GdW open conference 2006: Housing enterprises support own development assistance organization DESWOS with 110.000 euro

In a good mood over the result of a common action of the school's building in India: Secretary-General Georg Potschka (left) with the president of the GdW Lutz Friday (openPR) - Berlin - altogether 110,000 euro have GdW Wohnungsunternehmen and guests of the GdW open conference of this year in Berlin for further development assistance into at the end of of 2004 of the Tsunami devastated coastal regions of south India made available. Under the slogan „you want to learn - we to help! “the GdW had recruited Federal association of German housing and real estate enterprises to donations to the development assistance organization DESWOS connected with it, which will use itself with this action strengthened for the up and development of schools in the region.

After the Tsunami disaster before two years the GdW and its members to approximately 630,000 euro of the DESWOS German development assistance for social housing and housing settlement registered association for the reconstruction of the region had already briefly put at the disposal. At four locations of the southIndian Prakasam of district with the help of local partners boats and nets for without means Fischer become were purchased and approximately 800 families in the reconstruction of their houses were supported.

In the further work are the available space of the schools in the villages to be developed now and their equipment at teaching material, boards, tables and banks to be improved. This emphasis setting of the commitment of the DESWOS in the region comes to meet at the same time the intensified desire of the population for an appropriate education of its children. The sudden loss of the source of income that of fishing pending families by the past disaster led predominantly to a partial break with the traditional career profile and social role understanding of humans. So far boys helped their fathers with fishing, took over later their boats and nets and became even Fischer. Girls were helpful to their mothers in the sales of the catch and learned usually no occupation. The school attendance of the children promotes thereby not only their education and future chances, but pushes at the same time the Kinderarbeit still usual in many regions of India back.

DESWOS German development assistance
for social housing
and housing settlement registered association.
Mr. Werner Wilkens
Internal Kanalstr. 69
50823 Cologne

Tel.: 0221 57 989 60
Fax: 0221 57 989 99
Skype: wernerwilkens
E-Mail: werner.wilkens (RK) deswos.de
Website: www.deswos.de

The DESWOS is a private non-profit association. It is carried by the federations organized in the GdW and their members. Order of the DESWOS is it to fight housing shortage and poverty in developing countries. This is done via assistance at the self-help with the building of dwelling for emergency suffering families and with the safety device of its economic existences. There is over 650 housing enterprises of the GdW Federal association of German housing and real estate enterprise member of the DESWOS.

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