News

Christmas is just around the corner

To ensure our protégés experience a beautiful Christmas, small gifts, letters, and photos have been on their way to Uganda since mid-November; we hope they will reach their recipients safely and intact very soon. A HUGE THANK YOU to our hardworking and generous donors: Silke, Johanna, and the Panagiotopoulos dental practice, Giddel, Susanne with Frieda, Ralf and the company ESYLUX, as well as Steffi and Björn for many, many stuffed animals,...

Thank you for a successful 2014 Annual General Meeting

Dear members of "Help for a Smile," Enclosed is some information and a photo from our successful General Meeting. Thank you so much for the great contributions and the participation of our supporters! Along with this, we are delighted to extend a warm welcome to our new Secretary, Anette Biesek, who is now supporting the Board! On Monday, November 3rd, we celebrated the association's anniversary! We are proud to announce that we now have over 50...

Trip to Uganda 2014

In August 2014, we—Ines Schultz and Bettina Köhn, as chairwomen of "Help for a Smile e.V."—traveled to Uganda for two weeks as volunteers. For Bettina, it was her third visit to the helping people in Uganda, while for Ines, it was a completely new experience in an African country. Our goal was to get to know Irene, our local coordinator, and the children supported by the association personally. A very caring and loving time awaited us. We...

EDUCATION

We believe that education is the essential factor for the open-minded, free, and democratic development of a country and its people. We want to ensure that the children are provided with a continuous and complete school education, thereby creating the foundation for them to build independent and self-determined lives.