Cameroon: Our Celebration to Conclude the Summer Saturday School and the Start of the New School Year — Personal Notes on the spot

by Yevgeny Bort Douala, September 20, 2025. I am writing this at night, when the city has settled down and the joyful echoes of children’s voices still resonate in my heart. Today, together with Stefan Tischer, my friend and deputy chairman of OmO–MEcoVEA, I was personally in Douala at the celebration that marked the conclusion […]

Symposium „Humanism in the 21st Century“ at Spandau Citadel

The symposium „Humanism in the 21st Century“ took place at the historic Spandau Citadel, one of the most significant and best-preserved fortresses of the High Renaissance in Europe. The citadel is located northeast of the old town of Spandau, on the opposite bank of the Havel River in the Berlin district of Haselhorst, and is […]

Earthquake Victims: Donations for an Educational Institution with a Diverse Impact

The donations collected during the benefit concert organized by the association Occident meets Orient in collaboration with the Berlin-Brandenburg district in April 2023 were intended to help as many groups of people as possible. One of the supported institutions was the educational center Meta in the city of Antakya (Hatay Province), which offers preparatory courses […]

Earthquake Relief: Donations for an Educational Institution in Turkey

In issue 3/2023, „Humanität“ reported on the assistance provided by the Berlin-Brandenburg district for children affected by the severe earthquake earlier this year in Turkey and Syria.  In mid-October, District Master Br. Celil Şenman traveled to the disaster area. There, he met the supported children, some of their parents, teachers, and the operators of an […]