Pfarrer Walter Waldschütz-Stiftung Argentinien-Patenprojekte Dienst für Glaube, Gemeinschaft und Frieden
About the funder
The Pfarrer Walter Waldschütz Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Holzkirchen, Bavaria. It was recognized as a legal foundation in 2013 and, within the scope of its statutes, particularly supports the children's village "Hogar Jesús Niño" in Puerto Rico, Misiones Province, Argentina. Under the guiding principle "Service for Faith, Community, and Peace," the foundation assists disadvantaged children and adolescents who find shelter in the children's village due to family or social hardship. The foundation finances maintenance, care, educational and health services on site and also supports short-term missionaries (MaZ) who accompany the project both ideologically and practically.
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Mission & Vision
The Pfarrer Walter Waldschütz Foundation is committed to creating a dignified home for children and youth in the province of Misiones, Argentina, through long-term sponsorships, donations, and foundation funds. Its goal is to assist children in need by providing stable living and educational opportunities and to promote intercultural encounters through the Missionary Service for a Time, thereby making the Christian ideals of faith, community, and peace tangible worldwide.
Target groups
The funding programs and sponsorships of the Pfarrer Walter Waldschütz Foundation are aimed at children and adolescents from socially or familiarly disadvantaged backgrounds in the province of Misiones, Argentina, who find a permanent home in the children's village "Hogar Jesús Niño." They also target volunteers (missionaries for a limited time), youth and young adults from Germany who engage in the Argentina project as part of the MaZ program for 6–12 months to gain experience in social work, intercultural exchange, and missionary service, as well as friends, supporters, and sponsors who provide ideological support to the project and secure the ongoing costs of the children's village through regular donations or sponsorships.