Contact
Please address your inquiries
in writing only to:
Elmos Foundation
Sabine Montino
Heinrich-Hertz-Str. 1
D-44227 Dortmund
Email: info[at]elmos-stiftung.de
Fighting poverty worldwide – the Elmos Foundation promotes development cooperation with non-profit cooperation partners to assist people in the global south. Engineers Without Borders is a long-time partner and the cooperation with Sambhava and Eruisaku has been ongoing for several years as well.
Eruisaku is a non-profit organization that supports orphaned, homeless, and disabled children in Nigeria who are not attending school. But Eruisaku is more than just an orphanage. Rather than focusing exclusively on providing a home, the association supports schooling of the disadvantaged children. Eruisaku aims to improve the children’s lives over the long term and to reduce poverty in society. The orphanage is operated and financed by Eruisaku. A well to supply drinking water for the orphanage and the school was constructed near the facility with the help of donations. The Elmos Foundation also contributed to this.
The work of Eruisaku is supported by the Elmos Foundation. It is a project of dedicated people who put their heart and soul into the work.
Example: Group Home for Children in Nepal, Building a Better Future for Nepalese Children — Sambhava
Sambhava was founded by two educators in 2015. Both were in Nepal during the devastating earthquakes. The association operates a group home, the “Nest”, for 12 children in need and helps more children attend school and participate in sports such as dancing and taekwondo. The Elmos Foundation has been supporting the association since 2019.
Thanks to the care they receive in the group home, the children are able to obtain a good education. We highly value personal contact with our project partners and keep up to date with the current situation. We are always happy to hear when the young people graduate with good grades and are able to go to college.
The goal of Engineers Without Borders is to improve the living conditions of suffering and disadvantaged people in the global south over the long term. The Elmos Foundation takes part in these projects to make structural contributions to services in this part of the world. Social bridges to other countries are also built in this way.
The Elmos Foundation has supported several Engineers Without Borders projects already. These include the development of a small-scale hydropower plant for the utilization of hydropower in Cameroon, the supply of electricity for elementary schools in Bangladesh using PV systems, and the earthquake-proof reconstruction of buildings in the earthquake-prone area south-east of Kathmandu in Nepal.
Suppling water for people in Malalo, Tanzania is our latest project. Village residents are currently using water from the nearest river. The water has to be transported over long distances. What’s more, the river water is contaminated with high concentrations of coliform bacteria because the river also serves as a water source for cattle. Constructing a deep well will provide the people with clean water, also during the dry season.
