The new Mother and child centre in Chisinau/Moldova is put into operation! During the day Infants between 0-3 years whose mothers would otherwise have abandoned them.

The Esslingen children's centre will 20 years and this was duly celebrated! In bright sunshine, there were great performances by the children and lots of praise for the excellent work!

The two Social orphans Ginka and Rossita, who came to our emergency centre in Sofia/Bulgaria at the age of 9, pass the entrance examination for dentistry and sports science as second best at the state university.

In the Children's centre in Esslingen the first ArtCamp where children from Agapedia Romania and Agapedia Bulgaria also took part in exciting and creative activities. Holiday weeks spend. The team is supported by the first European volunteers from Turkey, France and China.

Agapedia is involved with the Danube Change„ network project“ for youth exchanges and training projects in the countries of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR).

Inauguration of the new social and medical centre in Brasov/Romania. For the first time, an official member of the Romanian government is present and thanks Agapedia for its 17 years of work. The centre becomes the base for the Agapedia staff teams that provide social work and medical support to 25 communities.

It's done! With all the volunteers, staff, children, parents and the social mayor we open our new children's centre in Esslingen!

We have found a house in Esslingen that will become our new children's centre! A whole year of extensive renovation work lies ahead of us, much of it done by ourselves! It's going to be very exhausting...

The socio-medical centre in Brasov/Romania is becoming too small and a move is imminent. The communities' trust is growing steadily. Children from the Esslingen children's home travel to Sofia/Bulgaria with their circus equipment and visit social orphans in state children's homes. Great friendships are formed!

Another children's centre is founded in Plovdiv/Bulgaria for social orphans from state children's homes.

In Chisinau/Republic of Moldova becomes a socio-medical centre set up. The neighbouring Ward for malnourished infants and toddlers of the city's children's hospital will be completed thanks to a donation from the RTL Foundation. completely renovated and has been continuously supported with milk powder ever since.

Organisation of a training course in Brasov/Romania for state employees in the social sector from Romania, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia. There is a lot of catching up to do in these countries. Our employees are now also travelling to rural areas within Romania.

We become a charity partner of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix for the first time.

Abandoned children become are now directly integrated into trained foster families in Romania. We train state-recruited foster families, educators and social workers.

The new social-medical centre in Brasov/Romania provides a free basic medical care for destitute women, children and families.

The MobiMed project with mobile medical teams provides medical care to around 18,000 inhabitants in 13 remote villages in the Republic of Moldova. The children's home takes in abandoned children, most of whom are in a pitiful state. Many cannot sit or stand at the age of 1.5.

In Sofia/Bulgaria the first young people to receive intensive support from Agapedia pass the Entrance examination for the university.

We celebrate „10 years“ of Agapedia with a charity gala in Stuttgart.

Minister President Erwin Teufel visits the children's centre in Sofia/Bulgaria. At the same time Supervised residential groups for children over the age of 18 set up.

Boom in enquiries from Romanian families wishing to adopt a child. The more than 150 families who have already taken in a child will continue to be looked after until the child reaches the age of 18. In the Republic of Moldova, Agapedia takes over the Training of social workers and carers who work in government agencies.

In Romania, many abandoned children adopted into domestic families and many children are successfully adopted by Continuous support reintegration into the family of origin. A great success, contrary to the opinion of the authorities, who put many obstacles in our way.

We open the Children's home in Chisinau and place abandoned infants and young children either in their original family or in an adoptive family within the country. Once again, we are the first in the country to carry out exclusively national adoptions!

In Esslingen, the Zipzebu children's circus and enjoys an enthusiastic following!

Admission of the first two children
George (4) and Madalina (2.5) in June 1996.

The children's home for abandoned Infants and toddlers is used in Brasov/Romania opened.

The Agapedia children's centre in Esslingen on the Neckar is opened.