Human Care & Education e.V.

On October 14, the “Serang Compassion Clinic” was handed over to the local population, the 100 children and teachers of the school and the Serang Gompa monastery with its 150 monks and nuns – 1000 meters above sea level. This clinic is another milestone in prevention. In addition to the personal commitment of many local people involved, we are very grateful for the support of the many donors from Europe, without whose help this project could not have been realized. Our three projects in India are also continuing: In Andhra Pradesh in south-east India, the average income per family is only 80 – 100 dollars a month, and most people own neither land nor houses. They work for the upper caste landowners harvesting crops, in the fields and fishing. Our “Mercy and Grace Charitable Trust” project in Bapulapadu, Andhra Pradesh, India supports the running of three schools with a total of 800 children. In addition to the school, Mercy & Grace also runs a school for seamstresses, where the children’s mothers (often widows) learn how to earn a living for their families through a craft. Through their work, the mothers can also pay the school fees for their children. Thanks to the close cooperation with the Indian charitable foundation, the poorest children, who would otherwise not be able to attend school, have the chance to escape poverty. And the mothers make a direct and lasting commitment. 3. And this is exactly where we will be building another school from January 2025 together with our project partner Fly & Help e.V., after the “old school” was destroyed in the typhoon in August 2024. The new school will be open to around 300 children of all religions and world views from the end of 2025 and is not restricted to Hindus and the upper castes, as is the case in most state schools in India. This will enable these children to break the vicious circle of poverty, lack of education and training, lack of work and persistent poverty. What sustains us and gives us hope Even though destruction and war dictate the agenda everywhere these days, we at HCE always have our task in mind: to do everything we can to ensure that sheer hopelessness does not prevail. So your help in all projects was in the right place at exactly the right time. And that gives people hope. Because we are committed to giving hope and creating a future. School attendance for the children, many of whom are orphans, is of central importance. And that is precisely why we help with a “basic school education” for the poorest of the poor. Human Care & Education helps where the state social system fails and basic schooling is only available to a very few. Without help, the bitter reality for most of them is: uneducated, without opportunities, unemployed, hopeless! With your help, we pay the teachers’ salaries (because the state only trains them), we buy the school materials and provide the minimum equipment for the classrooms. And for the most needy of the orphans, we also provide the “daily bowl of rice” and minimal clothing. To do this, we need the great humanity and help of our donors and members, who often also become sponsors of the children. The almost 40 members of the association have now taken on 11 sponsorships for children. For an amount between 300 and 1800 EURO per year, the sponsors finance schooling, clothing, food and medical care for a child. Get together with family or friends and “invest” in the future of a child. They help immediately with a sponsorship, because their sponsored child can stay in their home country and build their future there. Courage, willpower and creativity sometimes lead us to make the impossible possible. Perseverance means facing not only the recurring and often familiar obstacles, but above all the unexpected ones. And this releases enormous energy. We wish you all a Merry Christmas with your families and friends and a good start to a healthy New Year. Many thanks and best wishes Herzlichen Dank und Gruß

Dr. Thomas Oehler 1. Chairman

Dr. Matthias Geselle Deputy Chairman

Dr. Ulf Gerlach Treasurer