About Agapedia Germany When we founded Agapedia in 1995, it was important for Jürgen 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…
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 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…
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 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 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 ProgramOur foster family program trains Bulgarian foster families in a three-month course to prepare them for taking in a child. Abandoned children now have a chance to grow up in a loving family. Our work actively helps close down the large, inhuman public orphanages.We organize supervised training camps for foster parents and their…
Student ProgramTeenagers living in the Agapedia Children’s Center, in foster families or in public orphanages who have successfully completed secondary school and wish to go to university are endowed with a scholarship. We prepare them for university admission tests, cover tuition and rent in a dormitory. This is how Jana was able to successfully study…
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 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…