Children's and youth center in Tbilisi Poverty and war in the post-socialist country of Georgia hit orphans and children from impoverished families particularly hard. Together with our local partner "LifeChance", we opened the first children's and youth center in Tbilisi in 2017, where orphans can find a place to go and shelter. The center, which is run by the Orthodox Church for...
About Agapedia Romania Romania suffered one of the worst dictatorships in south-eastern Europe, which slowly turned into social change with the revolution in 1989. In 1995, the Romanian Agapedia Foundation was founded in Brasov. Agapedia Romania was the first private NGO (non-governmental organization) to start domestic adoptions for abandoned infants and toddlers aged 0 - 3 years. Agapedia Romania is...
About Agapedia Moldova On the Human Development Index 2018 (index of human development in the areas of health, education and income), the Republic of Moldova ranks 112th and is still the poorest country in Europe. Since people in Moldova also speak Romanian and we had gained a lot of experience with post-communist structures in Romania, we...
About Agapedia Bulgaria A Bulgarian doctor who had heard about our work in Romania told us about the terrible conditions in the state-run Bulgarian orphanages, where the children were more vegetating than living. We traveled to Sofia for the first time in 1999. After the first meetings with the responsible authorities, it quickly became clear that the work here was not possible due to corrupt...
About Agapedia Germany When we founded Agapedia in 1995, it was important to Jürgen Klinsmann not only to help children abroad, but also to support children where he himself grew up. We found the right constellation in Esslingen am Neckar, where, according to the city of Esslingen's youth welfare plan, around 1,500 children live in the city center and...