Dear supporters and friends!

Today we got the news that we are invited to the Bundeskanzleramt (that is where our German chancellor Angela Merkel works) as we got into the next round of the national competition “start social”.

With the pilot project in Cameroon our initiative won a scholarship for professional mentoring in the national competition start social in January this year. During 3 months our project team got professional help on project planning, fundraising and public relations.

During the mentoring-period we also visited the start social fair in Berlin where we met the other 99 scholarship holders and their mentors. Finally we adapted our project concept and handed in a final report in May.

Last week we got the information that we are under the 25 projects that got onto the next round! We are invited to the “Bundeskanzleramt” to be part of the handing over of the final awards. On the 29^th of September we will know whether we are one of the 7 award winners. So keep your fingers crossed!

All the best

Cornelia and Johannes

Start social is an initiative of Mc Kinsey, Siemens, Audi and others. The patron of the project is Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel. (www.startsocial.de)

Here are some pictures from the last meeting of the mentees in Berlin in March 2008.

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