades and are admitted to university receive financial support from Agapedia. Jana, for example, was able to successfully complete a degree in pharmacy after coming to the Agapedia Children’s Centre in Sofia from the state orphanage and completing her A-levels with…

Agapedia Moldau

About Agapedia Moldova Moldova ranks 112 in the Human Development Index 2018 (an index of human development in health, education and income). It thus remains Europe’s poorest country. Since Romanian is Moldova’s official language and we have had experience with post-communist structures in Romania, we decided to use synergies and establish aid projects here as…

Health and Social Care in Villages

Health and social care in villagesWe made this pilot project come to life in Moldova in cooperation with Robert Bosch Foundation in 2010 and are currently working towards its permanent integration into the Moldovan health and social sectors. We have trained 13 care workers and 3 project coordinators from 13 remote villages in Moldova to…