FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
National Network
Germany
Address
Nernstweg 32Country
GermanyCity
HamburgStreet address 2
Gaußstr. 25aMobile Phone
0049 171 7472961Telephone
040 399 000 33E-Mail (2)
rclassen@kultur-und-medien.comE-Mail (3)
bkocher@kultur-und-medien.comWebsite
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2002Contact Person1
Behnaz Victoria VassighiContact Person 2
Bettina KocherOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
Youth and educationGeneral Information
We are a non-profit organization with 2 staff-members and 11 part-time employees. For our projects we have budgetary ressources of around 350.000 EUR a year. Half of that ressources are contributed by local partners. The other half is given by Ministry for Foreign Affaires, Ministry for Development Cooperation, Protestant Church, Goethe Institut, regional foundations. Main project is "Children's Cultural Caravan" (KinderKulturKarawane) with 5 -7 cultural groups (theatre, music, circus, dance) built by very disadvantaged young children and youth from Africa, Asia and Latinamerica. Those groups present their arts mainly to young people, givve workshop and have a lot of cultural and personal exchange. Some of those groups are involved in projects of about 10 - 12 days in creative production with young German pupils. In Europe we closely cooperate with "moving cultures", Austria and "Spor-Media", Denmark. On the local level we are cooperating with NGO and local authorities.Mission and Objectives
Promote cultural diversity of the world as an important resspurce for mankind. Promote creativity of young disadvantaged people from Africa, Asia and Latinamerica as a ressource of personal and social development. We bring young people of different cultures together to start an equal dialogue and a creative cooperation. We integrate culture(s) into "global education". We promote a young global dialogue and create a network within the projects in the “south”. We support the social and cultural projects in socalled "Third World".Main Projects / Activities
Main projects is the above mentioned "Children's Cultural Caravan" with 5 -7 cultural groups of 3 continents per year. That project includes about 300 performances and workshops a year all over Germany, in Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Czech Republik and the Netherlands. Our project is awarded as "Oficial project of the UN-Decade 2009/2010 Education for Sustainable Development"