Kindern eine wirklich faire Chance geben, ihr Leben menschenwürdig zu gestalten, ist unser Ziel.


15. October 2018

Surprise…

Wonderful surprise… This week I received a wonderful surprise. The dental practice www.dentalpro.de from Ingelheim collects the dental gold from the patients every year and donates […]
30. July 2018

A nice surprise…

Friday night… Last night I was invited by Höhenwind-Park GmbH in Koblenz. In front of more than 6o interested listeners Clemens Ronnefeldt spoke on the subject: […]
23. May 2017

Kids for kids

International Book Day… The elementary school in our neighbour village Gödenroth had invited to a party on the international book day. People sung, danced, drummed, played […]
18. March 2017

Clinton and Mark Kevin…

Clinton and Mark Kevin… are the names of our two new residents of Home of Smile. Clinton is 5 1/2 years young and Mark Kevin is […]
14. March 2017

It is moving forward…

Four weeks later… We have some news. The maize has been harvested, the farm has been prepared for the new season and now we are waiting […]
1. March 2017

Godparenthood…

Monika Korsch and Sven Rauscher… have taken over the sponsorship for Frieda and Brenda. Thank you very much both for this wonderful commitment to Home of […]
25. February 2017

Outside work….

On it goes… Last week the work continued. The Plumber has connected the gutter to the house. If now the rainy season starts, we can already […]
15. February 2017

Undescribable…

Unbeschreiblich… I’m sitting here and read your comments on my post on Facebook from this morning. I am moved to tears. I like to accept the […]
15. February 2017

Official opening of Home of Smile…

A dream comes true… A dream comes true… Today we had our official opening represented by the Governor of Embu County Sir Martin N. Wambora. It […]
14. February 2017

Only a few days left…

1.5 days left… Our time here is getting less and less. Today, everyone has helped with all of their power again so that everything will shine […]
13. February 2017

Nice compliment…

…für diese Tour war es unser letzter Sonntag. The cup (picture) was purchased together with others for the orphanage www.homeofsmile.com. Today lunch was served in it, […]
12. February 2017

Our last Sunday…

…for this stay it was our last Sunday today. Wich was as follows: As always at 6 am I get up, eat breakfast. The children are […]
9. February 2017

Only one more night…

Then the time has come…. It is only less than a week left to get a few things done. Sven will probably finish painting the kitchen […]
5. February 2017

No boredom…

It remains exciting… The last week was rough. Just when I thought everything is good now and wanted to take a deep breath, the next challenge […]
25. January 2017

Half-time…

Half-time… Yesterday Sven and I had half-time. And just like climbing a mountain it always goes up and down until you reach the top, this is […]
21. January 2017

A successful day…

Yesterday was a successful day… After a drought fertile comes back again… Yesterday morning I was shopping with Sven paint and other things. It was just […]
19. January 2017

Reliance…

Reliance…, to be left…. The only one to rely on is the team from Germany, Siggi and Sven, and the 4 Kenyan plasterers and, of course, […]
15. January 2017

An exciting week comes to its end…

Two weeks are already over… It was a really exciting week in every sense… 🙂 First of all, Tina left us after two weeks and returned […]
10. January 2017

An exciting week starts…

A successful start in an exciting week… Yesterday, surprisingly, very much worked out. The tilers came and did a super job. They have already finished almost […]
8. January 2017

We will be complete…

Sunday… relxaing day… or the calm before the storm…. the storm of volunteers … So the “Muzungu team” is complete now. Siggi (Siegbert Bauer) landed today […]
7. January 2017

A week…

Hello my dears,, we have been here for a week now. The New Year has begun as the old one ended. The first windows already shine… […]
11. December 2016

Very special hours…

How did this happen? The high school / secondary school Willigis in Mainz had school party in September. HoS was presented by the senior classes in […]
6. December 2016

A good friend…

SBeautiful present… I received a beautiful present from a dear friend and sponsor of Home of Smile. He has poured Home of Smile in concrete. One […]
21. November 2016

Short report…

State of affairs… Today I give you an interim report. The roof is still not closed, but there will be worked on still this week. Plastering […]
20. November 2016

Choir concert “crisscross”

Wonderful concert… I would like to thank our choir “crisscross” from Beltheim for the wonderful concert. With this chairty concert the choir celebrated its 10th anniversary. […]
10. October 2016

Birthday party…

Birthday for Home of Smile…. Stefan Steffen, a friend and sponsor of Home of Smile gave his birthday party last weekend. He told his guests that […]
30. September 2016

Next step…

And on it goes…. After I got a pciture of the current status on Tuesday afternoon, I had to create a plan in the evening on […]
21. September 2016

I will return to Germany…

Now the time has come… I am sitting at the airport of Nairobi and waiting for my return flight. Tears come up, I do not know […]
18. September 2016

Time is running out…

Only two and a half days left…. On Saturday morning it was already a hustle on the construction site before eight o’clock. It was the first […]
16. September 2016

Roofing ceremony…

Roofing ceremony… Today was our big day. No one at the site knew except our comitee. At 7:15 am we already arrived at the construction site. […]
16. September 2016

It stays exciting…

Anything but boredom… that seems to be the motto for the final sprint. Yesterday we received the sheets for the roof, which were promised for Monday […]
13. September 2016

Beginning of the week…

Monday morning in Kenya… yesterday I found out by the way that is holiday on Monday. Who will show up at work?? First appointment at 8 […]
10. September 2016

It gets exciting…

Review of the week… On Wednesday I first went to the city to check the prices for the water installation. Whenever I’m on the road for […]
6. September 2016

Challenges accepted…

Great start of the week …. Monday morning 7:20, Susan and I are standing in the drizzling rain, waiting for a matatu. I ordered one via […]
4. September 2016

The crucial phase begins…

only 2.5 weeks left… on Friday we continued to work on the ring beam and yesterday half of it was concreted. We worked until it got […]
21. August 2016

Good news…bad news…

This week was tough… On Monday the final preparations were on to start on Tuesday with the set of the first wall series. This is set […]
14. August 2016

Weekly review…

That was the last week as so often it began with surprises. On Monday it was planned that we will concrete tomorrow. Targeted was Thursday. So […]
7. August 2016

Challenges…

The last 14 days… … weren’t really easy. Again and again, setbacks, disappointments and so on. For example water: We wait now for 3 weeks on […]
29. July 2016

Great action…

Great news from my homeland … with this article I want to encourage all of you to tell your family, friends, colleagues etc. about Home of […]
23. July 2016

Workouts…

So what… On Friday morning, I am full of joy to go to our property to receive the machine for our stones, nil. Calls, demands, then […]