2020
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2020/01/04
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"Helping, homeschooling and Saint Nicolas“
The Jugend Bertoldshofen raises money for humedica2020/12/22Following the good and being an example to others. That was the Jugend Bertoldshofen members´ motto, when they, fitting for St. Nicholas Day, prepared and ...read more - Article:
Instead of Christmas cards: RAICO Bautechnik GmbH hands over 3,000 € Christmas donation to humedica e.V.
A peculiar year asks for special measures2020/12/29The RAICO Bautechnik GmbH handed over a 3,000€ donation cheque to humedica setting a clear sign in darkened times. Instead of sending out traditional Chri...read more - Video:
The humedica board wishes Merry Christmas
2020/12/23The humedica board and all team members wish a happy Christmas and a good start to the New Year to all donors, companions, supporters, partners and employee...read more - Article:
Teklu says: that is how we celebrate Christmas in Ethiopia
„Christmas is great“, explains the six-year old Melaku. His eyes are shining with joy. „It is my favourite holiday. We decorate the Christmas tree and...read more - Article:
Humedica general meeting votes Bernd Weber on the board
New board memberThe humedica general management, i.e. Heinke Rauscher and Johannes Peter, has got reinforcement: the general meeting voted Bernd Weber (44 years old) on the...read more - Article:
Bookshop Timbooktu: a reading for Beirut
Pierre Jarawan read from his book „Ein Lied für die Vermissten” - a story from LebanonThe bookshop Timbooktu donated 900 Euro to the Lebanon aid of humedica. The contribution´s special feature: the team collected this amount thanks to the re...read more - Article:
After cyclone Burevi: flashfloods in Sri Lanka
The 2nd of December the cyclone Burevi hit Sri Lanka entailing flashfloods. Tens of thousands had to be evacuated and are now in dire need of support. humed...read more - Article:
Poverty, droughts, COVID 19: humedica helps 120,000 people in South Sudan
Poverty, droughts, floods and lacking water supply are poor preconditions for a pandemic. In South Sudan these are just a few of many problems the populatio...read more - Article:
Typhoon Goni: humedica helps with food in the Philippines
Most severe typhoon for 7 years devastates entire areasThis weekend the typhoon „Goni“ destroyed houses and streets in the Philippines. At least 20 people lost their lives, more are still missing. Several mi...read more - Article:
Augustinum Foundation supports Corona aid in Brazil
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Christmas in Ethiopia
An imaginary journey with humedica2020/10/24How Christmas will look like in Germany this year? No one can be sure yet. Therefore, we would like you to invite you to a journey of the mind to Christmas ...read more - Article:
Denk Pharma: Medicaments for people in Eastern Europe
In more than 80 countries Denk Pharma employees work every day to improve the medical care for people. The traditional German company does not only take car...read more - Breaking News:
German aid for Namibia
Humanitarian organizations support the fight against COVID-192020/10/15The German humanitarian organizations I.S.A.R. Germany, humedica and CADUS send out a medical team to Namibia on Saturday, the 17th of October 2020. As part...read more - Get involved:
Fischen resident collects donations for her centenary birthday
2,000 Euro for humedicaHannelore Schwegler is radiant when handing over the big 2,000 Euro cheque to humedica employee Carina Freudig. For her milestone birthday, Ms. Schwegler ha...read more - Background:
There is still a lot to be done
Four weeks after the explosion in Beirut„The sudden economic crisis and the extreme currency decline had already worsened considerably the situation of the people in Lebanon in the last months. ...read more - Press Releases:
Preventing the spread of COVID 19
humedica part of a RKI/EMT/GOARN intervention in KosovoThe Kaufbeuren aid organization humedica, ISAR Germany and the Johanniter Foreign Aid from Berlin sent out a joint „Emergency Medical Team“ (EMT) to the...read more - Article:
After the explosion in Beirut some people are even lacking soap
The explosion on the 4th of August snatched away everyday routines, apartments and even lives from many people in Beirut. One month later, humedica is still...read more - Breaking News:
After the fires in Moria: humedica helps with aid supplies
After the fires in the Greek refugee camp in Lesbos the Kaufbeuren humanitarian aid organization humedica supports the people with urgently needed supply go...read more - Article:
Prompt assistance in emergencies
Lions Club Rheda-Ems donates for BeirutThe pictures of the devastating detonation, which shook the Lebanese capital Beirut on the 4th of August destroying its port as well as the neighbouring dis...read more - Article:
LANDPhysio praxis donates 1,500 Euro to humedica
The importance of quick helpDuring the Corona crisis the LANDPhysio praxis in Lauchdorf, Germany, received much support. The managing directors Judith and Andreas Bucher now wanted to ...read more - Breaking News:
Flooding in Pakistan
humedica provides medicaments, food and sanitary productsCrops are destroyed, houses flooded – whole regions are under water after the heavy rains in Pakistan. Big cities like Karachi or Hyderabad, but in partic...read more - Article:
Sanitary products for Beirut: Corona numbers increase
2020/08/23Since the explosion on 4 August Corona infection numbers are increasing noticeably in the Lebanon. Due to the disaster it was nearly impossible to follow al...read more - Article:
Humanitarian aid: What is this and how does it work?
Natural disasters, crises and conflicts put people in need through no fault of their own. If they need support in this emergency situation, this is called h...read more - Breaking News:
humedica sends out second team to Beirut
After the explosions in LebanonThe Kaufbeuren aid organization humedica sent out a second intervention team to Beirut. It will complement the first team, which had travelled to the largel...read more - Article:
India: Fear of starvation – food for the poorest
While in Germany Corona infection numbers are in steady decline for quite some time, in India the situation stays critical. After the USA and Brazil, India ...read more - Article:
After the explosion in Lebanon: humedica prepares to help
After the devastating explosions in the port of the Lebanese capital Beirut, also the Kaufbeuren aid organization humedica provides support. A mobile medica...read more - Article:
3,000 Euro deposit bottle donation
Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen supports humedica e.V.Since August 2016 a special support campaign for the Kaufbeuren aid organization humedica runs at the Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen: passengers can throw...read more - Press Releases:
humedica restores Ethiopian clinic to working order
New humanitarian project at the Horn of AfricaThe humanitarian organization humedica from Kaufbeuren, Germany, restores a hospital in Ethiopia to full working order. Recently, the clinic in the border r...read more - Video:
Thanks a lot for your support
Corona is a challenge for all of us. We would like to thank you for continuing to support us also in these difficult times.read more - Article:
Moria: What can be done against despair and traumata?
Nearly 20,000 people are living in a place, which was planned to accomodate no more than 2,800: this is everyday reality in the refugee camp Moria on the Gr...read more - Breaking News:
Zalando supports humedica’s coronavirus response with 780,000 euros
through the sale of masks2020/07/07The international aid organization, humedica, receives 780,000 euros from the sale of textile masks on Zalando. The donation from Europe's leading online pl...read more - Article:
Aid by bottle deposit refund
humedica passes on Baden-Airpark deposit bottle project to Red CrossThe international humanitarian organization humedica passes on the deposit bottle project at the Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (FKB) airport to the DRK-Kreisverband...read more - Article:
Bangladesh after the cyclone: contaminated water threatens people´s health
No home, no food, no drinking water: This alarming situation is reality for Rihaa* and her family after cyclone Amphan has destroyed their house. humedica s...read more - Article:
Masks instead of pens
Dein-Pen.de donates face masks for humedicaActually, Dein-Pen.de is all about promotion pens and writing utensils. Who takes a closer look, also discovers a strong sense for social responsibility, wh...read more - Article:
Heavy rainfall: humedica Kosovo helps with food
In the Kosovan village Krushe e Vogel it has been raining heavily for the last days. The village, supported by humedica since 1999, was downright flooded. H...read more - Article:
A truck full of goods
Traditional Allgäu company Geiger donates clinic equipment2020/06/10Particularly in these times, medical equipment is difficult to come by. We are all the happier that the long-established Allgäu family company Geiger prese...read more - Article:
Floods in Tana River Delta
humedica helps in KenyaUsually aridity and draught are the predominant natural forces, which reign the East-African Tana River Delta region. Even so the annual amount of rain decl...read more - Article:
humedica provides 1 million Euro for Corona aid
One of the biggest relief campaigns in the history of the organizationThe international humanitarian organization humedica from Kaufbeuren in Germany provides one million Euro for Corona aid projects worldwide. The relief meas...read more - Background:
Bidding for the good cause
Airbus Foundation sells piece of art at auction to support Corona aid in EthiopiaA very special work of art is auctioned off for the benefit of the humedica Corona aid in Ethiopia. Guided by the artist and graduate designer Robert Matzke...read more - Breaking News:
Cyclone Amphan: humedica helps people in Bangladesh
Relief measures complicated by COVID 19After the cyclone Amphan, the Kaufbeuren aid organization humedica assists the people in Bangladesh with food and hygiene articles. In a first step, humedic...read more - Article:
Smarter with CGM LAUER
2020/06/03For many years now humedica works with the LAUER-TAXE® / LAUER-TAXE® Online 4.0 data base of the CGM LAUER company to classify incoming drug donations. Th...read more - Article:
Ethiopia: A hospital for emergencies
2020/07/16humedica has decided to support the clinic in Dollo and to bring it back to long term working order. The operation theatre must be renovated and equipped to...read more - Article:
Huhtamaki donates disinfectants to humedica
To know that your child is well cared for when you have to go to work – the Corona pandemic highlights how important that is. Also the kindergarten „Arc...read more - Article:
Storz and Venner donations: More safety for operations in Chad
Inhaling, exhaling: the basics for living. If this is no longer possible, it gets life-threatening – swift action is essential. The two companies Storz an...read more - Article:
Doing good with a face mask
Mouth and face masks for people in needAt the moment no other piece of clothing is so called for as a face mask. It is an “It-Piece”, indispensable for all of us in everyday life. It fits in ...read more - Article:
Brazil´s invisible enemy
humedica Brazil fights against CoronaBrazil, too, has now exceeded the 100,000 mark. One hundred thousand people are infected with the new Corona virus. 8574 people have already died of its con...read more - Article:
Pakistan: hunger followed by an economic crisis?
„I could not find a job today due to the Corona virus – everything was locked down.“ With this sentence a Pakistani father greets his family in a comi...read more - Article:
Zimbabwe: Enough food for children brings hope
Only two months old, Aneni* was abandoned by her mother. When Adila found her, she was lying in a small basket, wrapped in clothes, crying, ill, nearly dead...read more - Press Releases:
Zalando supports humedica Corona relief aid
Zalando, Europe´s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle, supports the Kaufbeuren aid organization humedica. The revenue of non-medical face mas...read more - Background:
Lesbos: fear of Corona
Providing medical help for 7 weeks in the biggest refugee camp of Europe„When I return home, I am also a little bit sad as I am leaving many people behind, whom I like and have bonded with“, Rebekka tells us. For the last se...read more - Article:
Every ten minutes a child dies from preventable diseases in Yemen
humedica and ADRA Yemen fight hungerThe civil war between the Huthi forces and the internationally acknowledged government, now in its fifth year, has caused a severe humanitarian crisis in Ye...read more - Article:
Philippines: Surviving quarantine unemployed and without any money
humedica supports workers with care packagesBeing without a job – in the Philippines this often means being without any monetary means at all. At the moment this is particularly difficult for famili...read more - Article:
The MüKo quarantine cheque
MüKo supports humedica with a 3,000 Euro donation chequeThe MüKo company does not only work in an agile and team orientated manner, but also engages for others. Every year at Christmas time the company organizes...read more - Article:
Corona crisis worldwide: these are the countries, where humedica is engaged
2020/07/03Worldwide disaster relief: What has been a given for humedica over the last 40 years, obviously also applies in the Corona crisis. This time the situation i...read more - Article:
After the earthquake in Albania: Lara could not speak
What the twelve-year-old experiencedWhen Lara* woke, the earth trembled. Walls shook and plaster came down falling on her head and body. Lara is twelve years old. With horror she remembers the...read more - Background:
Our help continues
We refuse to get disheartened by CoronaIf the crisis is right at your doorstep it is hard to think of all the many other disasters and people in need in the rest of the world. And yet it is all t...read more - Article:
The queens of Bad Camberg sing for humedica
Each year in January three friends from the Central Hessian city Bad Camberg are on a royal mission. Traditionally, the ladies go from house to house to pre...read more - Article:
It is not possible to isolate people here
Out and about in Lebanese refugee camps„It is nearly impossible to isolate people in their tents“, explains Tatjana, our coordinator in the Lebanon. Together with her team she takes care of t...read more - Background:
What if Corona breaks out here?
Grave situation for refugees on Lesbos island„ It would spell disaster, if a Corona infection occurs here in the refugee camp, “, tells us Rebekka. At the moment she works as a medical team interve...read more - Article:
Corona – time for solidarity
humedica supports shopping service for people, who must stay at home2020/03/19At present, Corona restricts the lives of all people. Keep the distance and close ranks. This is what counts these days. As the virus presents us with new c...read more - Article:
Fighting Corona in Sri Lanka
Health education and support packagesUnsettled, ill, isolated: a feeling well known at the moment not only in Germany, but also in Sri Lanka, where the Corona virus panic is growing. Hard times...read more - Article:
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Heavy rains in and around Rio
humedica Brazil engaged in disaster operation2020/03/31Recently, unusually heavy rainfall has caused floods and landslides in Rio de Janeiro and five other cities in its surroundings. According to the Brazilian ...read more - Article:
Hope is the biggest shortcoming
At work for refugees on Lesbos island2020/03/12„What is missing most here in the camp is hope“, says our intervention team member Rebekka. „Some people are already here for a whole year. And they s...read more - Article:
Pupils, music and a donation cheque
The Jakob-Brucker-Ensemble donates 3,000 Euro to humedica2020/03/09Two times a year the spring and Christmas concerts of the Jakob-Brucker-Gymnasium generate goose bumps. Due to both the moving interpretation and the selfle...read more - Article:
Sometimes only a fence distinguishes hell from hope
2020/03/03Dramatic scenes take place at the Turkish-Greek border. Since Turkey announced to open the gates to the external EU borders and to let refugees pass, thousa...read more - Article:
The heart of a humedican
Team Day at humedica2020/03/03Last weekend it was time again for the yearly humedica Team Days. Always a great pleasure not only for the humedica initiators, but also for the visitors, w...read more - Article:
The strength to survive
humedica supports disaster prevention in PakistanThe Islamic republic of Pakistan is quite regularly forced to face great challenges. In the main monsoon period from June to September its population has to...read more - Article:
B2Org – circlet conversations with added value
Ex-Airbus manager Dr. Tom Enders called on humedica2020/02/07For the fifth time already the Kaufbeuren aid organization humedica opened its doors for the event „B2Org – Circlet conversations with added value“ in...read more - Article:
humedica headlines February 2020
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More than 100,000 times Christmas joy for children in need
Second best result for „Present from the heart“:2020/02/03This time humedica´s Christmas parcel campaign „Present from the heart“ has achieved the second best result in its history. In total the Kaufbeuren aid...read more - Article:
Flood in Brazil
humedica supports subsidiary organization in Brazil2020/01/23Severe rainfall has caused floods and landslides in the federal state of Espirito Santo in the South-East of Brazil. In 24 hours it rained as much as it usu...read more - Article:
Humedica headlines January 2020
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humedica team intervention Togo
ight in the team intervention journal2020/01/19Ein humedica Ärzteteam war im medizinischen Einsatz. Mit unserem Partner Prison Fellowship International haben die Teams über 2400 Patienten und Gefängni...read more - Report:
The Philippines – a country never able to calm down
2020/01/17Der Vulkan Taal spuckt Asche und Lava. Die dichten Wolken ragen bis 800 Meter in die Höhe. Die Menschen tragen Schutzmasken, denn der Wind verteilt den gif...read more - Article:
Jakarta: Between skyscrapers and slums
humedica-Team: "Living conditions are unconceivable."2020/01/15January 2020. The people in Indonesia start the new year with heavy rainfall and floods. More than 60 people lose their lives and hundreds of thousands thei...read more - Report:
Flood in Indonesia
humedica team intervention in the midst of ruins and mud2020/01/10On New Year´s Day the worst rains in 150 years inundated the surroundings of the Indonesian capital Jakarta and flooded wide parts of the region. The water...read more