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April 2026
Join us at the Moosach Volunteering Fair
We will be taking part in the volunteering fair in Moosach on 26th April. The fair brings together over 25 organisations and initiatives, offering a wonderful opportunity to explore volunteering options in the local community. We very much look forward to catching up with familiar faces and meeting new ones. Come and have a chat with us! We'll be there from 11 am to 3 pm.
March 2026
Mentoring programme
We are thrilled to share a new milestone: Our first graduate, Divine, has found a wonderfully warm and experienced mentor in Steve Mangadze — a long-standing Director at SAP. Local knowledge and expertise are invaluable when it comes to navigating the transition from university into professional life. The two spent a productive two hours together at their first meeting, and we cannot wait to see what lies ahead.
March 2026
Former Pupils Give Back
We officially began the collaboration with our new partner school on Nadistraße. Alongside headteacher Mr Schorn (1st from left) and deputy headteacher Ms Cerny (1st from right), we warmly welcomed our first volunteers, including Ms Iwanoff (2nd from right). What makes this particularly special is that these volunteers were once pupils at this school themselves. They are now giving back by providing tutoring sessions for current students. Thank you to everyone involved and we look forward to working together!
January 2026
Building bridges
We are constantly expanding our local network with the aim of creating valuable connections between our scholars and the business community in Zimbabwe. A very special thanks goes to Pedzisayi from Verify Engineering. He took a tremendous amount of time to talk to our scholar Divine, who has just completed his bachelor's degree, and shared his remarkable life story and valuable experiences as an engineer and CEO.
January 2026
Crowdfunding successfully completed!
Your incredible support has allowed us to successfully install a solar system on the roof of Rising Star Primary School in Hopely, Zimbabwe. This now provides the school with reliable and sustainable electricity, significantly improving educational opportunities for over 800 children. We want to say a massive thank you to all our donors!
January 2026
Coaching Session with Steve Mangadze
During our trip to Harare, we were fortunate enough to be joined by a former SAP director for a coaching session. We would like to thank Steve sincerely for his open and inspiring insights into everyday professional life, and for all his valuable advice. The insights and guidance of local, authentic role models like him are of great benefit to our scholars.
January 2026
Trip to Harare 2026
In January 2026, Anna, the founder of this foundation, travelled to Harare, where she had the wonderful opportunity to meet our scholars in person once again. They visited the National Gallery together on the very first day – a fantastic start to our programme in Harare!
January 2026
Looking for dedicated tutors in Munich
We are expanding our project “Free Tutoring at Elementary Schools” to a new partner school on Nadistraße in Munich’s Olympiadorf. We are looking for dedicated tutors who would like to support children through one-to-one tutoring. Would you like to earn some extra money while helping children gain more confidence at school? If so, get in touch with us!
December 2025
Mediation support at our partner school
We are happy to announce that we are able to financially support the Mediation Centre project at our partner school on Guldeinstraße this year. Two employees from the Mediation Centre Munich e.V. will continue working at the primary school and will be specifically promoting a positive social climate at the school.
December 2025
Book donation
In December 2025, we organised a large book collection in cooperation with St. Anna Gymnasium. Thanks to generous donations from private individuals, we were able to create a school library at Jenaer Straße Primary School in Moosach. We hope all the kids have a great time reading!
December 2025
Meet & Greet at Pfanzeltplatz
We had a wonderful evening at our partner school at Pfanzeltplatz! Various initiatives associated with the school were invited, and our team was delighted to attend the event. It was a wonderful opportunity to chat, get to know each other and share ideas. Thank you for the invitation!
November 2025
Every donation will have extra impact this winter
Our crowdfunding campaign is now live, and we have already reached our first milestone! We are getting ever closer to funding a solar installation for the children at Rising Star Primary School. Sunday is the perfect day to support the 800 pupils, as Betterplace will add an extra 25% to every donation made on a Sunday in December! Join us and support the project by clicking on the picture above - thank you very much!
November 2025
Connecting at Munich fair for global initiatives
On 15 November, we had the pleasure of participating in the „München global - solidarisch - aktiv“ fair. The event provided a valuable opportunity to connect with initiatives from Munich's educational landscape and discuss ways to work together towards greater global justice. We presented our two projects in Munich and Harare, and showcased our current crowdfunding campaign. We want to say a big thank you to the Nord Süd Forum Munich for organising such a great event!
November 2025
Our crowdfunding is online!
The 800 pupils at Rising Star Primary School in Hopely, Zimbabwe currently have no access to running water, electricity or light. Without a reliable electricity supply, many things remain impossible. Together we can change that! We are planning to install a solar power system on the school roof. Support the project at betterplace.org. Every donation will go 100% towards the solar power system, benefiting over 800 children. Your support means a lot! (Image: Greg Amira)
October 2025
Another chess victory for Donald!
Donald led his team to victory in the internal chess competitions at the University of Cape Town. He impressed throughout the year with consistently strong performances, ultimately being awarded the title of “Most Valuable Player”. With a clear mind and strong commitment, he has shown how to truly excel. We are thrilled for him and congratulate him wholeheartedly!
October 2025
Reality’s journey to becoming a psychotherapist
Our scholarship programme combines financial support with personalised coaching. Monthly check-ins provide space to discuss challenges, achievements, and personal development. Reality is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Psychology in Zimbabwe and is following her dream of becoming a psychotherapist. Best wishes to Reality!
September 2025
Educational initiatives in Munich: sharing best practices
On 25 September, we had the opportunity to connect with other educational initiatives in Munich at the autumn sessions of FÖBE (Förderstelle für Bürgerschaftliches Engagement). A big thank you to everyone for the valuable insights, and in particular to Sabine Fincks (FÖBE) and Thorsten Bühner for their moderation.
September 2025
Fundraising campaign in preparation
Preparations for the foundation's new solar project are progressing! After visiting the "Rising Star Primary School" in Harare in January 2025, we decided to support the school. The official fundraising campaign to equip the school’s roof with a solar system will launch on 11 November. This will ensure that the children have access to electricity and running water in the future. (Photo credit: Kristina Ziadeh)
September 2025
Divine is starting his final semester
This month marks the start of Divine's final semester of his five-year "Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering" degree at the University of Cape Town. He successfully applied for the scholarship programme in 2022 with this photo and has been enriching the foundation ever since. We wish Divine every success for his final semester!
August 2025
Takura earns top global Cambridge honour
Fantastic news from Zimbabwe: scholarship holder Takura, has been honoured with the ‘Best in the World’ award for Cambridge A Level Business Studies. This makes him the world's top graduate of this international examination programme.
August 2025
Two new partner schools!
For our project ‘Equal Opportunities in Primary Schools’, we were able to gain two new partner schools for this school year: Pastetten Primary School and Guldeinstraße Primary School in Munich's Westend district. As part of the cooperation, selected pupils receive tutoring in reading, mathematics and German in small groups. We look forward to working together!
August 2025
Internship successes among our scholars
A total of nine out of thirteen scholarship recipients completed an internship during the 2025 semester break. For example, Donald, who is studying chemical engineering, worked at a company in the energy and wastewater sector. There, he was able to gain initial practical experience and establish a professional network. We congratulate all of our scholars!
August 2025
New scholar has joined our programme in Zimbabwe
We are delighted to welcome a new scholar to our SAA community. Takura (18), who has just started studying Financial Economics and Trade at the University of Zimbabwe at the end of August. Despite facing challenging circumstances at the outset, he has qualified for our scholarship programme due to his exceptional academic performance and personal dedication.
May 2025
Participation in the 11th meeting of the "Network Foundations and Education" in Weissenburg
We are delighted to have been able to participate in the meeting of the Network Foundations and Education in Weißenburg. The exchange with other educational initiatives was extremely inspiring and opened up new perspectives for us. The discussions about a possible cooperation with a primary school in the Munich area were particularly enriching. They opened up exciting new avenues for our work.
April 2025
Chess Scholarship for Donald
Due to his outstanding chess skills, Donald has been awarded a scholarship worth 10 000 Rand from the University of Cape Town. Before beginning his studies in South Africa, Donald had already represented Zimbabwe at the World Chess Championships in Mexico in 2023. We are very proud of Donald!
January 2025
The first tandem has begun!
In early January 2025, our first tandem began at the Dieselschule in Moosach. Within this project, selected pupils from our partner primary schools receive individual support and encouragement from young university students once a week.
January 2025
Strengthening local partnerships in Zimbabwe
Our local networks in Zimbabwe are very important to us. We once again had the wonderful opportunity to meet the Young Africa team. Young Africa is an organisation that offers vocational training in over 25 different fields. We have already been able to place several young people who have subsequently received trainings there.
January 2025
Support for New Start Children Home
During our visit to Zimbabwe, we also visited the "New Start Children's Home" orphanage, which we have been supporting since 2018. There, we handed over donations in kind from our donor network. We would like to thank everyone for their generous donations.
January 2025
Getting to know Rising Star Primary School
A few months ago, we met German architect Kristina Ziadeh through our Zimbabwe network. With donations from Germany, she has spent many years building up the Rising Star School in Harare. We were deeply moved by the children and impressed by the school's unique architecture. For this reason, we have decided to support the project in the future. Planning is already in progress.
January 2025
Visit to the National Gallery in Harare
For the first time in their lives, our scholars visited an art exhibition. In January 2025, they explored the National Gallery in Harare. The gallery is dedicated to Zimbabwean art and culture and impressively showcases how tradition meets contemporary creativity. It was an inspiring experience for our young talents to experience the diversity of the Zimbabwean art scene up close.
January 2025
Visiting Harare 2025
In January 2025, we traveled to Zimbabwe for four intense days, where we met both familiar and new faces. Enriched by fresh impressions from the fields of art, culture, and entrepreneurship, an inspiring collaboration emerged.
December 2024
We did it: €6,277 for more education in Munich 🎉
In order to be able to offer even more disadvantaged children free tutoring at Munich primary schools, we launched a fundraising campaign for our project "Equal Opportunities at Primary Schools" in December 2024 and exceeded our original fundraising target of €3,000.
December 2024
Presentation of project outline at "Network Foundations and Education"
As part of the 10th meeting of the Network Foundations and Education in Bavaria, we presented a project outline on the topic “Opportunities through Education – Raising Awareness among Tomorrow’s Young Professionals about Career Paths.” The discussion with the other participants was extremely valuable for us, and we would like to thank Sabine Süß for the excellent moderation.
September 2024
Eunice has successfully repaid her microcredit
We are delighted to share that Eunice repaid her entire microcredit in September 2024. She was one of our very first recipients of a microcredit. Her success is a powerful example of what can be achieved through determination, sustainable support and personal mentoring. Congratulations, Eunice!
September 2024
Our tutoring programme returns as the school year begins!
In September 2024, not only did the new school year begin, but our tutoring programme at six partner primary schools also restarted. Nearly 100 pupils are now receiving additional support in small groups. The aim is to close learning gaps, nurture individual strengths, and inspire a renewed joy in learning.
July 2024
Meeting with our tutors
During our most recent meeting in July 2024, the foundation team had the opportunity to meet our long-standing tutors, Stefanie Baginski and Melanie Körner, in person. We shared experiences and gathered new ideas for future collaborations. We are very grateful for their continued commitment and would like to thank them sincerely for their work.
July 2024
Mouhamed successfully repaid his micro-credit
We are pleased to share that Mouhamed has fully repaid his microcredit, which he used to establish a dry cleaning business. We warmly congratulate him on this achievement and wish him every success for the future of his enterprise!
July 2024
Meeting at Dieselschule
During a visit to the Diesel School in July 2024, we had the opportunity to get to know the new school management better. Mrs Bauer, former deputy headmaster and our long-standing contact person, is leaving the school. Her successor as deputy headmaster is Jana Härtl. We would like to thank Mrs Bauer for her excellent work and look forward to continuing our cooperation!
Juni 2023
Donation campaign at the Dieselschule, Moosach
Our partner school, the Dieselschule in Moosach, organised a large-scale book collection and donation campaign to support the school library. Altogether, we were able to donate around 1,000 books!
January 2023
Harare Trip
In January 2023, we travelled once again to Harare, Zimbabwe. This gave us the valuable opportunity to meet our scholars in person and to further strengthen the connections we had already built. A highlight of the programme was a workshop, where we worked together with the students on topics such as self-organisation and motivation.
January 2023
Holistic Progress for Ephinia & Jacqueline
During our trip to Harare, we had the opportunity to meet Jacqueline and her mother Ephinia again. Over the past year, we have supported them financially by covering both Jacqueline’s school fees and the cost of the medication that Ephinia urgently needs. We are especially pleased to share that Ephinia’s health has improved significantly! This holistic approach has brought about tangible, positive changes for the family, enabling Jacqueline to focus on her schooling with far fewer worries.
January 2023
Top Marks Achieved!
These two pupils, who live at the "New Start Children’s Home" orphanage, achieved the best O-Level results in their school. During our trip to Harare in January 2023, we had the pleasure of visiting the orphanage and celebrating their success. We warmly congratulate them on this outstanding achievement!
January 2023
Meeting Dr. Farag in Harare
During our trip to Harare in January 2023, the foundation team had the opportunity to meet Dr. Farag once again. As the founder of the "New Start Children’s Home" orphanage, he has dedicated his life to supporting disadvantaged children and adults. It was his personality and tireless commitment that ultimately inspired the establishment of the Siddhartha Anna Albrecht Foundation.
