Our donation campaign

For each sold Lunch box we donate 2, - € to the association Kinder des Himalaya e.V.

It was clear to us from the start that we would like to donate part of our income. However, we didn't want to support an already large charity, as a large part of the donation is needed for administration and other costs. 

While we were thinking about it, it occurred to us that a few years ago a friend reported about his support for a charitable organization in the Himalayan region, which already fascinated us back then. Although we remember his fascinating stories about the Himalayan trip ... we forgot the name of the association. Therefore, Christian arranged to meet him to find out more. After the meeting we were in direct contact with the chairwoman of the association, Ms. Hannelore Pichlbauer. At the beginning of the year we were able to get to know her and learn more about "Children of the Himalaya e.V." from her first hand.

Hannelore is a very personable and incredibly committed woman who travels to the Himalayan region herself every year and supports the association's projects there. She knows the people, their culture and their living conditions. She knows exactly what the donation funds of the association are used for and documents this on site! Both her whole personality and the work of the association made a deep impression on us, and after the meeting we knew: We would like to support the association "Children of the Himalaya e.V."!

We are happy if you help us to help!

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The association KINDER des HIMALAYA e.V., recognized as a charitable and non-profit organization, supports various school and aid projects for people in Ladakh and the Himalaya region by arranging sponsorships and project funding.

Ladakh with its approx. 250,000 inhabitants, who mainly live in remote mountain villages at an altitude of 3500 - 6000 m, was a small kingdom, which is also known as 'little Tibet' because of its geographical proximity, its culture and its religious affiliation with Tibetan Buddhism. Because of its politically sensitive border regions with Pakistan and China, it was hardly accessible from outside until 1974 and has only been open to the general public since then. For centuries-old traditions and social structures, this opening means an abrupt confrontation with elements of the westernized, 'modern' world. This set in motion a process of change that poses immense and unknown challenges for the people in Ladakh.

  
Almost 70% of the population was illiterate at the beginning of this century. In the rain-poor, climatically harsh mountain desert of the Himalayas, people ran barren agriculture and livestock for self-sufficiency by irrigating their fields from meltwater streams of the glaciers. Their highly developed socio-cultural structures and their community-oriented values, which are based on the spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism, were undoubtedly just as vital.

For the new challenges, illiteracy, which prevents the Ladakhi from making independent decisions about their future and shaping it independently, was and is a big problem. Education is therefore a priority in breaking the cycle of a lack of prospects and poverty. So that progress does not mean the destruction of what is important and tried and tested, in addition to the creation of an educational offer for children and adults, the preservation of cultural identity and the strengthening of initiative and personal responsibility are essential concerns of the association in development cooperation with its Ladakhi partner organizations.

KINDER des HIMALAYA e.V. works with 2 pillars:

You can find more information at: www.kinderhimal.de