HEDWIG AND ROBERT SAmUEL FOUNDATION

PRO SA
Publication of the Hedwig and Robert Samuel Foundation
Number 2 . 2002
PROSA 3
H e dw i g a n d Ro b e rt Sa m u e l Fo u n dati on
NR . 1 . 2001
T H E S A M U E L F O U N D AT I O N
AT A G L A N C E
OUR ORIGIN:
The Hedwig and Robert Samuel Foundation was established in 1932, as stated in the will of the businessman Robert Samuel and
his wife Hedwig. The charitable Foundation under private law has its headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany.
OUR ASSIGNMENT:
The Foundation’s aim is to help people in need. According to its motto ‘Building the future together’, the support of socially
disadvantaged children and youths in developing countries stands in the centre of its activities. The financial means needed
originate from profits gained from the Samuel Foundation's assets, from co-financiation projects and donations.
OUR MISSION:
The Samuel Foundation sees its mission in the mobilisation of forces inherent in the recipients of help, in the sense of a self-help
oriented aid. The people in need shall be enabled to help themselves and thus to improve their living conditions with a lasting
effect.
MAIN GOALS:
The Foundation’s main goal is the support of children. In the first place, the Foundation concentrates on the areas education and professional training. In its own training centres, it offers qualified professional training programmes in technical trades to adolescents
from disadvantaged parts of society who are thus enabled to find a qualified job and succeed in their life. Apart from its main activities in the training area, the Samuel Foundation also realises projects in the area of health promotion and prevention as well as in
humanitarian aid.
OUR PROJECTS:
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In India, currently 100 young people per year are trained in Dress Designing in the centres located in the slums of New Delhi.
In Nicaragua, the Foundation offers training in Car Mechanics and Construction as well as in Administration and Office
Communication for momentarily 500 young people per year.
In Costa Rica, the Foundation offers training in four different areas of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning for currently 180 students
per year.
On Cuba, the Foundation supports one vocational training centre in Havana since 1998.
In Thailand, the Foundation looks after and supports about 40 pupils from the region around Lampang in the north of Thailand
in their school education since the beginning of 2002.
In Germany, the Samuel Foundation provides help to violence-stricken children as co-founder and associate of KID, Kind in
Düsseldorf gGmbH (organisation ‘Child in Düsseldorf’).
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRAINING:
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The selection of trades is based on market surveys that reliably identify which practically-oriented professions provide best
opportunities on the local labour market.
The offered training programme consists of full-time courses, of evening courses for those who work during the day and
Saturday courses for specialisation.
Complementary activities to encourage the development of the students’ personality are a fixed component of the training.
These actions include seminars or round tables on items of special interest for young people, taking place in collaboration with
local institutions, psychological care, as well as so-called ‘social services’, e.g. the students do renovation work in school
buildings, distribute meals to street children or do gardening on the Foundation's own premises.
The diplomas are officially recognised, whenever possible and reasonable. Depending on the requirements of the training, the
graduates receive diplomas proving their qualification as workers, skilled workers or technicians.
INTERNATIONAL FIELDS OF ACTION:
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Construction and running of training centres for adolescents, with a connected service station where possible.
Supportive and operative assistance of local self-help groups and initiatives.
Placement of graduates in enterprises and companies.
Support of the social and productive infrastructure of the rural area.
NATIONAL FIELDS OF ACTION:
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Protection, care and support of children and adolescents from socially disadvantaged families.
Support for the integration and care of foreign children.
INDEX
THE SAMUEL FOUNDATION AT A GLANCE
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MASTHEAD
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EDITORIAL
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Dear staff members,
trainees and friends
of the Samuel Foundation,
SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SAMUEL FOUNDATION
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THE HISTORY OF THE
SAMUEL FOUNDATION
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STAFF MEMBERS, STUDENTS AND
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
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HEDWIG AND ROBERT SAMUEL
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THE HOHENZOLLERNHAUS
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ANNUAL FUNCTION IN INDIA
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THANKS FOR THE APPRENTICESHIPS
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Hedwig and Robert Samuel first established the Foundation
seventy years ago. To mark this anniversary, in September we
organised an exhibition in Düsseldorf on seventy years of the
Samuel Foundation. In this edition of PROSA, too, our central
theme is the anniversary, and we will trace the historical
development of the Foundation from its origins until the present day. An important part of this, of course, is to give a brief
profile of the two founders, since there would be no Foundation at all today but for them.
SUCCESSFUL GRADUATES OF
BATCH 2001/2002
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THE ENYIDURU-PROJECT
IN NIGERIA
26-29
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
SAMUEL FOUNDATION IN COSTA RICA
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COMPUTER COURSE IN THAILAND
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SAMUEL-OUTFIT IN CUBA
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READER’S LETTERS
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OUR BEST STUDENTS
34-35
The annual function in India is already behind us, and preparations are in full swing for this important event at our offices
in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. A timely reminder to us all that
the year 2002 is slowly but surely drawing to a close. This also
means that it is time for me to thank all those who this year
again have contributed to our work with the underprivileged
during the course of this year.
May I wish you all a peaceful Christmas and a very Happy and
Prosperous New Year.
masthead
Yours sincerely,
Published by Hedwig and Robert Samuel Foundation
Editor: Martin Barth, Ivonne Schönberger
Translation: Lenoschka Ramírez Dorticós, Alexandra Schmitt
Layout: Cornelia Aust
Printing: D&S DRUCKSTUDIO GMBH, Düsseldorf
Photographs: Archives of the Samuel Foundation
PROSA is published three times a year in English, Spanish and
German
President of the Board
PROSA Nr. 2/2002 has been elaborated in co-operation with the
following persons:
in Germany: Marita Baaske, Ivonne Schönberger
in Costa Rica: Guillermo Jiménez, Alexander Saenz
in Nicaragua: José Antonio Rivera, Arnoldo Largaespada
in India: M.D. Krishnamurthy, Rama Kant
in Thailand: Gerd Mathia
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SEVENTIETH ANNIVER
OF THE SAM
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his year, the Samuel Foundation celebrated its seventieth
That evening, the Foundation invited guests to its Königsal-
anniversary. For us, this was a good enough reason to pre-
lee offices for a talk on its project work as part of the Düssel-
sent the Foundation to a wider public here in Düsseldorf for
dorf EINE-WELT-TAGE ('One World Days'). The main focus of the
the first time. For in contrast to the countries where we are
event was the presentation of our project work on the ground
engaged in project work, and where we have gained a certain
by our regional managers from Costa Rica, Nicaragua, India
level of publicity simply due to the many different training
and Thailand, who had travelled to Head Office in Düsseldorf
schemes we run, the Foundation is not so well known here in
for a meeting of project leaders.
Düsseldorf. Thanks to the support of the City of Düsseldorf,
we were able to organise an exhibition in the foyer of the City
Both of these events generated a very positive response
Hall, in which we presented the history of the Foundation,
and yielded immediate, direct results in the form of donations
from its origins up to the present day, on a series of large dis-
and agreements on project cooperation, both of which, of
play panels. The exhibition was officially opened on 5 Sep-
course, are extremely important for our work.
tember as part of an anniversary reception by the Mayor, Ms
Schiefer, and by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mar-
The seventieth anniversary of the Samuel Foundation is a
tin Barth. In her welcome speech, the Mayor indicated that
suitable occasion for devoting the next few pages of this final
she was particularly impressed by our sustained commitment
edition of PROSA in our anniversary year to the history of the
to vocational training in the different countries in which we
Foundation and its founders.
conduct project work.
Opening speech of Martin Barth (I) and the mayor, Mrs Schiefer, (2nd from the left)
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SARY
U E L F O U N D AT I O N
Gerd Mathia, manager in Thailand, is presenting the work of the foundation there
Martin Barth (I) is talking to mayor Schiefer (m)
The managers of India, Costa Rica and Nicaragua with the former
board member Dr. Barth and foundation employee Ramírez
Member of the board Karin Reuter, 3rd from the left, talking to guests
Guests of the evening event
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The history of the
SAMUEL FOUNDATION
J
une 3, 1932 was the official founding date of the Hedwig and
tions on the part of competing organisations than anything else
Robert Samuel Foundation. That was the day on which the
that the Foundation managed to survive the Nazi period.
Prussian Ministry of State approved the Foundation charter and
constitution, which represented the last formal stage in the process of establishing the organisation.
When it was established, the Foundation received an endowment of an office and commercial building at Königsallee 14 in
Düsseldorf. Revenue from this building was paid to the co-foun-
The first Board of Directors consisted of the executors of the
der, Hedwig Samuel, during her lifetime. In 1976, for the first
will, three Jewish traders who had been friends of Robert Samu-
time, the Foundation acquired funds to enable it to realise its
el. In the late 1930s, these three resigned their positions under
original objectives. However, the passage of time, and in parti-
pressure from the National Socialists. Although the new appoin-
cular the war years, had left their mark on the building at König-
tees to the Board then complied with the formal demands of the
sallee 14 and so priority initially had to be given to maintaining
National Socialist authorities, this afforded the Foundation only
this asset by completely renovating the building. Even during
limited protection from the covetousness of the Nazi organisati-
this period, however, the Foundation managed to provide finan-
ons. In the end, it was probably more due to tactical considera-
cial support for different social welfare projects, most of which
were those run by the City of Düsseldorf.
In 1984, the Foundation began to develop its own infrastructure, which paved the way for international aid operations. While sponsorship was initially provided only for external projects,
i.e. for those run by other organisations, realisation of the Foundation's own projects in developing countries gradually began
to assume greater importance. Over a relatively short period of
time, the various representative offices of the Foundation were
set up: in Costa Rica in 1987, Nicaragua in 1989, Nigeria in 1991
and India in 1993. In 1999, the Foundation withdrew from project
work in Nigeria because of the increasing difficulties of working
there. In early 2002, it opened a further representative office in
Thailand.
Document of approval of the year 1932
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1931
Death of Robert Samuel
1932
Official approval of the foundation.
Revenues were paid to Hedwig Samuel
during her lifetime
1985
Inauguration of the foundation's office in
Düsseldorf, Germany
1987-1989
Commencement of the foundation's
own activities by realization of different
sponsorship schemes for social
institutions in Costa Rica
1990
Establishing of the Asociación Hedwig y
Robert Samuel in Costa Rica.
Inauguration of the foundation's office in Managua, Nicaragua.
1991-1992
Realization of several aid supplies
transports in the Banat and to
Transylvania, Romania
1992-1993
Construction and official inauguration of
a training centre in Managua, Nicaragua
1993
Establishing of the Samuel Foundation
Charitable India Trust and inauguration of a
training centre in New Delhi, India
Inauguration of a training centre in
San José, Costa Rica
1998
Commencement of the support of training
centers in Havana, Cuba
1999
Inauguration of the extensions of the
training centre in Managua
1927
Robert Samuel stipulated in his will
the foundation of the Hedwig and
Robert Samuel Foundation
1976
Death of Hedwig Samuel
1976-1986
Donations to local and international
charitable institutions.
Revitalization of the fortune and establishing
of an own infrastructure
1989
First own projects in Nicaragua
1989-1996
Support of a street children project of the
Dominicans in San Salvador, El Salvador
1991
Establishing of the Hedwig and Robert Samuel Medical Foundation Ebenebe in Ebenebe,
Nigeria.
1992
Establishing of the charitable organization
'Kind in Düsseldorf gGmbH (KID)', an institution set up to protect child victims of violence
Commencement of the foundation's work in India
Inauguration of a hospital with a nursing
school in Ebenebe, Nigeria
1994
Extension of the hospital in Ebenebe, Nigeria
1995-1996
Inauguration of two more training centers in
New Delhi, India
1998-1999
Construction and official inauguration
of a training centre in San José
2002
Inauguration of the foundation's office
in Lampang, Thailand
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M
ost of the funds that the Samuel Foundation received
from the second half of the 1970s on, in the form of
investment income, were initially spent on urgently needed
renovation and roof construction work on its own business premises in Königsallee. Accordingly, meeting the objectives of
the Foundation had to be postponed for a time. However, even
during this phase, smaller donations were made to assist social welfare projects, mostly in Düsseldorf. Later, when work on
safeguarding the value of the assets had been completed and
a separate infrastructure was beginning to develop, the Samuel Foundation was finally in a position to sponsor larger pro-
Art exhibition in the Hohenzollernhaus in the year 1993
jects as well.
The first donations to improve facilities in the city's old people's homes 'Gallberg' and 'Flehe' were followed by measures
to assist those in extreme need. Examples included financing
a care scheme for children in the container housing project in
Schmiedestrasse, infrastructure improvements for a city refuge
for the homeless, and providing homework assistance for the
children of foreign residents. This would not have been possible without the support of the Samuel Foundation, because the
city had no budget allocations for any of these projects.
Social housing units in Düsseldorf-Wersten
Early on, the Foundation established contacts with the Düsseldorf Academy of Art (Kunstakademie Düsseldorf), and assisted art students from low-income families by organising competitions and exhibitions, and awarding individual scholarships. In doing so, the Foundation was following in the footsteps
of its founder, Robert Samuel, who had himself assisted artists
by providing them with studios in the Königsallee building.
The Foundation facilitated the purchase of major extensions
for the social centre for old people in Oberkassel as part of its
social welfare operations and, as a contribution to better living
Domicile of "KID" in Düsseldorf
conditions for those in need, constructed 25 well-equipped
social housing units in Wersten.
The Foundation is a founding shareholder of Kind in Düsseldorf (KID), an institution set up to protect child victims of violence, and a member of the Friends of the Child Assistance
Centre (Kinderhilfezentrum) in Eulerstrasse in Düsseldorf.
Children looked after by KID
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n the mid-1980s, the Samuel Foundation began to extend
its aid programme for the socially disadvantaged to include
international operations. Prompted by the steadily rising
levels of poverty in underdeveloped countries around the
world, the Samuel Foundation began to focus its efforts more
and more on such countries.
Initial donations to organisations engaged in development
work, for example to the foundation Menschen für Menschen
(People for People) or to Friedensdorf International (International Peace Village), were followed by direct assistance to
Karl Heinz Böhm in front of a jeep donated by the Foundation
people and institutions in developing countries.
From simply providing financial assistance with individual
projects, the Samuel Foundation's involvement quickly developed into providing on-the-spot aid. Its main focus was on
providing education for children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, thus giving them a basis for a worthwhile future.
Aid supplies to Romania
Project for street children in El Salvador
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T
he Samuel Foundation arrived in Costa Rica in 1987 through
personal contacts. Initial small-scale assistance to institu-
tons in San Isidro del General, a local centre in the south-west of
the country, were followed in 1989 by the establishment of the
Asociación Hedwig y Robert Samuel Costa Rica. It was through
this institution in San Isidro that the Samuel Foundation commenced its operations on the ground in Costa Rica. For example,
it financed and organised an extension to the Lomas de Cocorí
school, which comprised three new classrooms, a kitchen and
refectory, and new sanitary facilities. Additionally, it provided a
minibus for the local old people's home and an air-conditioning
system for the hospital's intensive care unit. In 1991, the Samuel Foundation built two residential homes, each of which could
Student of Industrial Air Conditioning
accommodate ten children in need of help and protection. The
Foundation pays for the maintenance of these two facilities in
conjunction with the Costa Rican Ministry for the Family.
Following its decision to become involved in technical training in Costa Rica as well; the Foundation then leased suitable
premises in the capital, San José, and in 1996 began training
courses there in four specialist areas of refrigeration and airconditioning technology. In 1999, the Foundation moved to its
own premises near the centre of San José, where it now also
runs a service workshop with trainees.
Housing project Don Heinz
Training area of the foundation in San José, Costa Rica
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Training area of the foundation in Managua, Nicaragua
n 1989, the Samuel Foundation commenced operations in
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electrical systems, automotive air-conditioning, building trades,
Nicaragua. Following the long years of civil war, the level of
secretarial skills, computer applications, and also courses for
poverty and want was visible everywhere in this Central Ameri-
driving instruction or repeating primary school classes.
can state. In the early stages, therefore, the Foundation provided
general aid, such as providing mosquito nets for children's
In addition, the Foundation provides regular assistance for
homes in Managua, buying medicine and medical equipment for
kindergartens and schools close to the training centre, and
a health centre near Granada, and providing financial support
implements and co-finances development projects from the Ger-
for child day-care centres in an effort to alleviate the general
man Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation. The El Tepeyac
level of poverty.
Health Centre near Granada, for example, was fully renovated
and extended, and an extension comprising five extra clas-
The end of the civil war in 1990 meant that many young people
in particular were left living on the streets, because they had
srooms and sanitary facilities was added to the primary school
in Bello Amanecer, a small town near Managua.
learnt no profession other than how to wage war. The task of
integrating this group of people into society was an enormous
responsibility and one that the government was unable to shoulder, since it was already heavily in debt from high military spending. The final decision by the Samuel Foundation to involve itself in vocational training for manual professions had the goal of
creating a viable future for these young people.
In 1992/93, therefore, the Foundation set up a training centre
in Managua, which began by offering technical training for car
mechanics. Over time, additional training schemes were added.
Today, courses are taught in a range of subjects: automotive
Pupils of the preparatory course
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Samuel Mobile Hospital, Ebenebe, Nigeria
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n 1990, following an initiative by the Düsseldorf child psychiatrist Dr. Eugen Jungjohann, the Samuel Foundation
launched a project to provide basic medical care in Ebenebe,
a community of around 20,000 inhabitants in eastern Nigeria,
in the region formerly known as Biafra.
The Ebenebe Samuel Medical Foundation was founded to
assist in realising this project. In 1991, it began construction
of a small hospital, providing outpatient care, and including a
20-bed inpatient wing and an operating theatre. A special
operation theatre in the Mobile Hospital
feature of the hospital was a mobile unit to allow it to provide
services to the widely scattered towns and villages throughout
the vast district. This meant that the old and frail, and mothers
with children would not need to make a journey of many kilometres on foot to get to the hospital. In 1992, the construction
of the hospital was completed and the official opening ceremony took place. In 1994, a new wing housing also a nursing
school with a total of eight training places was added to the
building.
Some of the investment costs were covered by the auction
of works of art donated by Düsseldorf artists for this purpose.
Nursing students with Doctor Jungjohann
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T
he Samuel Foundation began its work in India in 1991,
following a donation of DM 500,000 from an Indian busin-
essman. Once bureaucratic obstacles had been surmounted,
the Samuel Foundation Charitable India Trust, based in New
Delhi, was set up in 1993, and training courses were commenced that same year. Until the Trust was officially recognised in
1995, we were obliged to work together with the 'Coordination
Committee for Leprosy Welfare', an association providing help
to leprosy sufferers, and to operate the training facility jointly
with them.
Since achieving independent status, the city of New Delhi
has provided us with rent-free premises for our vocational training operation in the three suburbs Gahri, Pahar Ganj and Raghubir Nagar. All of these centres train young men and women
to become tailors and dressmakers.
Students at the annual function
Students of the Centre Pahar Ganj, New Delhi
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n 1997, it was the desperate economic situation on the Caribbean island of Cuba that prompted the Samuel Foundation to
make first contacts with educational institutes there, with the
goal of providing financial support and advice.
One year later, the Foundation concluded the first cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Education, which was aimed
at improving the infrastructure of the Fernando Aguado y Rico
training centre in Havana. In 1999, it donated funds to establish
a training workshop for electrical machine construction.
Since 2001, the Foundation is looking after the “Hermanos
Almeijeiras” Training Centre in the centre of Havana. The Samuel Foundation provides financial assistance, as well as material
donations and advice. As one might imagine, however, its
scope of its work has been somewhat limited because the
Cuban government doesn't want an independent working there.
Training Centre “Hermanos Almeijeiras, Havana, Cuba
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The foundation's office in Thailand
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ince early 2002, the Samuel Foundation has also been
active in Thailand. Following an initiative by Gerd Mathia, a
former Düsseldorf marketing and product consultant who has
lived in Thailand for many years, the Foundation now provides
care and support in the education of children of school age, and
advises local associations and initiatives on matters relating to
product development and sales, and on how to obtain funding.
Even though one has the impression that Thailand is a generally well-developed country, this applies only to the major
population centres. In contrast, the level of poverty among the
rural population is rising steadily. For that reason, the centre
for the Foundation's operations is located in the far north of
the country, roughly one hour by car from the local centre, Lam-
Weaver in the women cooperative Ban Na Lang
pang. In this region, the slump in the agricultural sector has
resulted in high unemployment and severe hardship.
School education is free in Thailand, but transport, school
materials and uniforms are not. Without the assistance of the
Samuel Foundation, most of the children and young people it
assists would be unable to attend primary school, let alone go
on to secondary education. This is in spite of the fact that the
financial costs involved are relatively small. It is possible to
finance a child's education through primary school to secondary school leaving certificate at an average cost of just 20
Euro per month. Needless to say, this calculation covers only
the costs for materials.
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Children looked after by the foundation
Staff members, students and
organizational structure
TOTAL
Number of staff members
109
courses
23
Actual number of training posts
Number of graduates til date
439
2.225
INDIA
GERMANY
Start of the training activities
1997
Start of the training activities
1993
Number of staff members
9
Number of staff members
courses
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courses
14
Actual number of training posts
1
Actual number of training posts
100
Number of graduates til date
2
Number of graduates til date
818
3
COSTA RICA
NICARAGUA
Start of the training activities
1994
Start of the training activities
Number of staff members
39
Number of staff members
courses
12
courses
1996
34
7
Actual number of training posts
169
Actual number of training posts
105
Number of graduates til date
890
Number of graduates til date
491
NIGERIA
THAILAND
Start of the training activities
2002
Start of the training activities
1994
Number of staff members
3
Number of staff members
courses
-
courses
1
Actual number of training posts
8
pupils looked after
40
Number of graduates til date
-
10
Number of graduates til date
16
Samuel Foundation
Head Office Düsseldorf
Board of Directors
Düsseldorf
Samuel Medical
Foundation
Ebenebe
Hedwig and Robert
Samuel Foundation
office in
Hedwig and Robert
Samuel Foundation
office in
Hedwig and Robert
Samuel Foundation
office in
Samuel Foundation
Charitable Trust
KID gGmbH
Kind in Düsseldorf
Nigeria
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Thailand
India
Germany
Ebenebe
San José
Managua
Lampang
New Delhi
Düsseldorf
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The founders Hedwig and Robert Samuel
their life and work
Hedwig and Robert Samuel in Marienbad, 1927
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obert Samuel was born in Düsseldorf on 8 February 1871,
was following in the tradition of affluent Düsseldorf citizens at
the second of four children. Following the early death of his
the turn of the century who often donated part of their fortune
father, he earned his living by importing and selling tobacco
for charitable purposes. An additional motive may have been
products. By the time he was in his early thirties, he had alrea-
that the Samuels' marriage had not produced any children.
dy become so successful that he was appointed purveyor to the
Robert Samuel died on 22 January 1931, at the age of 61. The
court of the King of Württemberg. In 1906, at the age of 35,
Foundation was officially approved on 3 June 1932.
Robert Samuel purchased the land section at Königsallee 14, on
ween 1907 and 1911, he had an office building erected there. He
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established it as his business address and expanded his ope-
there again in the early 1950s with her second husband, the
rations into retail sales. He named the building the 'Hohenzol-
physician Theo Olbert. She always kept in close contact with
lernhaus', presumably in honour of the King of Württemberg,
the Foundation's Board of Directors, and was always on hand to
who was a member of the Hohenzollern family.
lend an attentive ear to any problems that arose. She proved a
the corner of Blumenstrasse, from the City of Düsseldorf. Bet-
edwig Samuel was born on 15 June 1893. She had left Düsseldorf after Robert Samuel's death, but returned to settle
reliable source of help and advice for the Board, which during
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In 1920, Robert Samuel married Hedwig Göldner, from Lan-
this period exercised a purely administrative role. Hedwig
genberg in the Rhineland, the third of six children. In 1927, he
Samuel died on 29 April 1976 at the age of 82, in the city she
stipulated in his will that a foundation be set up. In doing so, he
had made her home.
The Hohenzollernhaus
Principal source of revenue
for the Foundation
A
t the turn of the twentieth century, Robert Samuel purchased the land section of Königsallee 14/Blumenstrasse 2
and commissioned the Düsseldorf architect Hermann vom Endt
to build the Hohenzollernhaus there. This was built between
1907 and 1911, and today functions as the Foundation’s headquarters and principal source of revenue. The name was given
to the building presumably in honour of the King of Württemberg, who was a member of the Hohenzollern family.
Although the upper floors were originally intended for production and storage for Robert Samuel's wholesale and retail
tobacco business, they were used from the start as office
Damaged after an air raid in the year 1942
About 1911 after its completion
Reconstruction of the roof and renovation of the facade 1980-1982
space, since Robert Samuel retired a short time later and withdrew from his business interests.
During the war, the building suffered two direct hits from firebombs, and was badly damaged each time. The roof structure
was completely destroyed, and a proper replacement was built
only in the early 1980s, with the construction of the present
roof extension.
Today
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Annual Funcion for the
2001/
Dress Designing courses
/ 2002 in India
O
n 9th November this year's annual function for our suc-
of cloth because also in India the recycling is getting more
cessful students of the Dress Designing and Quality
and more important. Naturally the parents were more than
Supervision course was being held in our training center in
proud of their descendants being in the spotlight of the
Raghubir Nagar, New Delhi.
event, but also the guests of the textile industry were impressed of the ability and the grace of the graduates.
100 students have started the training in September last
year and 90 of them finished successfully the training period
To gain these entrepreneurs for us and our commitment ist
in our centers until this August as well as an additional two
most important in order to guarantee our students also in
month's apprenticeship. Together with their parents they were
future a sufficient number of apprenticeships. Because these
awaiting exitedly and full of suspense the handing over of
aprenticeships are not only an important element of our trai-
their official diplomas.
ning but offer as well a good opportunity to stress one´s
distinguished features as a qualified worker. Which in many
In the course of the colorful annual function once again our
graduates were given the opportunity to present their skills,
cases leads to direct employment. So this year again a good
number of our graduates has already got job offers.
their creativity and also their choreographic sense to the nearly 400 family members and other guests in a charming fashion show. All clothes presented by the graduates have been
designed and produced by themselves. The range of products
varied from traditional Indian clothing to ceremonious evening dresses, from western fashion for young people to children's dresses. The latter were even only made out of remnants
Martin Barth talking to Kuku Ahluwalia, director of Guru Exports,
and Rupinder Singh, director of Marcos Ltd.
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Dance interlude of the new students
Fashion show contribution of the centre Ghari
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Mr and Mrs Ahluwalia in the showroom
Official handing-over of the diplomas
Congratulations of the best student
Mr Ahluwalia is handing over the winner's cup of the fashion show contest to the centre Raghubir Nagar
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THANKS
FOR THE APPRENTICESHIPS
The Samuel Foundation would like to thank all the entrepreneurs and companies for providing once again this
year the opportunity of an apprenticeship in their company to our students.
Our thanks are addressed to:
IN COSTA RICA
Corporación T.C, AC frío de la montaña, Maersk Sea Land,
Inter frío Standard Fruit Company, Multi frío, Chiquita
Brands, Saire, STZ, Clima Idea, l´Artica, Laboratorios Abbout, Coopemontecillos,Tecno aire, Mc. Donalds, Valeuman,
Refrigeración Omega, Reficentro Hosa, Red Frigorífica Nacional, Soluciones Climáticas, Electro Frío, Refritica, Wimmer
Hermanos, Real Inter-Continental, Refrigeración Aire acondicionado, MAZ, Musmanni, Ivemep, Refrigeración Romero,
Breaddy, Lunaca, Leaho Refrigeración, Auto Boutique, Automercantil, Kilimautos/Otto Wimmer, Friogama, Ecofrio, Servi S.O.S frío, Taller automotriz/Centro de lavado, Maxifrio
Costa Rica
IN NICARAGUA
Alcaldia ciudad Sandino, Auto Servicios Luis, Auto Servicios Membreño, Hiundai, Julio Martinez, Kia Motors,
Mercedes Benz, Mitsubishi, Nimac, Nissan, Taller Almir,
Taller Barberena, Taller Capricornio,Taller Padilla, Taller
Silva, Taller Ulloa, Taller Varela, Yale de Nicaragua, BAC,
BANPRO, CEPAD, EAAI, IADE, IADE-UAM, ISSDHU,
Panadería El “Suizo”, Servicios Médicos Profesionales S.
A., TiTop Industrial , UNA
IN INDIA
Silvia Apparel Ltd, Balloons, Fashion Traders, Kay Stars,
Nicaragua
Basant International, Kurele International, Kitchwamaji,
Marcos, Guru Export House, Trend Setter, Chelsia Mills,
Nirmal Kumar & Company, Asia Pacific, Fashion Machine, Le Apparels, Nissie India Agencies, Orchid Oversease Pvt. Ltd, NAWA Exports, Beri and Company, Charu
oversease, Scorpio International, Little Star Enterprises
, SM International, Eagle Fashions, Bimla Fashions,
Phulkari Boutique, Pummi Boutique, Chunky Boutique,
Gulati Boutique, Lovely Boutique, Persona Boutique,
Roop Kala Boutique, Ankur Boutique, The Lady Boutique, Divya Boutique, Shivam Fashion Points, Shilpa
Boutique
India
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THE SAMUEL FOUNDATION
THE 339 GRADUATES OF THE
AND WISHES THEM
COSTA RICA
INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION
(EVENING COURSE)
Alvaro López Hernández
Benjamín Oviedo Ulate
Christian Aguilar Sánchez
Eliécer Monge Ramírez
Jairo Mora Atencio
Johan Carvajal Arguello
José Bustos Jiménez
José Vega Angulo
Mauricio Ruíz Ortíz
Orlando Díaz Chinchilla
Oscar Corredera Quesada
Raúl Rodríguez Solano
INDUSTRIAL AIR CONDITIONING
(EVENING COURSE)
Allan Cabezas Valerio
David Eliel Campos Jiménez
Edward Garro Sotela
Heiner García Ortíz
Jonathan Mena Barrantes
Nelson Escamilla López
Roberto Castro León
Ronald Alfredo Soto Araya
AUTOMOBILE AIR CONDITIONING
(FULL-TIME COURSE)
Alexander Rivera Ortíz
Antoniy Espinoza Cruz
Carlos L. Fallas Loría
Christopher Calvo Cortés
Erick Gutiérrez Narváez
Geovanny Jensen Quirós
Héctor Acuña Guzmán
Iris Solís Martínez
José Fco. Guzmán Porras
Leonardo Barrantes Barboza
Marco Sancho Chacón
Marlon Arguedas Bermúdez
Marvin Gutiérrez Sibaja
Olger Quesada Umaña
Ricardo Sánchez Pérez
Wagner Jiménez Brenes
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REFRIGERATION IN TRANSPORT
(FULL-TIME COURSE)
Edgar Ulices Acuña Sequeira
José Arturo Avellán Campos
Michael Coronado Ramírez
Luis Carlos Hernández Chavarría
Ismael Mesén Castillo
Ricardo Montoya Mejías
Juan Carlos Muñoz Rivas
Pablo Saldías Rojas
Renato Vinces Portero
INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION
(FULL-TIME COURSE)
David Santamaría Solís
Diego Pizarro Caravaca
Donikler Bolaños Retana
Eddy Torres Enríquez
Fabián Cháves López
Irving Reyes Acuña
Julio Porras Mora
Malver Montero Bonilla
Marlon Delgado Madrigal
Mauricio Arrieta Ramírez
Michael Mata Lobo
Raúl Arce Fallas
Ricardo Peraza Rodríguez
Roberth Solano Sánchez
Rudy Solano Jiménez
Salvador Rivera Hernández
Wendy Piedra Brenes
Wilson Castro Calderón
Wilson Guido Arce
INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION
(FULL-TIME COURSE)
Abarca Espinoza Erick
Alvaro Rojas Muñoz
Carlos L. Cháves Madrigal
David J. Chávez Soano
David Rodríguez Duarte
Diego Osoria Astorga
Esteban Barboza Arrieta
Esteban Matamoros Villanea
Gabriel Solano Fallas
Jerry V. Portuguez Palma
José Manuel Triunfo
Juan P. Alvarado Altamirano
Luis Diego Fowler
Mariano Mora Saénz
Nelson Moreno Ortega
Steicy Bastos Leiva
Steven Berrocal González
Viviana Elizondo Velásquez
William Herrera Ugalde
Yahaira Calvo Mayorga
NICARAGUA
PREPARATORY COURSE FOR
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Abdias Samuel Fernández Aguilar
Alfonso Antonio González Noguera
Álvaro Mauricio Luna Rosales
Cairo Adalberto Silva
Carlos Alberto González Ñamendiz
Franklin Efraín Sánchez Jarquín
Franklin Ochoa Fajardo
Gengli Raquel Sánchez Jarquín
Gina Valeska Cañada Vanegas
Juan Carlos Mayorga Maltez
Juan Lucas Blandon Portocarrero
Luis Yader Gómez Méndez
Marlon Antonio Morales Meza
Mauricio José Bustamante Arguello
Mirna Josefa Quintanilla Carcache
Oscar Danilo Guerrero Medina
Samuel Enrique Estrada Chávez
Yamil Isaac Padilla Ordóñez
CAR MECHANICS
(FULL-TIME COURSE)
Aharon Bernhard Escorcia Fonseca
Bismarck Antonio Saballos Cardoza
Carlos Arnulfo Morales Aguilar
Carlos Iván García Traña
Elbert Castillo Largaespada
Erick Noel Torres Avendaño
Héctor Antonio Aragon Roa
José Luis Hernández Martínez
José Luis Torres Pérez
Juan Ramón Murillo Olivas
Marlon Antonio Martínez Zelaya
Milton Javier Carazo Estrada
Olman Antonio Martinez Lainez
Pedro Moisés Acuña
Rafael Enrique Munguia Delgado
Roberto José Mendoza García
Rodolfo Adan Miranda Pérez
Roldan Stive Nicaragua Díaz
Stanley Danilo Rocha Gonzalez
Willian Reynaldo Vásquez Moraga
Wilmer Antonio Reyes Garíca
Yalmer Andres Arguello Castro
CAR MECHANICS
(AFTERNOON COURSE)
Adonis Alexander López Navarro
Cristian Gabriel Herández Tercero
Elvis Rafael Dávila Gómez
Engel Javier Gómez Aranda
German Danilo Quintana Flores
Juan Rafael Dávila Gómez
Lusi Manuel Aburto Zepeda Omar
de Jesús Amador Santana Oscar
Antonio Reyes Loza
Oscar Enriquwe Amador Urbina
Roger Antonio García Pérez Ronald
Antonio Matamoros Guido
Yasser Anahuac Zambrana Zuñiga
Yeri Isaac García Pérez
FUEL INJECTION
(SATURDAY COURSE)
Angel Pastor Ordoñez Ochoa
Gerardo Jesús Solorzano Pérez
Juan Carlos Acuña Santeliz
Manuel de Jesús Ramírez Álvarez
Marcos Antonio Aleman Rodríguez
ADMINISTRATION AND OFFICE
COMMUNICATION
(FULL-TIME COURSE)
Adilia Nohemi Fonseca Solis
Ana Mercedes Molina Mejia
Arlen del Socorro Acuña Ruiz
Cristian Danelia Benavidez Urbina
Fatima Francisca Chavez Moreno
Heidi d. l. Concepción Almendarez
Gutierrez
Jahel Paulina Corea Paiz
Jaqueline d. l. Ángeles Sandoval Mena
Josefina del Rosario Castillo Malespin
Karen Nohemy Martinez Hernandez
Kenia Francela Ramirez Flores
Marisol del Carmen Tellez Ortega
Marjorie Nalieth Garcia Arancibia
Martir Marlene Lopez Herrera
Reyna d. l. Ángeles Gutierrez Torrez
Reyna Teresa Rivas Marenco
Rossio Mariel Nicaragua Sanchez
COMPUTERHANDLING
(MORNING COURSE A)
Cristian Eloisa López Gaitán
Denis Rafael Morales Artola
Dorothy Antonia Ruiz Benavidez
Ericka Celina Gonzales
Ingrid Jessenia Escobar Canales
Jaquelin del Socorro Obando Castro
Leslly del Carmen Martinez Escobar
Lesly Azucena Cortez
María José Martinez Espinoza
WARMLY CONGRATULATES
YEAR 2001/2002
ALL THE BEST FOR THEIR FUTURE!
Rebeca Cristina Saravia Tercero
Ronald Emilio Zamora Somarriba
COMPUTERHANDLING
(MORNING COURSE B)
Alejandro Zambrana Zamora
Alexis Rafael Arguello Laguna
Alfredo de Jesús Corea Hernández
Arnoldo Francisco Valle Sobalvarro
César Humberto González Quintero
Darlyng Elizabeth Urroz Trejos
Katherine Nathaly Téllez
Nadir Rafaello Gutiérrez Chávez
Ricardo Antonio Flores Hernández
Sandra María Cruz Rodriguez
Tania Lilly Garmendia Valenzuela
COMPUTERHANDLING
(EVENING COURSE)
Álvaro Agenor Somarriba Otero
Álvaro José López Altamirano
Jeane Margareth Lewis Lewis
Jessica Corina Maradiaga Gómez
Luis Alfonso Sandoval Palma
Nuncia Otilia Canales Solís
Sinai Elena Otero Sánchez
COMPUTERHANDLING
(SATURDAY COURSE)
Alina Esperanza Hunter Peña
Daysi del Socorro López Herrera
Juana Rosa Ruíz Tórrez
Lea del Socorro Canales Zamora
Maria José Soto González
Mayra Ruth Martínez Escobar
Nedelia Salvadora Canales Zamora
Rebeca Herrera Ríos
Richard Herrera Ríos
Ronny Joel Zeledón Tijerino
COMPUTERHANDLING
(FULL-TIME COURSE)
Antony Manuel Delgado Rivas
Aroldo Ezequiel Areas Mendoza
Cliffor Edinson López Mora
Douglas de Jesús Espinoza Zeledón
Heakell Camilo Boone Hernández
José Amilcar Martínez Polanco
José Jorge Aragón Sandoval
José María Ramirez Saénz
Lazaro de Jesús Rivas Mendoza
Luis Antonio Sánchez Espinoza
Marcos Martin Estrada Muñoz
Marío José Gonzalez López
Ricardo Isaac Árauz Jiménez
Sergio Francisco Cordoba Chang
HOME ELECTRICITY
(FULL-TIME COURSE)
Cristian Roberto Mendoza
Engel Eliezer Amador Santana
Martin de los Angeles López López
Nixon Javier Mojica Calero
Oscar de Jesús Urcuyo González
Pedro Jose Aburto Zepeda
Ulises Ramón Jirón Montes
DRIVING COURSE
(FULL-TIME COURSE)
Francis Carolina Borge Gòmez
Ivett del Carmen Luna Guido
Lester Antonio Lechado Espinoza
María d. l. Ángeles Gussen Sequera
María Mercedes Cruz Reyes Pedro
Joaquim Acevedo Urbina Trujillo
Ariel Domingo
DRIVING COURSE
(SATURDAY COURSE)
Elbert Castillo Largaespada
William Vásquez Moraga
Aarón Benard Escorcia Fonseca
Wilmer Antonio Reyes García
Bismarck Antonio Saballos Cardoza
Erick Noel Torrez Avendaño
Armando José Arce Campos
Juan de la Llana Marínez
Adolfo Florentino Torrez Salazar
Norwin Antonio Murillo González
Fredy Ramón Roa Martínez
Francisco José Mendoza Moreno
Luis Alfonso Sandoval Palma
DRIVING COURSE
(SATURDAY COURSE)
Jamileth d. Socorro Rocha Camacho
José María Ramírez Sáenz
Josefina d. Rosario Castillo Malespin
Juan Ramón Murillo Olivas
Lazaro de Jesús Rivas Mendoza
Marcos Martin Estrada Muñoz
María Teresa Urbina Padilla
Pedro Moisés Acuña
Ricardo Isaac Arauz
INDIA
GARHI CENTRE
Amirja
Anja Gandhi
Anita
Bharti Sharma
Deepa Sanwal
Hemlata
Harpreet Kaur
Indu Bala
Kiran
Kalpana Kumari
Lakshmi
Lata Sharma
Meenu
Niti Malhotra
Prabha Aswal
Promila
Rekha Vishwas
Reeta Bhist
Sukhjeet Kaur
Suman Rathee
Sonia
Sunita
Savita Chauhan
Taruna
Gurpreet Kaur
Deep Mala
Geetika Narang
Ashu Goyal
Kavita Garg
Nisha Goyal
Timsi
PAHAR GANJ CENTRE
Anja Bala
Bharti Sharma
Bharti
Bhavna Mehandiratta
Dolly
Fauzia
Geeta Rani
Getanjali Kapoor
Kanchan
Madhuwati
Mahesh Kumar
Mamta
Nisha Sharma
Pooja Varshney
Poonam Shekhar
Ritu
Ritu Aggarwal
Rohi Kareer
Roma Gupta
Ruby
Sandeep Negi
Sapna Verma
Shaista
Shama
Shelly Grover
Sumanlata
Kavita Nagpal
Monika
RAGHUBIR NAGAR CENTRE
Ashima Sharma
Anita Chawala
Dipti
Deepa
Grupreet Kaur Bhatia
Harpreet Kaur
Ishvinder Kaur
Kanchan Arora
Kamna Dargan
Kavita Kumari
Kawaljeet Kaur
Mala Athwal
Nishi Sharma
Narinder Kaur
Navneet Kaur
Prabhjeet Kaur
Rekha
Ravinder Kaur
Shobha Varma
Shalu Chopra
Sheela Rani
Seema Bansal
Shama Gupta
Shilpa Malhotra
Shilpa Kohli
Sandhya Singh
Shasi Kumari
Surinder Kaur
Urvashi Chhabra
Vijeta Verma
Vandana Pathak
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The Enyiduru-Project
IN NIGERIA
A private education scheme to assist children in need
rigitta Schneider, from Germany, spent a year living in
B
monitor the pupils' progress. The actual work quickly demon-
Nigeria assisting and supporting the Enyiduru Project.
strated that there were enormous benefits from this “pupil sup-
Donations to the Samuel Foundation from a Düsseldorf banker
port” scheme for both the pupils' families and the schools. As a
helped finance her stay there, and the Project itself. In the fol-
result, we were soon able to implement what had initially been
lowing article, Ms Schneider describes her impressions and
merely our unspoken objective: the development of a discussi-
experience of Nigeria.
on and education scheme in teamwork with the school administration, teaching staff and parents. This was the start of the
“I spent one year in Nigeria, from 1 August 2001 to 31 July
“parent-teacher initiative”, which generated great interest, and
2002, helping to set up a project as part of an education sche-
was received with enthusiasm and gratitude by everyone invol-
me. The aim of the project is to provide assistance for intelligent
ved.
children who are unable to attend school for financial reasons,
to establish scholarships for school attendance, and to help and
The first steps towards achieving this end had been modest
ones. The Catholic priest Dr. Boniface Amu, in the Nsukka diocese in the state of Enugu, had begun to pay school fees for individual pupils from his own pocket. He deliberately chose girls
because, in terms of education, girls in Nigeria are discriminated
against in favour of boys. In choosing girls, he also wished to raise greater awareness of their situation. These girls visited him
once a fortnight to show how they were progressing with their
schoolwork. They came in from their home villages with their
schoolbooks, ate their meals and slept in the community centre.
In the evening, they sat down together with Dr. Amu to discuss
the problems that they were experiencing in their schools and
families, and to look together for solutions. Changes in beha-
school building
viour were recorded, practised and reflected on. The girls received water, soap, a clean towel and enough clean water to wash
their clothes. In this way, they learnt the basics of hygiene. The
joy they experienced and the positive results of the undertaking
were the first seeds that germinated into the “school project”
plan, and thus the idea to launch an education scheme that
would be available to a greater number of children.
I had heard about the initiative, and slowly the desire grew in
me to spend a year in Nigeria, to help organise and coordinate
this “parent-teacher-pupil scheme”. It soon became apparent
that it was not enough just to pay the school fees. Many other
questions needed to be answered as well. How should the
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Pupils of the diocese Nsukka
pupils be chosen? In many families, there was a temptation to
parents to consider: if the child goes to school instead of doing
cheat if there was a chance of obtaining paid school fees, to
the daily work in the fields, performing household chores and
ensure they received something too. What kind of dynamic pro-
looking after their mostly younger brothers and sisters, there
cess is triggered within a family unit when a child whose parents
would be one less important worker at home. Then the “spon-
and siblings are illiterate goes to school? Who pays for the trans-
sor” should also be responsible for, e.g., the food costs.
portation to the school, if it is too far away to reach on foot? Who
pays for exercise and textbooks and for the schoolbooks that are
All these specific problems, as well as questions relating to
required? Who pays for school uniforms and sandals, which are
health and hygiene, became the agenda for the regular "parent-
compulsory in every school? Who pays for school desks and sea-
teacher meeting". This resulted in a separate adult learning pro-
ting, for which each pupil is responsible? What happens if a
gramme, which involved joint reflection, planning and decision
child falls ill? Who pays the doctor's fees? The genuinely poor
making. Needless to say, this new learning process was far from
never go to a doctor because they have no money to pay for tre-
easy for people who had grown up under a military regime, and
atment. They struggle along with their illness until it is often too
for whom issuing and obeying orders had become a way of life.
late. It was found in practice, for example, that the majority of
pupils in secondary schools suffered from severe headaches
At present, school fees are paid for roughly fifty pupils of both
and reading disabilities. The reason was simply that they all nee-
sexes from the diocese of Nsukka, Enugu State. An entrance test
ded glasses. In addition, there were the needs of some of the
was developed for the girls, who receive a scholarship to go on
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Pupils in the St. Catherine Secondary School
to secondary school. If they pass the entrance test, they are invi-
had an accident and lost his two legs. Others are house helps
ted to attend an interview. If they are accepted for secondary
to people. There is no financial help coming from her family or
school, the school administration prepares a short report on
from her relatives. She managed to train herself in the primary
each girl, e.g.:
school through the sale of brooms she made after school and
during the holidays. She is in secondary school today becau-
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“Loveth’s father died in 1995. She has three brothers and
se of the help of “Enyiduru-Organisation” who gave her scho-
four sisters. Her mother is a poor subsistent farmer in her vil-
larship. Problems: Her major problem in spite of the financial
lage. Her oldest brother who could have been of help to her,
assistance from the above organization is lack of pocket
money to meet her needs, such as feeding, text book, transport, medicare etc….”
I am constantly amazed and fascinated by the enthusiasm
shown by many children at the possibility of acquiring basic
educational skills. A number of measures were developed
over the course of the year to address the problems that arose and to assist the pupils with the various problems they
were experiencing at school. For example, an annual “health
budget” is being provided for pupils receiving sponsorships.
A school library is being built and equipped on the grounds of
St. Catherine's Secondary School. The first schoolbooks have
been bought, and the pupils already have a provisional room
they can use until the library is completed. All the books that
they will need until their school-leaving examination will be
available there, and there will also be a reading and study
room. All of the sponsored children are to receive an identity
card, giving them the authorisation to study free of charge.
A year in Nigeria: I am grateful to have had this opportunity, and for what I was able to do and experience there. I have
discovered, for example, how willing to learn children are,
and how happy they are when given this opportunity, and
when properly assisted. I have experienced how happy
parents and teachers are when they discover a new approach
to life, which inspires them with new confidence and a sense
of purpose.
In Africa, you need to be patient. Hope and despair are constant companions. I am very happy that, together with the
people who live there, I had the patience during my time in
Nigeria to allow the school project to develop, with feelings of
care and attention that were tempered by a sense of joyful
optimism.”
Meeting of parents and teachers
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COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT impressed by the
commitment of the SAMUEL FOUNDATION
The president of Costa Rica, Dr. Abel Pacheco, talking to the manager of the foundation
F
ollowing an invitation of the association of Entrepreneurs
view of the inside of the Foundation's purposes and of its
for Development and Progress (Asociación de Empresario
commitment in Costa Rica and other project countries by our
para el Desarollo) AED, the Samuel Foundation participated
manager in Costa Rica, Guillermo Jiménez. The president sho-
in an exhibition on the 31st of October where organizations
wed himself impressed and stated clearly how important are
met which are being supported by the AED in their efforts for
such altruistic organizations like the Samuel Foundation for
development and progress.
Costa Rica, especially in their social function in favor of the
adolescents of the socially disadvantaged classes.
Every one of the eight participating organizations had got
an own place where they could present themselves showing
evidence of their social work. The president of Costa Rica, Dr.
Abel Pacheco, was invited as chief guest so that he could
obtain an overview for the social commitment of those organizations being supported by the AED. Visiting the place of
the Samuel Foundation the president was given an extensive
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SAMUEL FOUNDATION in Thailand
offers COMPUTER TRAINING
A
fter seeing for the technical equipment and a meaningful
syllabus of the courses, the Samuel-Foundation in Thai-
land now offers also computer training. The courses have
regular contents and after a successful completion every participant will receive an official diploma. The perspective is to
make the computer training of the Foundation to be positively renowned in the whole area. We will continuously update
the content to adjust it to the ongoing developments. We
expect the successful completion of the course being an
important advantage for the participating children and young
persons in their struggle for a job. During the vacations we will
offer additional courses, workshops and also games and fun
for motivation.
technology and there is still some convincing to be done to
make them forget their fear for the unknown. The necessary
In the very first course participate 31 of the children of our
efforts and concentration still makes them sweat. In the
support program and 10 externs. Even a Buddhist monk is par-
beginning everybody starts with one lesson per week only.
ticipating. The youngest participants are 11 and 12 years old
And to facilitate everybody's access to the new medium from
and the oldest 18. For all of them it is the first contact with this
time to time a computer game is part of the schedule.
STUDENTS IN HAVANA
now as well in the Samuel-Outfit
P
ossible that the one who is walking through the centre of
Havanna in these days becomes aware of the Samuel
Foundation. Because on a request of the manager of the by
us supported training centre Hermanos Almeijeras, we have
donated work clothes and t-shirts and poloshirts of the
Samuel Foundation for the instructors and the students of
the center. An important contribution, not only because it
increases the protection at the workshops. In many cases the
t-shirts and the polo shirts are an urgently needed additional
donation by Cubana Aviación, the Cuban airline. We thank
garment for private use. The textiles were produced in Costa
Cubana Aviación as well as the Cuban Consul in Costa Rica,
Rica and have been shipped to Cuba free of cost, thanks to a
who has supported this donation.
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READERS’ LETTERS
I
thank the Samuel Foundation for the
of my life. In the beginning I was a little
thought that it would give my life such a
big help given to me; otherwise I
bit afraid but soon I became very familiar
positive turn. I hope that all the young
wouldn't have had this opportunity to
with the faculty and my colleagues.
people who are trained by the Samuel
change my life. I know that with this
Samuel gave a feeling of inner confiden-
Foundation will achieve their aims. We
change I will make progress and I feel
ce and scope for better, bright and suc-
shouldn't disappoint those who believe
realized, and this all thanks to the Samu-
cessful future. Apart from Dress Desi-
in us.
el Foundation. I thank all the teachers of
gning I am learning a lot of other things
CARMEN BALLON BONILLA, 17 years,
the Foundation as well, who with their
that would help me prepare for my future.
Industrial Air Conditioning, Samuel
care and cooperation helped me to get
RICHA SHARMA, Ghari Centre, Samuel
Foundation Costa Rica
along. I am grateful to the Samuel Foun-
Foundation India
he Samuel Foundation gave me a big
H
opportunity to receive tecnical trai-
deem ourselves lucky to be members of
help!
ning and I won't disappoint all those
the Samuel family. The experiences we
GEOVANNY GONZÁLEZ, 15 years, Prepara-
who did help me. And certainly not my
have gained in this stage of our life are
tory course for professional training
mother, who has had a lot of confidence
numerous. They have helped us on a lar-
2002/ 2003, Samuel Foundation Nicara-
in me and has supported me graciously.
ge scale and very positive in our training.
gua
In the Samuel Foundation I mellowed and
Furthermore the Foundation has aroused
dation for its help and that it takes care
bless the foundation for the enormous
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of the young people of this country. Got
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ello dear friends, we are students of
the Car Mechanics course and we
I realized that I have to make all efforts
the interest, the wish and the desire to
ello, dears readers of PROSA, my
and to learn a lot for a good future. The
continue the training. The relationship
name is Richa Sharma, a student of
director, Marianela, has helped me a lot
between teachers and students is excel-
Dress Designing in Ghari centre. I would
and now I know very well, what I want for
lent and we all a very satisfied. We say
like to tell you about the new experience
me. I see my aims very clear ahead of me
goodbye with a lot of greetings.
I am having right now as a student of
and one of which is to graduate to get a
LUIS CAJINA E., 23 years, Car Mechanics,
Samuel Foundation. After passing 12th
good job to be able to support my mother
full-time course 2002/ 2003, Samuel
class my life was going on meaningless,
and my brothers and sisters. I would like
Foundation Nicaragua
aimless and totally frustrated. Sitting
to tell the young people that the training
Idle, days were boring and dull and there
of the Samuel Foundation is a unique
seemed no hope for me until I joined the
opportunity. Especially because I can see
H
Samuel Foundation. This institute sho-
the immense changes which have taken
Garhi centre. In the beginning I was a bit
wed me a beam of hope in the darkness
place in me and I would never have
scared but after three weeks I have come
i, I am Rushmi Choudhary, aged 22,
a student of Dress Designing in the
to know the place and the staff members
ly this is due to the Samuel Foundation,
wish for every student of Samuel Founda-
and fellow students and feel very good. I
which has strengthend my mind and my
tion to be successful in life.
must confess that I have learnt a lot in
moral and which motivates me every day
SAURABH KAKKAR, 21 years, Dress Desi-
these three weeks. Samuel is a ray of
to keep on going with my future plans.
gning, Raghubir Nagar, Samuel Foundati-
happiness for the poor people. I always
With this letter I express my feelings to
on India
used to feel that “Beggars cannot be
motivate you to reach your aims as well
choosers” but after joining I strongly feel
by making all necessary efforts. I thank
that “Beggars must be choosers” since
the Samuel Foundation for the strengt-
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Samuel is giving so much status and
hening of my self-esteem as well as for
graduation, which we have achieved due
opportunity to the poor people to come
the dedicated attention. I appeal to give
to the support of the Samuel Foundation,
up in life with their own efforts. I believe
each other a chance for a future as
our own efforts, the support of our
that every human being should have a
human being and a future in the profes-
parents and above all due to the guidan-
chance to design his/her life and future
sional life.
ce of God. Once again the Foundation
and have a right to learn a professional
MICHAEL PINTO, Industrial Air Conditio-
attributes to the development of Nicara-
skill. For the needy Samuel provides this
ning, Samuel Foundation Costa Rica
gua by awarding grants to young people,
wonderful chance. I would like to conclu-
his year we have set as our new goal
to end the training with a brilliant
who like us have only few possibilities in
life for those who want to reach their goal.
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very happy to be with the Samuel
the desire to make you realize how
Just be reminded, knowing is wanting.
Foundation and I will try everything to not
important and necessary education is,
RUSHMI CHOUDHARY, Ghari Centre,
disappoint you. I don't want that some-
academically as well as technical; and
Samuel Foundation India
body could complain about me and I
that you understand to make full use of
want to share my personal experiences
such an opportunity to learn, for a per-
would like to tell you about my experi-
with you. God helps all the people, who
sonnel, social and economical improve-
ences here with the Foundation, which
help themselves and we have to confront
ment of the developing Nicaragua. We
have been very helpful for me. Before I
the life. The willingness to learn is a duty
have the opportunity to further training
came to the Foundation, I was very shy
for all of us. Every single day of our life
and by doing this, build a better future
and I didn't know how to behave. But
can be a lucky one if we only want it. We
together.
then I started to put into action what my
students of the Construction Course
Sara María Alemán Castillo, 20 years,
instructors had taught me. I don't want to
would like to tell you how proud we are of
Administration and Office Communicati-
tell you about my needs for many things
being part of the Samuel Foundation. We
on, full-time course 2002/ 2003, Samuel
here in Nicaragua, but that since I am
are full of hope to make a big step for-
Foundation Nicaragua
with the Samuel Foundation, I have been
ward to achieve something in our life.
able to gather experiences of my work, I
VÍCTOR GALEANO, 22 years, Construction
am more diligent now and I have learned
Course 2001/ 2002, Samuel Foundation
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a lot of new things. I would be happy if all
Nicaragua
Samuel Foundation through a friend, who
de stating that there are no boundaries in
I
ello, my name is Víctor Galean. I am
their life to improve. I approach you with
ello, my name is Glendy and I live in
Peregrina, La Uruca. I heard from the
was as well a student in training of the
the students of the Samuel Foundation,
would make even more use of the oppor-
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Kakkar, aged 21, a student of Dress
the course I have learned to see my futu-
tunities beeing offered to them by the
Designing in Raghubir Nagar centre. I
re much more clearly. And that is why I
Foundation and that they once will beco-
have completed my graduation this year.
won't miss this opportunity because now
me good technicians, secretaries, brick-
Before joining this course I was unable to
it is my biggest wish to graduate and for
layers and so on.
decide about my career. But, this course
this I will fight.
as well in the other training centers,
ello, my dear friends, I am Saurabh
Samuel- Foundation. In the beginning of
JOSÉ ALEXANDER ALEGRÍA, 17 years, full-
has shown me a way and an opportunity
GLENDY VIVIANA UGALDE ORTIZ, 18
time course Car Mechanics 2002/2003,
to improve my abilities, self-confidence
years, Industrial Air Conditioning, Samu-
Samuel Foundation Nicaragua
and much more. After completing this
el Foundation Costa Rica
course I am sure my future would be very
I
live in Alajuelita, Tejarcillos, a small
bright and I would be able to support my
town 3 km apart from the capital San
family. Soon, I would be a specialist in
José, Costa Rica. With these lines I would
Dress Designing. In this course we also
like to express my happiness, which I feel
learn personality development, English
when I get closer to my aims and primari-
Communication and career planning. I
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Our
I
am Ruchi Sharma, a student in Dress
Designing at the Pahar Ganj Centre. I
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ello, I am Deepamala Aggarwal, a
student in Dress Designing at the
Pahar Ganj Centre, and it is around three
on for giving me an opportunity to join
weeks since I joined the Samuel Foundati-
this course. Now a days, it has become
on. I feel very happy for having joined this
indeed very difficult to choose a career
course. Earlier, I had no particular aim in
because there is a lot of unemployment
life. But, now I think I can achieve some-
and poverty. I was quite confused about
thing in my life and create my own identi-
my career but Samuel Foundation has pro-
ty. I am interested in Dress Designing and
vided the right opportunity for me to
after joining, I find that I am learning not
choose a career and achieve success in
just Dress Designing but also many other
life. I am quite confident to face the pres-
useful things like English Communication
sure and various situations in life after
and Personality development. I almost
completing my training. I am sure this
feel that I have got a new family since the
could be achieved with the training and
teachers and fellow students are very co-
KENIA FRANCELA RAMÍREZ, 21 years old,
guidance received from the Teachers
operative and helpful. I want to be an
Administration and Office Communication,
here. I strongly feel that anything could be
expert Dress Designer and am thankful to
Samuel Foundation Nicaragua
achieved with dedication and hard work
Samuel and to my family for providing this
and I already feel like a confident and
opportunity.
strong girl. The Samuel Foundation is a
DEEPAMALA AGGARWAL, Pahar Ganj Cen-
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“God Gift” for poor students like me
tre, Samuel Foundation India
2 years old beautiful child, whose name is
Nicaragua
y name is Kenia Francela Ramírez Flores, I am 21 years old and mother of a
Abner Stanley Rayo Rayo Ramírez. When I
because the training is almost free of
opened in various countries for the bene-
H
ello, my friends, My name is Anita,
came to the Samuel Foundation I noticed
aged 18. I am a student of Samuel
that you can reach all your aims, if one only
fit of poor students like me.
Foundation in Dress designing and Quali-
exerts oneself. Due to the strong support of
RUCHI SHARMA, Pahar Ganj Centre,
ty Supervision course. I have completed
the Samuel Foundation I am able to help my
Samuel Foundation India
graduation and wish to thank God for ena-
family to make progress. I will never stop to
bling me to be a member of the Samuel
thank god, my fellow men and my wonderful
came to the Samuel Foundation with the
teacher, who taught us plenty with an
cost. I pray God for more centres to be
I
family. I always wanted to seek a career
intention to become a very good technician
but could not do so since I come from a
immense patience. I thank Mr. Barth becau-
to be able to help my parents to improve and
lower middle class family and had lost my
se he is a person who cares for our future,
to relieve them economically and professio-
father when I was very young. And my bro-
for the future of the poor , who only dream
nally. I would also like to learn all about long
ther is the only eaRaghubir Nagaring
of getting a job but do not have means for it.
and hard work and to make use of the
member in our family. I was feeling very
But the Samuel Foundation gives us the
perhaps last opportunity given to me to get a
bad and shameful to trouble my family for
means to make this dream become true and
training and be somebody. I don’t want to
any help. I could not help my family after
to every day create a safe future for us, our
belong to those who are underpaid and for
graduation since I did not get any job,
families and our country. I am proud of
whom it is difficult to find a job or to those
Now, I am happy that I can help my bro-
being a part of the Samuel Foundation and
who have to work more every time for less
ther after completing this course. After
all my colleagues feel the same, as to
and less money. Perhaps and if it’s God’s
joining, I look forward to life with renewed
having hit the jackpot. Best regards and
wish , I will progress and achieve my goals
vigour and confidence.
thank you very much!
because of all the opportunities being offe-
ANITA, 18 years, Raghubir Nagar Centre,
red to me by the Samuel Foundation. And I
Samuel Foundation India
ask God for wisdom to manage this with
ambition and determination. I hope that the
other students make progress as well.
MICHAEL ESQUIVEL RODRIGUEZ, 22 years,
Industrial Air Conditioning, Samuel Foundation Costa Rica
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AS USUAL, WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU
LUCK AND SUCCESS TO CONTINUE.
would like to thank the Samuel Foundati-
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BEST Students
TO OUR BEST STUDENTS (OF THE FIRST TRIMESTRE 2002) AND WISH FOR THEIR
Costa Rica
India
Thailand
ISSAC GONZALEZ CAMPBELL, 19 years,
ANJU GANDHI, 23 years, student of Dress
MANLIKA DJAIWANDEE, 12 years, Samuel
Automobile Air Conditioning, Samuel Foun-
Designing, 01-02 Garhi Centre
Foundation Thailand
I
H
M
a student of the Automobile Air Conditio-
diploma in Textile Designing and was inte-
mary school in Ban Lauyao, a small village
ning course, because I am interested in this
rested in doing a course in fashion desi-
in the province Lampang. Unfortunately my
subject and cars are my passion. I also
gning to improve my career prospects.
mother is mentally handicapped and so she
would like to establish a garage on my own
However, due to financial problems I could
can't care even for herself. My father I have
and in addition to that collaborate with my
not do this course. I was fortunate enough
never got to know. So my grandparents are
father, who is a mechanic himself. In my
to join the Samuel Foundation and have
taking care of me and my mother which is
opinion this would be a good complemen-
successfully completed the course in Dress
very difficult for them, because they are
tation. I have lived in Limón, a province 16
Designing with the help of experienced and
already old. We are very poor and daily after
km away from the capital San José. But
kind teachers. Now I find a new change in
school I have to help my grandparents to
when I started my training at the foundati-
my personality and am employed as an
find nourishment. I like going to school and
on, I first had to move to Heredia, 30 minu-
instructor in textile and fashion designing
I always get good marks. It was a big luck for
tes away from the capital and later to Alaju-
faculty on National Institute of Fashion
me that Gerd Mathia began to support me 4
elita, 3 km away from San José, where I live
Design (NIFD) in Palwal, Haryana, India. I
years ago. At that time I was only in 2nd
right now. Due to the low social and econo-
also conduct classes for English communi-
class. Next year in April I will finish primary
mical level it is a very poor district. I like to
cation and personality development and am
school and I am very glad then to continue
do sport, especially athletics, which is my
earning Rs. 4000.00 per month. Besides, I
learning at the secondary school with the
favorite. Here I have had quite some succes-
am also taking order work for tailoring at my
help of the Samuel Foundation. Without this
ses which motivated me to go ahead. But
residence and earn around Rs. 1000.00 per
help it wouldn't be possible. Just now the
everything in life depends on a lot of efforts;
month. I would like to thank Samuel Foun-
Samuel Foundation started to give compu-
therefore I have taken the decision to keep
dation for my present position in life and
ter lessons, I have participated already two
going on with my training to be once a good
future prospects. I would also take this
times and I am very interested. I would like
technician. My family supports me in this
opportunity to wish the best of luck to the
to learn a lot and to exert myself to find a job
decision and therefor I am very grateful to
fresh batch of students.
to be able to care for my grandparents and
dation Costa Rica
am a teenager who is looking for education and effort to have a better future. I am
ello, dear readers of PROSA, My name
is Anju Gandhi.
I had completed a
y name is Manlika, I am 12 years old
and I am in the 6th class of the pri-
them. I thank all the instructors for the great
my mother. I will always be grateful to the
opportunity which they have given to me. I
Samuel Foundation and its staff members
hope to make progress, to be good in future.
here in Thailand for such a good care and
support.
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