{"id":5010,"date":"2018-12-13T14:33:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T14:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T17:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T17:50:13","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1587816382562 vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 style=\"color: #7c7c7c;\"><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Agapedia<\/span> what <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">founded<\/span> by J\u00fcrgen Klinsmann, Marika Barth, Stefan Barth, Ulrich Popp and Andre Gross in <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">1995<\/span> and develops projects that support <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">children<\/span> in need. Agapedia's work consists of <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">consulting<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">planning<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">organising<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">implementing<\/span> <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">humanitarian projects<\/span>. The aim of all measures is to provide <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">direct help<\/span> to affected children and people in need and to support social developments through sustainable projects.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"color: #7c7c7c;\">Agapedia is a registered <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">foundation<\/span> in <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">five countries<\/span>, where <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">our teams<\/span> help others. The foundation's <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">administrative costs<\/span> are borne by Agapedia's founding members and the returns endowment fund.<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Row Backgrounds --><div class=\"upb_color\" data-bg-override=\"full\" data-bg-color=\"#ffffff\" data-fadeout=\"\" data-fadeout-percentage=\"30\" data-parallax-content=\"\" data-parallax-content-sense=\"30\" data-row-effect-mobile-disable=\"true\" data-img-parallax-mobile-disable=\"true\" data-rtl=\"false\"  data-custom-vc-row=\"\"  data-vc=\"8.7.2\"  data-is_old_vc=\"\"  data-theme-support=\"\"   data-overlay=\"false\" data-overlay-color=\"\" data-overlay-pattern=\"\" data-overlay-pattern-opacity=\"\" data-overlay-pattern-size=\"\"    ><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid dt-default\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"jstime timeline_preloader\" style=\"opacity:0;width:35px;margin:auto;margin-top:30px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"box-shadow:none;\" alt=\"timeline_pre_loader\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/plugins\/Ultimate_VC_Addons\/modules\/..\/assets\/img\/timeline_pre-loader.gif\" \/><\/div><div class=\"smile-icon-timeline-wrap jstime   tl-animation-slide-out\"  data-time_sep_bg_color=\"&quot;#005e96&quot;\" data-time_block_bg_color=\"&quot;#ffffff&quot;\" data-time_sep_color=\"&quot;#81d742&quot;\" style=\"opacity:0; \"><div class=\"timeline-line\" style=\"border-right-color:#005e96;\"><span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-4243\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-4243 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2022<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-2342\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-2342 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-2342 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6615 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collage-ua-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collage-ua-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collage-ua-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collage-ua-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collage-ua-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/collage-ua.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The year 2022 was all about <strong>Ukrainian aid<\/strong>! Actions and aid measures for Ukrainian refugee children and their families take place at <strong>all<\/strong> project <strong>locations<\/strong>.<br \/>\nWe would like to take this opportunity to <strong>tha<\/strong><strong>nk all<\/strong> our <strong>friends<\/strong> and <strong>sponsors<\/strong> for their overwhelming support and generous <strong>donations<\/strong>!<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-6500\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-6500 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2021<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-1206\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-1206 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-1206 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6491 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2029.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2029-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2029-1024x415.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_2029-768x311.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>September 18, 2021<\/strong>, we finally celebrated the <strong>25th anniversary<\/strong> of our Esslingen Children's Centre in bright sunshine!<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-2318\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-2318 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2020<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-5076\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-5076 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-5076 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5576\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/agapedia-25-jahre-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/agapedia-25-jahre-2.jpg 3587w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/agapedia-25-jahre-2-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/agapedia-25-jahre-2-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/agapedia-25-jahre-2-1024x571.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-2598\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-2598 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2019<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-2991\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-2991 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-2991 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_2157.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img \/><img id=\"&lt;encoded_tag_open \/&gt;B0BD9736-A912-4854-B08B-441182AFDA53@speedport.ip&lt;encoded_tag_closed \/&gt;\" class=\"Apple-web-attachment Singleton Apple-edge-to-edge-visual-media\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; opacity: 1;\" \/>On 08.12.2019 our new <strong>children's centre in Geislingen\/Steige<\/strong> for children between 6 and 12 years old will be opened!<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-2052\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-2052 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-9849\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-9849 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-9849 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\">The new children's centre in <strong>Geislingen<\/strong> an der Steige is being planned together with the city of Geislingen. The former sports shop of J\u00fcrgen Klinsmann is being renovated all year round.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-7509\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-7509 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2017<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-5566\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-5566 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-5566 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4297 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0686-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0686-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0686-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0686-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Agapedia Georgia<\/span> is founded on <strong>February 28, 2017!<\/strong> Marika Barth's dearest wish has come true! The first children's and youth centre for <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">orphans<\/span> opens in Tbilisi on October 13, 2017. Teenagers are offered an apprenticeship so they can gain independence.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-7006\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-7006 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2016<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-4209\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-4209 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-4209 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4236 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/28.jpg 800w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/28-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">house for women and children<\/span>is inaugurated in Chisinau, Moldova. During the day, the house cares for <strong>babies and toddlers aged 0-3<\/strong> whose mothers would have left them otherwise.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-2422\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-2422 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-2422 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4296 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13502159_10157035259590207_7869723053738850404_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13502159_10157035259590207_7869723053738850404_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13502159_10157035259590207_7869723053738850404_n-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13502159_10157035259590207_7869723053738850404_n-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We celebrated the <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">20th anniversary<\/span> of the Children's Centre in Esslingen. The children gave great performances in the sunshine and we received praise for our great work!<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-2940\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-2940 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2015<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-6864\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-6864 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-6864 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4473 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20jahre-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20jahre-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20jahre-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20jahre-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20jahre.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Agapedia has helped others help themselves for 20 years.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-2405\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-2405 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2014<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-7236\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7236 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7236 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4233 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"884\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/26.jpg 884w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/26-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/26-768x490.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">social orphans Ginka<\/span>and <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Rossita<\/span>, who came to our emergency admission centre in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the age of 9, pass the public university's <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">entrance exams for dentistry and sports science, and even place second<\/span>in their respective exams.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-6136\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-6136 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-6136 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4232 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"937\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/25.jpg 937w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/25-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/25-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Children's Centre in Esslingen<\/span> holds its first <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">ArtCamp<\/span>. Children from Agapedia Romania and Agapedia Bulgaria experience a few weeks of exciting and <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">creative holiday<\/span>. The troops are supported by the first European volunteers from Turkey, France and China.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-9759\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-9759 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2013<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-1748\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-1748 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-1748 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\">In Romania, we are granted the<span style=\"color: #005e96;\">EU-funded RurActiv<\/span>project in which we train long-term unemployed men and women from the villages and integrate them into the labour market.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-1040\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-1040 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2012<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-5230\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-5230 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-5230 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4228 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/24.jpg 940w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/24-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/24-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">networking project Donauwandel (Danube Change)<\/span>, Agapedia encourages youth encounters and training projects in the countries of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-8161\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-8161 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-8161 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4356 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/agapedia-rumaenien.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/agapedia-rumaenien.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/agapedia-rumaenien-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/agapedia-rumaenien-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Inauguration of the new socio-medical centre in Brasov\/Romania.<\/span> For the first time, an official member of the Romanian government visits us and thanks Agapedia for 17 years of hard work. The centre is the home base of the Agapedia staff, which supports 25 municipalities in their social and medical work.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-8232\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-8232 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-8232 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4224 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"883\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/22.jpg 883w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/22-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/22-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It's done! We celebrate the <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">inauguration of the new Children's Centre in Esslingen<\/span> with all volunteers, employees, children, parents, and the mayor for social affairs!<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-7313\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-7313 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2011<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-5611\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-5611 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-5611 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4222 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/21.jpg 940w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/21-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/21-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We cooperate with the <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Robert Bosch Foundation<\/span> to complete the <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">project for health and social care in the villages:<\/span> Long-term unemployed women from villages are trained to become nurses and care for abandoned elderly and sick people as well as children in the region.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-6135\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-6135 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2010<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-7546\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7546 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7546 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3718_bw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3718_bw.jpg 900w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3718_bw-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3718_bw-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">We have found a house in Esslingen that will be our new Children's Centre!<\/span> A year of extensive renovations, much of it with our own hands, lies ahead of us! It will be tough time...<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-7524\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7524 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7524 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\">The socio-medical centre in Brasov, Romania, is becoming too small and we are moving. The towns\u2019 trust is growing steadily. Children from the Children's Centre in Esslingen pack their circus material and visit social orphans in public children's homes in Sofia, Bulgaria. Great new friendships are born!<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-4410\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-4410 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2009<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-6465\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-6465 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-6465 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4218 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/19-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"883\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/19-1.jpg 883w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/19-1-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/19-1-768x588.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">The new emergency admission centre is inaugurated!<\/span> Grown-up social orphans who, thanks to the support programme, have achieved a high school diploma, vocational training or a college degree regularly visit the emergency admission centre to show the little ones that being happy and successful is possible even with a terrible past. <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">We are becoming a new family for many social orphans.<\/span><\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-4958\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-4958 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2008<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-9786\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-9786 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-9786 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4213 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"937\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/17.jpg 937w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/17-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/17-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">A new children's centre for social orphans from the federal orphanages is founded in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.<\/span><\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-2607\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-2607 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-2607 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"884\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18.jpg 884w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18-768x620.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">socio-medical centre<\/span><\/strong> is established in <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Chisinau\/Republic of Moldova<\/span><\/strong>. The adjacent ward for malnourished infants and <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">toddlers at the municipal children's hospital<\/span><\/strong> is being completely renovated thanks to a donation from the RTL Foundation and <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">has been continuously supported with powdered milk ever since<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-7982\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7982 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7982 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\">Training sessions in Brasov, Romania, for public social workers from Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, and Georgia. These countries have a lot of catching up to do! Our employees now also visit the rural areas in Romania.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-9852\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-9852 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2007<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-6473\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-6473 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-6473 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4208 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"883\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/15.jpg 883w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/15-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/15-768x588.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, we are charity partner of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-9558\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-9558 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-9558 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"939\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16.jpg 939w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/16-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Abandoned children<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">in Romania are now integrated into trained foster families. We start training federally recruited foster families, teachers, and social workers.<\/span><\/strong><\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-4097\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-4097 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2006<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-6016\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-6016 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-6016 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4206 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/14.jpg 940w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/14-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/14-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">social-medical centre in Brasov\/Romania<\/span><\/strong> provides <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">free basic medical care for destitute women, children and families.<\/span><\/strong><\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-3098\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-3098 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-3098 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4204 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"883\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13.jpg 883w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">The MobiMed project with mobile teams of physicians provides care for approx. 18,000 people in 13 isolated villages in Moldova.<\/span><\/strong> The children's home takes in abandoned children, often in disheartening conditions. At one and a half years old, many of them cannot even sit or stand.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-7080\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-7080 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2005<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-7201\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7201 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7201 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4199 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11.jpg 940w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Sofia, Bulgaria<\/span><\/strong>, the first teenagers cared for by Agapedia pass the university <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">entrance exams<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-2559\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-2559 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-2559 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"939\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/12.jpg 939w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/12-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/12-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">We celebrate \u201e10 years\u201c of Agapedia<\/span><\/strong> with a benefit gala in Stuttgart.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-1060\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-1060 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2004<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-9023\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-9023 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-9023 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4197 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10.jpg 940w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Erwin Teufel, then Minister-President of Baden-Wurttemberg, visits the Children's Centre in Sofia, Bulgaria. At the same time, <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">supervised residential groups are set up for children in care over the age of 18<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-2685\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-2685 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-2685 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\">The demand by Romanian families who wish to adopt a child skyrockets. The over 150 families that already took in a child are supported until the child's 18th birthday. <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">In the Republic of Moldova, Agapedia provides training for social workers and nurses working in government agencies.<\/span><\/strong><\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-7507\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-7507 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2003<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-8687\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-8687 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-8687 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4191 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"939\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8.jpg 939w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Romania, many <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">abandoned children<\/span><\/strong> can be adopted into domestic families, and many <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">children succeed<\/span><\/strong> in reintegration into their family of origin through ongoing support. This is a great success, despite the opinion of the federal authorities, who have rolled out a lot of red tape to slow us down.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-1311\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-1311 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-1311 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4195\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9.jpg 879w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9-768x592.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/>We open the <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Children's home in Chisinau<\/span><\/strong> and place abandoned infants and young children either in their original family or in an adoptive family within the country. <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Once again, we are the first in the country to carry out exclusively national adoptions!<\/span><\/strong><\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-8643\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-8643 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-8643 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\">In Esslingen, the <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Zipzebu children's circus<\/span><\/strong> and enjoys an enthusiastic following!<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-8922\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-8922 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2002<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-1825\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-1825 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-1825 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4189 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7.jpg 940w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We assume the responsibility for social work with <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">approx. 100 children<\/span><\/strong>in the public children's home in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-6567\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-6567 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2001<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-4920\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-4920 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-4920 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4358\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/agapedia-bulgarien.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/agapedia-bulgarien.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/agapedia-bulgarien-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/agapedia-bulgarien-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005e96;\"><strong>Agapedia Bulgaria is founded.<\/strong><\/span> The new Children's Centre in Sofia cares for over 45 social orphans from the nearby public children's home.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-9962\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-9962 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">2000<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-5029\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-5029 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-5029 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\">The <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Children's Centre Esslingen<\/span><\/strong> receives the <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">HanseMerkur award for successful crime prevention.<\/span><\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-2417\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-2417 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">1999<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-5221\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-5221 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-5221 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">J\u00fcrgen Klinsmann's<\/span> <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">testimonial<\/span> in Stuttgart, benefiting <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Agapedia<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4182 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"939\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6.jpg 939w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Agapedia<\/span> is gaining visibility. TV host <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">G\u00fcnther Jauch<\/span> shows a short clip about Agapedia's work in his year-in-review show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-9007\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-9007 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">1998<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-2238\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-2238 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-2238 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4180 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5.jpg 878w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Romania<\/span>, foster and adoptive families are professionally trained.<br \/>\n<strong>Agapedia Romania is the first relief organisation that performs only domestic adoption.<\/strong><\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-9363\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-9363 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">1997<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-1753\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-1753 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-1753 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\">Up to <span style=\"color: #005e96;\">60 children from 18 countries<\/span> visit the Children's Centre each day.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-9577\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-9577 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">1996<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-2102\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-2102 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-2102 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4175 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"939\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4.jpg 939w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">We take in the first two children:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nGeorge (4) and Madalina (2.5) in June 1996.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-7769\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7769 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-7769 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4174 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3.jpg 878w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The children's home for abandoned <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">infants and toddlers<\/span><\/strong> is opened in <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Brasov\/Romania<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-item-9463\" class=\"timeline-header\" style=\"\"><h3 class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-9463 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive timeline-item-spt\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-item-9463 .timeline-item-spt'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4172 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2.jpg 878w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agapedia.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Agapedia <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">children's centre opens in Esslingen am Neckar<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-4595\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-4595 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">1995<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div class=\"timeline-icon-block\"><div class=\"ult-timeline-icon tl-icon-no-bg\" style=\"   \"><\/div> <!-- icon --><\/div><div class=\"timeline-header-block\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-header\" id=\"timeline-featured-8419\"  style=\"\"><h3\n\t\t\t class=\"ult-timeline-title ult-responsive\"   data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-8419 .ult-timeline-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"\"><\/h3><div class=\"ult-responsive custom-lht\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-featured-8419 .custom-lht'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:19px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:30px;\"}'  style=\"\">The <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">Agapedia Foundation<\/span><\/strong> is <strong><span style=\"color: #005e96;\">established<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-seperator-1669\" class=\"timeline-separator-text\" data-sep-col=\"#ffffff\" data-sep-bg-col=\"\"><span class=\"sep-text ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#timeline-seperator-1669 .sep-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#ffffff;border-width:1px;border-radius:5px;font-family:&#039;Old Standard TT&#039;;\">1994<\/span><\/div><div class=\"timeline-wrapper\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-feature-item feat-item\"><div class=\"feat-dot\"><div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-timeline-arrow\"><s><\/s><l><\/l><\/div><div 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