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Ukraine’s year in review

Ukraine’s year in review

The year 2020 was the year of "shaking" for our team in Ukraine. It was a difficult year for so many. Here in Ukraine, Covid has brought much hardship and suffering to families and communities. Many of us on staff at Nehemiah have fallen ill with Covid. One of our...

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOYALTY

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOYALTY

…despite difficult times…we and all the children in the projects appreciate this very much. Therefore a big THANK YOU to our loyal circle of friends. Without you, the projects and the necessary aid measures, especially in the current time with all the "Corona-related"...

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Eduard’s grand entrance

Eduard’s grand entrance

As part of our "Corona Solidarity Program", our Ukrainian nehemia team brought food and Corona education materials to children and their families in a nearby Roma village. They met the nine-year-old, deaf and dumb Eduard. His unmarried mother has two other children by...

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Ukraine – Vladi and Oleksiy say THANK YOU

Ukraine – Vladi and Oleksiy say THANK YOU

"Star moments" in Ukraine - Brothers Vladislav and Oleksiy (14 and 15 years old), orphans from the Transcarpathian region, have been living with their elderly grandmother for several years. The mother died during a surgery when they were 5 and 6 years old. The...

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New team member

New team member

Änni Peter has joined our team in March. Among other things, she will be in charge of our public relations in the future.„… I consider it a great privilege to be given such a meaningful task.. To work in a team of creative, committed, innovative and visionary people...

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“Sewing Masks” – a complete success

“Sewing Masks” – a complete success

"Sewing masks" for the benefit of children in Romania was a complete success. Within a short time, a total of about 800 masks were sewn by German and Romanian supporters and friends. This resulted in a total donation of about 8000 € for the "House of Light" in...

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Food packages against hunger

Food packages against hunger

The employees of the nehemia teams in Pakistan, Kenya, India, Thailand and the Ukraine are still committed to helping the needy in their environment with food packages. The corona-related exit restrictions have plunged many families of the children we care for and...

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Surprise in the boot

Surprise in the boot

Our team from the Ukraine reports about a special kind of care. During the last delivery of relief supplies, a family with 9 children (mostly orphans) received a pair of boots. At the first fitting, they surprisingly found 2000 DM in them. The children first used the...

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Water On!

Water On!

In recent years, the water supply in the Home of Blessing repeatedly reached its limits during the dry months. Because of the Corona crisis all girls went back to their home villages during the school holidays, the time was used to improve the drinking and process...

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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

The appeal for donations for the "Corona Solidarity Fund" of the nehemia team has so far raised over 17.000 € (as of April 17th) for the most urgent needs. THANK YOU, from the bottom of our hearts. With this money the projects in Pakistan, India, Kenya and the Ukraine...

The nehemia team starts the “A2”-Initiative

The nehemia team starts the “A2”-Initiative

With the initiative "Active Participation" we would like to make a small contribution to overcoming the current challenges through Corona and ask you to be actively involved. "Active participation" is one of the basic values of our nehemia team. We want to fill this...

School Bus Wanted

School Bus Wanted

For one of the three schools of our nehemia team in Pakistan a small school bus is needed. So even children living further away can attend school. Outside school hours the minibus is used for taxi rides, so that it earns money around the clock, which should benefit...

Meet our new staff: Indian water buffalos

Meet our new staff: Indian water buffalos

As nehemia team we have already done so many things, but a herd of Indian water buffalos is new to us! Raja, our leader of the Indian nehemia team and experienced water buffalo farmer wants to do exactly that. He dreams of initially three water buffalos as the start...

nehemia in Romania

nehemia in Romania

The Haus des Lichts care centre for mentally and physically handicapped children and adolescents in Schäßburg was born out of the desire to give people back their dignity and help many of those affected. People with disabilities are still kept away from public life...

Become a peacemaker

Become a peacemaker

This was the motto of our seminar for multipliers that took place on 19 October 2019 with 45 participants. They experienced an intensive and challenging workshop that demonstrated the importance and urgency of sustainable reconciliation and peace work. The main aim...

PREVENTING SOCIAL ALIENATION BY INCLUSION

PREVENTING SOCIAL ALIENATION BY INCLUSION

by Tetiana Machabeli During my childhood, I never met an orphan or handicapped child in kindergarten or school. I never came across them in the streets or elsewhere either. I had only read about such people in books. We had a Gypsy family as neighbours. We played with...

A SEWING CENTER FOR WIDOWS

A SEWING CENTER FOR WIDOWS

In August 2018 a new project began in Rajahmundry: a sewing center for widows. Here up to eight widows have the opportunity to learn how to work with fabrics and sewing machines. Each training course runs for half a year and is free of charge. Nehemia team India was...

WHAT ACTUALLY IS COOPERATIVE LEARNING?

WHAT ACTUALLY IS COOPERATIVE LEARNING?

The term cooperative learning stands for a strategy where in teams students endeavour to reach common goals through reciprocal learning and teaching. The contribution of each individual is important here. Social competency, individual responsibility and...

EDUCATION – A HUMAN RIGHT

“Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally...

SCHOOL FEES AND POVERTY – BARRIERS TO EDUCATION IN KENYA

SCHOOL FEES AND POVERTY – BARRIERS TO EDUCATION IN KENYA

Giving a child the best in life is every parent's dream but achieving this comes with amongst other things quality education. Obviously, a good school is the necessary tool for cementing a strong foundation for any child. Unfortunately, because of the numerous...

PRECE – a movement changes the region

PRECE – a movement changes the region

1994, Brazil’s dry savanna. In the poorest region of the country seven young people meet – with no work, no school-leaving certificate and thus no life prospects – in an old, deserted mill in order to take their lives and their dreams in hand together. Inspired by...

HOPE AMONG ASHES AND POVERTY

HOPE AMONG ASHES AND POVERTY

With the support of the German nehemia team and funding from the German Federal Government, the „Mehran Public School“ was established and inaugurated in one of Karachi‘s poorest districts in August 2017. This district of Mehran Town, located on the outskirts of...

Nancy – my life after nehemia

Nancy – my life after nehemia

“Rebuilding a generation after God’s own heart” is written over the entrance to the Nehemiah Miwani Centre near Kisumu in Kenya. It is also the motto of the Nehemiah Team there. Nancy Cherono is a representative of that new generation, which has grown up in the Miwani...

Montessori in a Nutshell

Montessori in a Nutshell

In a number of kindergartens and preschools which have been developed or supported by the Nehemiah Network in several different countries, the principles and methods of Montessori-Education have been used successfully for several years now. Wolfgang Oelschlegel, an...

HELP CENTER – REFUGE IN SIBERIA

HELP CENTER – REFUGE IN SIBERIA

For several years the nehemia team has supported a unique project near Prokopjewsk in Siberia. Three years ago it enabled the purchase of an empty factory and office building that has been gradually developed since then. In 2018 this social centre was continually...

School opened

School opened

´Good things come to those who wait.´ This saying has proven true in one of Rajahmundry`s suburbs. “Back in 2003 nehemia team India dreamed of opening a school”, explains Carry MacFarlane, who visited the team leaders Raja and Ebba Sekhar last September. “In June 2018...

MONTESSORI IN MELINGKAT – an interview with Ibu Luisa

MONTESSORI IN MELINGKAT – an interview with Ibu Luisa

From the deforestation of the rainforest, the protection of species, the poverty of the population to natural disasters and corruption - Borneo is struggling with a long list of problems that can only be tackled bit by bit in international cooperation. There are many...

A CHILDREN’S CENTRE FOR DEDOUGOU

A CHILDREN’S CENTRE FOR DEDOUGOU

With the help of private supporters, since October 2018 the Creuset d´Eveil in Degoudou has been building a facility for the care of infants and pre-school children. It is the first facility of this kind in Degoudou (Burkina Faso). Up to now this association founded...