- Christian Liebig Foundation
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The German Christian Liebig Foundation builds schools in Africa and supports educational programs. It is named after Christian Liebig, journalist of the German newspaper FOCUS, who died in a missile attack outside Baghdad in 2003.
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About the foundation
Christian Liebig died on 7 April 2003 in a missile attack outside Baghdad. The FOCUS-reporter was one of the 600 embedded journalists reporting on the war from within the ranks of the US army. He was the only German journalist to lose his life working in Iraq. His parents, partner, friends and colleagues all wanted to do something to try and make some sense of his death and generate a spark of hope, which is why they founded the Christian Liebig Foundation on 21 August 2003. Christian Liebig was a journalist by calling. He believed in the power of words. Words can start wars, but they can also prevent them. Help us to help children in one of the world's poorest countries get an education. In the hope that words may indeed be greater than weapons.
Objectives
In Malawi and Mozambique, situated in the south-east of Africa, the Christian Liebig Foundation strives to build homes for children in need. The institution wants to build, manage and support schools, also in collaboration with other associations, foundations and initiatives.
Projects
Since its foundation in 2003, the Christian Liebig Foundation operates in Malawi. In the small southeast-African country the foundation builts primary and secondary schools and supports educational projects. At the Christian Liebig Secondary School about 240 children are taught every year. Apart from that, 19 primary schools were built or rebuilt until today. In Mozambique, the Christian Liebig Foundation supports since 2007 for five years three villages, the so called Millennium Village Mabote.
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