Giving children a perspective - this is one of MiniTec's main motives for its involvement with the Steyler Missionaries in the slums of Soweto in Kenya. "The most important thing here is and remains a good school education, which is why many of our funds go to this area," says MiniTec founder Bernhard Bauer. Against this background, it always fills the entrepreneur with joy when he learns that his activities are also bearing fruit.

Quite a few of the students have made their way; many girls, for example, now work as nurses in the nearby District Hospital in Isiolo. Brother Karl Schaarschmidt, who has been working in Kenya for 23 years, reported on a very special success story - that of Mohammed Kuti. He too was supported and encouraged by the Steyler Missionaries. He was one of the first students in elementary school in Garba Tulla and then completed 4 years of high school, which was followed by medical studies. He then worked in the District Hospital, which he also managed for a few years until he then opened his own hospital. After that he went into politics. He was a minister in the Kenyan government for several years and is now the governor of Isiolo County.

Bernhard Bauer: "Not every one of our students has to become a minister or governor right away. We are always happy when one of our protégés has found his way out of the slums of Soweto and can lead a normal life. But of course it is also something special for me when I see how far someone can make it with our financial support. I am therefore extremely happy about the story of Mohammed Kuti."

By the way, another school is currently being planned in the village of Githunguri. Brother Karl Schaarschmidt is building it with local staff. The people will receive training in a construction trade. The wing will consist of several ground-level buildings, so that the school can be extended again and again. Donations are welcome - every Euro will be used for the construction!

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Keyword: Aktion Silbermöwe / School in Githunguri, Kenya
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