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Our success model
Our success model
Our basis
Founding by Karlheinz Böhm Vision and mission Our approach Our working practices
Our focal areas
Agriculture Water Education Health Income
Principles governing our activities
At eye level Sustainable Demand- and results-oriented Participative and autonomous Integrated and holistic
Impact
Impact
Our Projects
Project areas Completed project areas Abdii Borii children’s home ATTC
Success stories
New life on Mount Kundudo Wash your hands! Professionals for the future Back into the light Self-woven future
Numbers and figures
Our achievements
Your support
Your support
Ways to support our work
Donate online Corporate aid Bequests Charitable foundations Fines and penalty fees
About us
About us
The foundation
Karlheinz Böhm Structure and bodies Team in Germany Team in Ethiopia Karlheinz Böhm Prize Jobs and internships
Transparency and compliance
Binding rules and principles External audits Internal audits Compliance Annual reports
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Structure and bodies

Menschen für Menschen is politically and denominationally neutral and economically independent. The Menschen für Menschen Foundation Germany works together with the independent subsidiaries in Austria and Belgium. The country organizations raise funds independently of one another and carry out information and public relations work in their own country. Funds from all three countries flow into the project work in Ethiopia, which is conducted under the sole auspices of the German Foundation.

The central Project Coordination Office (PCO) in Addis Ababa is responsible for the implementation and supervision of all projects in the project regions. In formal terms the Ethiopian organization is a permanent business establishment of the German Foundation.

The head office of the German Menschen für Menschen Foundation is located in Munich. Around 25 employees work here in the Executive Board, Fundraising & Communications, Development Cooperation, Purchasing and Logistics, Donors Liaison, Finances and IT.

In Ethiopia we have a workforce of around 600, all of them are Ethiopians.

Development agent Habtamu Bacha in the village of Hudad, Asagirt project area, engaged in his daily work with the farmers.

Organisation chart

Menschen fuer Menschen Organisation Chart

The Executive Board

The Executive Board conducts business, manages the Foundation’s assets and ensures that the latter’s tasks are performed as efficiently as possible. The Executive Board consists of two members, appointed by the Supervisory Board. New members are elected by the Executive Board (co-optation). Their appointment requires the consent of the Supervisory Board.

Members of the Executive Board:
Dr. Sebastian Brandis (Spokesman) and Benjamin Freiberg.

The Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board ensures that the Foundation acts according to the will of the founder and advises the Executive Board in all fundamental matters. It consists of six members. The members of the Supervisory Board serve in an honorary capacity.

Members of the Supervisory Board:
Dr. Ingrid Sollerer (chairwoman), Dr. Annette Bhagwati (vice-chairwoman), Haile Gebrselassie, Prof. Netsanet Workneh Gidi, Prof. Dr. Matthias Siebeck and Peter Schwarzenbauer.

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees was set up by the Supervisory Board. It advises the Executive Board and Supervisory Board in fundamental matters concerning the purpose of the foundation. It also establishes contacts and solicits donations and bequests. The Board of Trustees consists of up to fifteen members, each of them appointed by the Executive and Supervisory Board for a five year term. The members of the Board of Trustees serve in an honorary capacity.

Members of the Board of Trustees:
Dirk Kasten (chairman), Gunther Beger, Ralf Bos, Dr. Claas Dieter Knoop, Franziska Reh and Harald Spiegel.

Compliance

If you have questions and comments regarding compliance, please feel free to contact us at compliance@menschenfuermenschen.org. The foundation is advised by external law firms in compliance matters.

Data Protection Supervisor

The data protection supervisor advises the Foundation and its full-time and voluntary employees on data protection issues. A focus is placed on the manner in which personal data is handled.

Data Protection Supervisor:
Dr. Georg F. Schröder

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