25 years of Agapedia Esslingen

On 18 September, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of our Esslingen children's centre in glorious sunshine! The more than 100 guests, friends, former children and companions of Agapedia, spent a wonderful afternoon in the garden of the Esslingen Children's Centre with a great programme of music, dance, juggling, life painting and a fire show at the end! Jürgen Klinsmann honoured the...

Agapedia Foundation: Honoured by UEFA

The European football association UEFA has honoured Jürgen Klinsmann's Agapedia Foundation for Children, Social Affairs and Education as the winner of the UEFA Foundation for Children Award 2021. The DFB Foundation Sepp Herberger nominated the Agepedia Foundation. The house in Ulmer Straße, number 29/2 in Esslingen am Neckar, only reveals its charm at second glance....

Christmas greetings from Georgia!

In Georgia, the orphans learn about various professions in a one-year training project so that they can stand on their own two feet later. In our training kitchen, they learn how to cook, bake, serve and decorate. This gives them a very good chance of getting a job in the catering industry. We think they are already doing a great job! Many thanks to...

Impressions of the 2020 summer holiday programme

This year's summer holiday programme at the Esslingen Children's Centre was once again fantastic! Three weeks of creativity, sports and games for over 80 children! The first two weeks were spent batiking, working with wood, creating lino prints, making paper, painting and handicrafts and in the third week there was circus. The children learnt ladder acrobatics, trapeze, clowning, ball walking, juggling...

The new K19 Herzenssache Children's Centre in Geislingen has been opened!

On Sunday 8 December 2019, the time had finally come: the new children's centre in Geislingen opened its doors and guests young and old were able to marvel at the new premises! The children were able to try out all the new play equipment and Mayor Frank Dehmer was busy baking biscuits. We would like to take this opportunity to once again say a huge thank you to all the helpers and...

Agapedia Children's Centre donates 60 protective face masks to Children's Hospital Esslingen

Photo from left: OA Dr Hans Eitel (Head of Neuropediatrics), Mariam Gogolauri (Agapedia Georgia), Lina Drews (Trainee Pediatric Nurse), Gesine Hartmann (Head of Agapedia Children's Centre), Tina Döffinger (Artist Agapedia), Michael Hedtrich (Commercial Director of Esslingen Clinic) Agapedia Children's Centre donates 60 protective face masks to Children's Hospital Esslingen The doors of the Agapedia...

Agapedia Children's Centre donates 60 protective face masks to Children's Hospital Esslingen

Photo from left: OA Dr Hans Eitel (Head of Neuropaediatrics), Mariam Gogolauri (Agapedia Georgia), Lina Drews (trainee paediatric nurse), Gesine Hartmann (Head of Agapedia Children's Centre), Tina Döffinger (Agapedia artist), Michael Hedtrich (Commercial Director of Esslingen Hospital) Agapedia Children's Centre donates 60 face masks and protective visors to Esslingen Children's Hospital The doors of the Agapedia Children's Centre in Esslingen are currently...

Agapedia Georgia - „Life Box“

The consequences of Covid19 are also being felt in Georgia. Due to protective measures, many people have lost their jobs and are not receiving any state support. This also affects our young orphans, most of whom worked in catering and sales. They are deprived of financial resources for basic needs such as food, hygiene and accommodation. That is why we have...