For the last couple of weeks Mr Robert Ottitsch, Secretary General of HOPE'87, was on mission in Senegal with the Vice President of the YOU Foundation - Education for Children in Need, Ms Claudia Jerger, and the UNESCO Special Ambassador and President of the YOU Foundation, Dr Ute H. Ohoven.

Aspirations. We all have them. Working day and night to reach up to the expectations that we have set for ourselves. For many children residing around the rural parts of Pakistan these aspirations are often left unfulfilled. 

YES Center Hanoi- a youth empowerment through skills training project of HOPE’87 in cooperation with the YOU Foundation- Education for Children in Need and ADRA… more than 1.000 students joined the workplace skills training classes… enjoy the video about tailoring, cooking, bartending, cosmetics and beauty care, communication, disaster risk reduction, entrepreneurship and life skills...

The Batwa are an indigenous ethnic group belonging to the pygmy people and make up about 1 % of the Burundian population. Widely accepted as the first inhabitants of the region, they have lost their traditional hunting and gathering grounds due to land grabbing.

In late August 2017, a mass influx of Rohingya refugees arrived from the Rakhine State of Myanmar into Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. About 1.5 million refugees are currently living in the Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas in Cox’s Bazar, a district bordering Myanmar where the main border crossing points are located.

From 4th of November to 11th of November Robert Ottitsch, SG of HOPE’87 and Ms Claudia Jerger, Vice President of the YOU Foundation-Education for Children in Need, accompanied by HOPE’87-Bangladesh Country Director, Mr Rezaul Karim, carried out an evaluation mission to Dhaka, Saidpur, Tangail and Cox’s Bazar.