We open up perspectives for children

Children are our future. They are the wealth of our society and they determine the path that it will follow. How we respond to our children decides the future potential not only of Germany but also of the whole world. goals4kids aims at giving perspectives to children and supporting them in education and training. Only thus will children have a chance to play an active part in our community.

Helen Zille visits goals4kids

During her trip to Germany, Helen Zille, Premier of the South African Province Western Cape also visited Kulmbach after Berlin and Munich.

As patron of goals4kids, she participated in a sports event organized by the students of Caspar-Vischer-Gymnasium (secondary school) in favor of the association.

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Press conference with the Minister for Culture and Sports Dr. Ludwig Spaenle

Together with the Bavarian Minister for Culture Dr. Ludwig Spaenle, Mr. Tomas Kanovsky introduced goals4kids and the project goals4germany –children from Bavaria receive educational sponsorships-
to the Bavarian press.

“The German Women’s Team ensured during the World Cup held in Germany with seven scored goals that children from socially disadvantaged families from Bavaria have the chance of additional support,“ said the Minister for Culture and Sports Dr. Spaenle. Bavaria is the first German state in which goals4kids is active. Seven goals were scored for Germany during the Soccer World Cup – but goals4kids topped up that number to ten educational sponsorships. These sponsorships will be awarded to children from all over Bavaria. The Ministry for Culture will help goals4kids with the task of choosing the children.

The men win by 16:7. Ten children will receive an educational sponsorship.

Unfortunately, the German women were defeated by the Japanese team and knocked out of the World Cup. The men won therefore by 16:7. We would like to thank both teams for great soccer matches and for the many scored goals.

But the true winners are 10 children in Germany, which receive an educational sponsorship until their age of 18. And this happens although the women only scored 7 goals. Thanks to the support of AGO AG Kulmbach, we could bring the number up to 10 sponsored children.

Altogether, goals4kids assists now 26 children in Germany and South Africa in their education and training. This number should increase in the future. For this reason, we would like to ask for your donations in order to award further sponsorships to children.

goals4kids – Workshop Life Skills

The first goals4kids life skills workshop in the office of our partner Impumelelo was well attended and ran successfully. Only two children were absent. The other fourteen children were fetched by bus and driven from Atlantis to Cape Town. The session started at 9am and workshop facilitator, Patti Bruyns, provided each child with their own name tag and reading materials.

Full article Pics Workshop (by Candice Jansen)

Introduction of goals4kids in the presence of Mr. Uli Hoeneß

Managing Director, Mr. Tomas Kanovsky, introduced goals4kids in the presence of the President of the soccer club FC Bayern München, Mr. Uli Hoeneß, and approximately other 800 guests at the 3rd Bayreuther Ökonomiekongress (economic conference) on May 20, 2010. Mr. Kanovsky gave an insight with interesting details into current projects of the association in Germany and South Africa, and explained the concept of goals4kids on the topic of sustainability.

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Trip to Cape Town – Meeting with Children

Mr. Tomas Kanovsky, Director of goals4kids, traveled to Cape Town mid of April to discuss further projects, to meet with those children sponsored by goals4kids, to inquire the principals about their school results, and to visit those schools that should receive soccer goals from goals4kids.

Full article Pics Meeting with Children (by Candice Jansen)

Tombola in favour of goals4kids

On the occasion of the 2011 Business Price of the city of Kulmbach which was awarded to AGO AG Energie + Anlagen on 01 April 2011 there was a tombola in favour of goals4kids after the official part of the ceremony.
The price – a flight for two to South Africa – went to Markus Wehrfritz from Kulmbach. goals4kids says thank you to everyone who bought a ticket. A big thanks also to TUI Reisecenter from Kulmbach and AGO AG who sponsored the price. The proceeds will be used to support further kids from disadvantaged communities with education.

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Leading multinational media group Naspers hands over computers to goals4kids

Hans Ulrich Gruber, BOD of goals4kids e.V., together with their partner organization Impumelelo handed over sixteen new computers to the kids supported by goals4kids. These computers have been donated by the South African media group Naspers represented by Chairman Ton Vosloo. On behalf of the kids we say thank you again for this generous donation.

Pics Donation (by Candice Jansen)

Shopping day in Cape Town – kids receive school uniforms and school supplies

At the beginning of the new school year in January the kids from Atlantis, supported by Goals4kids education bursaries, were donated with a trip to Cape Town.