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- Invitation to the 2025 General MeetingThis year’s Annual General Meeting will take place on May 19, 2025 at 7:30 pm at Franziskusheim, Tainer Straße 10, 70734 Fellbach. All members and interested parties who might want to become members are cordially invited to attend.You can find more information about the event and a detailed report from our 1st Chairman Martin Knittel …
- Mission Sunday // Family service // Lenten meal // 06.04.2025
The Catholic parish in Fellbach is organising a family service on this year’s Mission Sunday on 06.04.2024. We would like to cordially invite you to attend. During the service, which will take place at 10.30 a.m. in the church Zur Allerheiligsten Dreifaltigkeit in Schmiden, there will also be information about our projects.The subsequent Lenten meal …Mission Sunday // Family service // Lenten meal // 06.04.2025 Read More »
- New school bus
Today we can report another very happy event! Thanks to a generous donation from the Association of Scientific Catholic Student Associations Unitas e.V., we were able to purchase a new school bus for our Baraka School! The photos and videos show that the pupils were very happy about this gift!On behalf of everyone, we would … - Zeppelin School and Baraka School in Tanzania launch school partnershipThousands of kilometers away and yet united in thought. With this message, Zeppelin School is launching a school partnership with Baraka Pre & Primary English Medium School in Tanzania. The announcement of the agreement on cultural exchange and the will to stay in contact with each other was sealed with a symbolic handshake by Mr. …
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- Mother and child wardLast year, with your support, we were able to install the windows on the fourth floor. The masses of water in the rainy season now stay outside. The next step is to start the interior work on the mother and child ward. Plans have been drawn up and a cost projection made; we are currently …
- General Assembly 2024On April 29, 2024, our annual general meeting took place in the Maximilian-Kolbe-Haus in Fellbach-Schmiden, after having been held in the Franziskusheim and the Maria Regina community center in Fellbach in previous years.After welcoming the members and guests, the chairman of the association, Martin Knittel, paid tribute to the memory of Johanna Schiefer, who passed …
- Completion 1st class buildingAfter almost three months of construction, we are proud to announce that our first classroom building for the Primary English Medium School has been completed!Now it is time to procure the interior fittings for the three classrooms, as the official opening of the school is planned for the beginning of January 2025. Furthermore, two more …
- Partial opening of the Primary English Medium SchoolOur preschool already enjoys a very good reputation in the region. We have repeatedly received inquiries from satisfied parents about when the primary school will start operating.We have therefore decided to teach a first class in January 2024 in a room of the preschool that is not yet in use.
- Construction progress 1st class buildingThe buildings are plastered, now the paint can be applied. The result is impressive.
- Update X-ray 2024In the meantime, the defective electronic components have been replaced by a specialist company from Dar es Salaam. Unfortunately, further commissioning could not be completed as the computer for controlling the X-ray machine no longer worked. Subsequent analysis revealed that the computer’s power supply unit was defective. This will now be replaced in the coming …