In collaboration with the Lions Club Bolzano Host and the Trentino Alto Adige region, World Doctors have made possible the construction of the "Ali S.K. Memorial Society for the Children" home and built a home for 45 street children. All the children attend a good school and are looked after by social workers. Some of the children have now reached the age of majority and are working. They now support the project themselves with small donations.

Since the beginning of our association, we have been particularly concerned about the fate of street children and people with disabilities. In cooperation with valuable project partners in Calcutta, we have made the construction of three homes possible and, with the help of the Schöck Family Foundation, support the homes with an annual contribution.

Kolkata, the capital of Bengali province, has become the most populous city in the world. Around twenty million people live in an area the size of Munich, six million of whom live below the poverty line, most of them in slums or on the streets. Children, the weakest section of the population, are the worst affected by this situation. It is estimated that around 100,000 children live in extreme poverty on the streets of Kolkata.

This project involves the construction of a home for street children from Calcutta's red-light district. The "Missionaries of the Word" were motivated to help by the children's deep poverty and great psychological stress. In 1998, Brother Xavier founded his own home called "New Life New Hope". With the support of the association, the Lions Club of Bolzano and the Trentino Alto Adige region, a plot of land was purchased in September 2003 and several buildings were erected to give 200 children a home and a good education. The project employs dozens of teachers, social workers, cooks and other staff. The association continues to cover part of the running costs of the home through a fixed annual contribution.

Since the beginning of our association, we have been particularly concerned about the fate of street children and people with disabilities. In cooperation with valuable project partners in Calcutta, we have made the construction of three homes possible and, with the help of the Schöck Family Foundation, support the homes with an annual contribution.

Kolkata, the capital of Bengali province, has become the most populous city in the world. Around twenty million people live in an area the size of Munich, six million of whom live below the poverty line, most of them in slums or on the streets. Children, the weakest section of the population, are the worst affected by this situation. It is estimated that around 100,000 children live in extreme poverty on the streets of Kolkata.

Andreas Wimmer is known to many people around the world. The former banker has lived in Calcutta for 25 years and helps the poorest of the poor in Mother Teresa's death house in Calcutta. He has always taken a particular interest in abandoned and disabled street children. In 2004, he founded a small home for homeless, disabled children, which the association helps to support.

Since the beginning of our association, we have been particularly concerned about the fate of street children and people with disabilities. In cooperation with valuable project partners in Calcutta, we have made the construction of three homes possible and, with the help of the Schöck Family Foundation, support the homes with an annual contribution.

Kolkata, the capital of the Bengali province, has now become the most populous city in the world. Around twenty million people live in an area the size of Munich, six million of whom live below the poverty line, most of them in slums or on the streets. Children, the weakest section of the population, are the worst affected by this situation. It is estimated that around 100,000 children live in extreme poverty on the streets of Kolkata.

Thanks to the Schöck Family Foundation, we are also able to contribute to the running costs of the two homes for people with disabilities. Over 160 people with severe physical and mental disabilities have found a home in these facilities.

Since the beginning of our association, we have been particularly concerned about the fate of street children and people with disabilities. In cooperation with valuable project partners in Calcutta, we have made the construction of three homes possible and, with the help of the Schöck Family Foundation, we support the homes with an annual contribution.

Kolkata, the capital of the Bengali province, has now become the most populous city in the world. Around twenty million people live in an area the size of Munich, six million of whom live below the poverty line, most of them in slums or on the streets. Children, the weakest section of the population, are the worst affected by this situation. It is estimated that around 100,000 children live in extreme poverty on the streets of Kolkata.

World Doctors have been supporting the dying house in Calcutta founded by Mother Teresa since 2001. Our contribution consists of monetary donations and donations in kind (medicines, bandages, surgical instruments, gloves, etc.) and the active involvement of nurses and volunteers who work in the house of the dying.

Maggie and Karl Neulichedl November 2012

Kattappana is centrally located at an altitude of 1,300 meters in the Iddukki district, the largest and at the same time most underdeveloped district of Kerala. 97% of the total area of Iddukki is covered by high mountains and dense forests. Due to the very poor infrastructure, the poor transportation system, the lack of communication and not least the low level of education, the country is economically extremely underdeveloped. There is virtually no industry and the majority of the population are arable or livestock farmers.

To improve the level of education of the girls and boys living there, we financed the construction of a middle and high school with the support of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano. The order of the "Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco" began in 1997 with the foundation of the "Auxilium Primary School" and now also runs the middle and high school, which is currently attended by 700 children.

However, many of the pupils lived in such remote villages that they could not reach the school every day. It was therefore important to build a dormitory to provide accommodation for 100 girls. In cooperation with the Autonomous Province of Bolzano, the association also financed the construction of the dormitory.

World Doctors held a training course in emergency medicine for the doctors of the Dalai Lama and the doctors of the Tibetan Delek Hospital in Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan government in exile.