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Filed under: HOPE Gala Dresden, Uncategorized, Aids, arts, entertainment, hiv, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, HOPE Gala Dresden
10/25/2012 • 6:41 pm Comments Off on Arrival in Dresden
Arrival in Dresden
2010 Hope Gala 2 (Photo credit: pennstatelive)
After visiting my old school in Bitburg and talking to virtually hundreds of students a whole morning and a visit to my bishop in Trier we arrived in Dresden early this morning. It it so good to meet old friends again but there was little time for private talk as the HOPE Gala Dresden press conference was due. Great to see so many journalists and TV stations – young students of art had worked on two rhinos which can move by manpower, representatives of the various sponsors had their say why they support the HOPE Gala and I was asked to give a brief presentation on the work of HOPE Cape Town. I admit that the presentation was longer than planed but at the end all agreed that it was good to be reminded of the cause and its work done in South Africa. The new Kuratorium Deutschland of the HOPE Cape Town Trust was introduced by its new chairperson, Michael von Zitzewitz. So the network of supports is extended to include more parts of Germany. The new support group will meet tomorrow evening for their first official gathering and planing for the year ahead. Congratulations to Viola and Micki and Par X and all those working so hard to make it happen. And the first good news is in: We are sold out: the 800 tickets are gone.. Wow..
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Filed under: HOPE Cape Town Trust, HOPE Gala Dresden, Society and living environment, Uncategorized, Aids, Bitburg, cape town, dresden, entertainment, Germany, hiv, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust & Association, Kuratorium, new support group, Par X, south africa, Trier, von zitzewitz
10/05/2012 • 5:52 pm Comments Off on Remember the first HOPE Gala in Dresden?
Remember the first HOPE Gala in Dresden?
English: Stefan Hippler – Pastor in Cape Town and Chariman of HOPE Cape Town Trust, together with Viola Klein, in Dresden (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Do you remember the first HOPE Gala in Dresden 2006? Viola Klein and Andreas Moench from Saxonia Systems organised a big event: Concert in the newly opened Frauenkirche in Dresden and then the after party in the Glaeserne Manufaktur of VW. What an event…. And if you want to be there for our this years event: Hurry to get tickets: www.hopegala de or contact Kerstin at admin@hopecapetown.com.
This event is the main fundraiser for the HOPE Cape Town Trust and we are grateful to all involved to connect from Dresden to South Africa and to the less fortunate ones. Thanks to Saxonia Systems, Dresden and all involved in these wonderful event. See you in Dresden 🙂
Here some impressions from 2006:
Concert in the Frauenkirche in Dresden
- Glaeserne Manufaktur – the place for the afterparty
- Viola Klein from Saxonia Systems – the organizer of this fine event
- The HOPE pin – limited edition for the support rendered
Filed under: HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, HOPE Gala Dresden, Networking, Reflection, Society and living environment, Andreas Moench, cape town, City of Dresden, dresden, entertainment, Frauenkirche, Germany, glaeserne manufaktur, HOPE Cape Town Trust, HOPE Gala, HOPE Gala Dresden, saxonia systems, south africa, Viola Klein
09/12/2012 • 6:09 pm Comments Off on Responsibility, Fundrasing and Rotary
Responsibility, Fundrasing and Rotary
Time is running fast and the year-end is closer than it feels comfortable. Tuesday we had a combined management and board meeting of HOPE Cape Town Association, like always full of items to discuss and determine and decide. 28 employees mean also a lot of administrative work, HOPE Cape Town feels obviously responsible for each and everybody working for our fine organisation. And as we completely depend on funding from the private sector it is indeed a challenge for all senior staff and board members to do all the fundraising necessary and dedicating as much time as possible to the cause we have chosen: to assist people living with or being affected by HIV and AIDS in the Western Cape.
Good news from the HOPE Cape Town Trust side which received a grant to support research in the fields of HIV and AIDS. So we can support from HOPE Cape Town the necessary academic work which always reflects in the daily work in the township communities around Cape Town.Tomorrow I will have a talk at the German Rotary Club here in Cape Town – another opportunity to advertise the work we are doing.
Being a Rotarian myself and having benefited from the work of Rotary International and it’s grant system as HOPE Cape Town I can only recommend everybody to have a look where the next Rotary Club is meeting. Becoming a Rotarian can be a live-changing event, because it means service above self in very practical terms. If somebody is reading this and living and working in Cape Town and is interested to have a closer look – the Signal Hill Rotary Club meets every Thursday at 1pm at the Royal Yacht Club for one hour. It will be a pleasure to introduce you to this fine organisation.
This reminds me that my club “Signal Hill” was at the time one of the Godparents of HOPE Cape Town – the ladies prepared for the snack after the official opening and since then the ways between HOPE Cape Town and Signal Hill crossed several times. When I am in Cape Town I enjoy this weekly break in my daily routine to catch up with my Rotarian friends at the Yacht Club – one hour of fellowship which ends often in great projects and support for those in need.
Filed under: General, HIV and AIDS, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, Networking, Reflection, Society and living environment, academic work, Africa, Aids, cape town, donation, hiv, HIV and AIDS, HOPE Cape Town Association, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, research, Rotary, Rotary foundation, Rotary International, royal yacht club, Signal Hill, SIgnal Hill Rotary Club, south africa, township communities, western cape
09/04/2012 • 11:04 am Comments Off on Pictures: Visit of Elke Ferner (MP German Bundestag) and other guests @ HOPE Cape Town
Pictures: Visit of Elke Ferner (MP German Bundestag) and other guests @ HOPE Cape Town
A walk to Blikkisdorp with MP Ferner (German Parliament) , MP Evelyne Gebhardt (European Parliament), Consul Klaus Stross (CPT), Consul Isa Anderson and Counselor Hubert J Jaeger (German Embassy SA)
Elke Ferner MdB meets a new friend
We don’t say which political party she belongs to…. MP Elke Ferner with Rev Fr Stefan Hippler, the chair of the HOPE Cape Town Trust
Consul Stross @ the Ithemba Ward playroom
@ Delft Primary Health Care Facility: Mr Jaeger from the German Embassy in Pretoria, Acting Director HOPE Cape Town Prof Detlev Geiss and Rev Fr Stefan Hippler, chair of the HOPE Cape Town Trust listening to the sister in charge.
Filed under: HIV and AIDS, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, Networking, Politics and Society, Reflection, Blikkisdorp, cape town, Delft, Elke Ferner, European Parliament, German Consulate General, German Embassy, HOPE Cape Town Association, HOPE Cape Town Association & Trust, HOPE Cape Town Trust, Ithemba Ward, MdB, MdEP, mp, social services, tygerberg children's hospital, visit, western cape
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