AWC club member Cornelia K is enthusiastic about this organisation which brings nurseries, schooling, orphanages, vocational training centers and small business opportunities to the poor residents of Cali, Columbia. To learn more about this project, which was the winner of the FAWCO Relief and Development Award of 2002, click here.

AWC club member Nora A is a founding member of this organization which was originally intended to help the victims of Hurricane Mitch in 1998, but has since expanded to bring on-going support to poor people in Nicaragua. To learn more about this project, click here.

AWC club member and FAWCO representative Frauke R-H is enthusiastic about this organization which works with female migrants in Germany who have found themselves in a crisis situation or who have been forced into prostitution. Amnesty for Women supports these women by helping them to help themselves. To learn more about this project, click here.

AWC club member Thelma F runs the Altona Hospital's mobile library, Books on Wheels. She is always in need of donations of books in hard-to-find (in Germany) languages such as Farsi, Portuguese, Turkish, Spanish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, Albanian or English. To learn more about this project, click here.

The German-American Women's Club is a philanthropic organisation, raising money for many good causes in Hamburg, including support of the German-American Student and Youth Exchange Program. They work hard all year long, with particular emphasis on their big yearly fundraiser at the SAS Radisson Hotel. They are always greatful for sponsors and volunteers.

    Contact: Uta Krohn
    Address: Postfach 30 12 02, 20305 Hamburg
    Tel: (040) 5 36 09 36
    Fax: (040) 5 36 09 36
    E-mail: narnia@compuserve.com

The Landesfrauenrat is an association of many women's organizations in Hamburg, including our own American Women's Club. Most of their activities are in German. They have an excellent library covering many topics of interest to women.

    Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hamburger Frauenorganisationen
    Jurist. Träger: Hamburger Verband für Fraueninteressen e.V.
    Address: Falkenried 7, 20251 Hamburg
    Tel: (040) 422 60 70
    Fax: (040) 422 60 80
    Website: http://www.landesfrauenrat-hamburg.de
    E-mail: landesfrauenrat@onlinehome.de

The State of Schleswig-Holstein has set up a website listing clubs, volunteer organizations, and ways that you can help out in the community.

    Website: http://www.mitmachboerse.schleswig-holstein.de

To contribute to foundations in the State of Schleswig-Holstein, check out the following website. "wir.schleswig-holstein.de ist das Internetportal für engagierte Menschen in Schleswig-Holstein. Hier finden Sie gezielt Informationen zu Initiativen, Vereinen und Stiftungen in Ihrer Region. wir.schleswig-holstein.de ist das erste landesweite Internetportal für freiwilliges Engagement in Schleswig-Holstein. wir.schleswig-holstein.de wird helfen die mehr als 14.000 eingetragenen Vereine und die vielen Tausend ehrenamtlich Engagierten in unserem Land im Internet miteinander zu vernetzen und ihnen eine zentrale Anlaufstelle bieten."

    Website: http://www.wir.schleswig-holstein.de