Some examples of our project work

With our projects, we, the Schmitz Foundations, were able to achieve significant improvements in the income and standard of living of the groups involved, for example:

• Resocialisation and reintegration of street children
• Setting up workshops to provide training schemes and employment for marginalised young people
• Building up savings and credit unions, microcredit institutions, natural credit systems
• Training girls and women in traditional crafts and modern careers
• Improvement and expansion of agricultural production and marketing to ensure the food supply and raise incomes
• Advice and education programmes (hygiene, health, dietary advice)
• Local water supply (well-drilling, drinking water supply, waste water disposal)
• Encouraging traditional crafts and handicrafts
• Agroforestry, tree nurseries and reforestation
• Improving living conditions in orphanages
• Caring for the homeless and feeding the poor
• Literacy courses for adults Road and bridge building
• Setting up and equipping workshops for the handicapped
• Promoting educational therapy work with the handicapped
• Village pharmacies and traditional medicinal plants