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Knorr-Bremse Global CareAnnual Report 2007

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6 | Organization of Knorr-Bremse Global Care e.V.

7 | Background & Motivation

8 | Projects

8 | Overview of activities in Africa 10 | Ethiopia – construction of a primary school 12 | Mali – extension of a primary school 14 | Tanzania – construction of a youth centre for AIDS orphans 16 | South Africa – digital medical equipment

for a children‘s hospital

18 | Overview of activities in Asia 20 | India – construction of a hostel for vocational students 22 | China – refurbishment and extension of a primary school 24 | Cambodia – construction of a junior high school 26 | Sri Lanka – rebuilding of 75 destroyed homes 28 | Indonesia – funding of a scholarship program for students

30 | Overview of activities at Munich site 32 | Munich – clothing collection for Ethiopia 34 | Munich – KOMM mentoring project for schoolchildren

in Munich North

36 | Outlook

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Annual Report 2007

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OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS

EThIOPIaConstruCtion of a primary sChool p. 10

TanzanIaConstruCtion of a youth Centre for aiDs orphans p. 14

IndIaConstruCtion of a hostel for voCational stuDents p. 20

p. 12extension of a primary sChool

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p. 26rebuilDing of 75 DestroyeD homes

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MunICh Komm mentoring projeCt for pupils in muniCh northp. 34

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Organization of Global Care e.V.

THE ASSOCIATION CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS:

Julia Thiele-Schürhoff (Chairman of the Executive Board)Eva Seifert (Managing director, Member of the Executive Board)Josef arzberger (deputy Chair of the Executive Board)Gerd henghuber (Public Relations)dr. Sigurd dahrendorf (Project Management)Mario Beinert (Project Management)Christoph Günter (Project Management)

THE ASSOCIATION IS SUPPORTED (OFFICE/ADMINISTRATION) BY angelika Kiss

The following new members joined the association in 2007: Christoph Günter, assistant to the Chairman of the Executive Board of Knorr-Bremse aG, and Gerd henghuber, head of Corporate Communications of Knorr-Bremse aG.

during 2007 reports on the status of projects were presented at a total of 5 general meetings, and further action approved by all members. Minutes were kept of the proceedings of all general meetings and decisions reached.

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Background & motivationK n O R R - B R E M S E G L O B a L C a R E E . V . was set up on January 18, 2005 in the wake of the tsunami disaster on december 26, 2004 in Southern asia with the aim of providing carefully targeted, effective help to the victims of the disaster. The Knorr-Bremse Group made € 2 million available for this purpose. Following successful completion of these projects, the deci-sion was made to continue the work of Knorr-Bremse Global Care world-wide and to provide annual funding totaling € 1 million.

The purpose of the association is to provide long-term aid to individuals at home and abroad who are in need as a result of environmental catastrophes, accidents, armed conflicts, poverty or disease. The measures aim to put those affected in a position to earn their own independent living and feed them-selves and their families. The most important criterion is “helping people to help themselves”.

Practical implementation of projects is carried out in cooperation with local partners under the active supervision of members of Knorr-Bremse Global Care e. V. in Munich. In addition, all projects are inspected either by members of the association or by selected Knorr-Bremse staff in order to ensure their success and sustainability. The association’s charitable status has been recognized by the tax authorities in Munich.

B a c k g r o u n d & m o t i v a t i o n

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ProjectsOverview of activities in africa Knorr-Bremse Global Care aims to provide help where it is most urgently needed, and in 2006 members decided to put the main focus on africa. Project work was launched that year and continued throughout 2007.

high levels of illiteracy in Mali and Ethiopia (76% and 48.2% respectively) prompted the association to carry out educational projects in these two countries; in Tanzania, many people are suffering from the effects of hIV, and for this reason the association funded the construction of a youth centre for aIdS orphans. In South africa, Global Care supported a children‘s hospital that is open to all young patients in sub-Saharan africa.

all projects in africa are supervised by members of the association and person-ally inspected by them or by other selected Knorr-Bremse staff. By december 2007, approximately one quarter of the planned annual budget of € 1 million had been spent on projects in africa.

name/DesCription projeCt start projeCt enD

EthiopiA Construction of a primary school february 2006 april 2007

MAli extension of a primary school january 2007 july 2007

tAnzAniA Construction of a youth center for aiDs orphans

september 2006 april 2008

South AfRicA supplying digital equipment for an operating theater in a children’s hospital

march 2007 september 2008

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Ethiopia – Construction of a primary school

In a bid to generally improve the educational situation in Ethiopia, funding was provided to construct and equip Yembero Lower Primary School for some 1,000 pupils in grades 1 to 8. The project involved constructing three school buildings, each with four classrooms, an administrative building with staff rooms and two further buildings to provide accommodation for the teachers.

The project partner was Karlheinz Böhm’s Munich-based organization Menschen für Menschen, which has many years of experience and valuable knowledge of local structures. On completion, the school was handed over to the provincial government, which will be responsible for administering it and covering the running costs.


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PLACE Yembero, Illubabor district in the southwest of the country

LOCAL COORDINATION Menschen für Menschen

RESPONSIBLE AT KNORR-BREMSE Mario Beinert

STATUS Project started in February 2006. The opening ceremony for the school took place in april 2007. The project has now been completed.

one of the three school buildings at the opening ceremony

association member mario beinert (center) inspects

the school in march 2007; left: almaz böhm from

menschen für menschen; right: german ambassador

Dr. Claas Knoop

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Mali – Extension of a primary school

In n’Tjiba community a new building with three classrooms was constructed and equipped next to an existing primary school. The aim is to increase the proportion of local children starting primary school from the current rate of 5%.

It was a staff member at Knorr-Bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems who drew the association’s attention to the situation in Mali; she had already been in-volved in various local aid projects and was acquainted with former GTz officer Stephanie Kürsten Camara, who took on the task of coordinating the project.

headmaster Coulibaly with a Knorr-bremse global Care plaque at the

opening ceremony


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PLACE n‘Tjiba community, 90 km north of the capital Bamako

LOCAL COORDINATION Stephanie Kürsten Camara

RESPONSIBLE AT KNORR-BREMSE Julia Thiele-Schürhoff

STATUS Start of construction: January 2007. The opening ceremony took place on July 14, 2007. Completion of the new building marks the end of the project, but four smaller projects are still running: the creation of a kitchen garden, a tree nursery and a sports ground, and also external improvements to the old school.

(l. to r.) headmaster Coulibaly, mayor Djibroula nouhoun traore,

stephanie Kürsten Camara from paCt and a member of the

Community Council


Tanzania – Construction of a youth center for aIdS orphans

In the town of Mbeya the association is funding the construction and equip-ping of a youth centre for 150 aIdS orphans which will enable young people to catch up on their schooling more rapidly than if they attended a state school. a library with schoolbooks will be available and pupils will be offered extra coaching. There will also be a separate building for supervised leisure activities.

The project partner is the local aid association Kihumbe that was set up in response to the problem of aIdS in Tanzania in order to carry out educational work, distribute clothing and food and identify surviving relatives of aIdS orphans.

association member Christoph günter talks to the young people

the main building with library and classroom

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PLACE Mbeya, in the southwest of the country

LOCAL COORDINATION Balbo Y. Mahunja from local aid association Kihumbe(abbreviation of: “Kikundi Cha huduma Majumbani Mbeya”, meaning “home Care Group Mbeya”)

RESPONSIBLE AT KNORR-BREMSE Christoph Günter

STATUS Project start: September 2006. The opening ceremony took place in april 2007. at the start of 2008, a surrounding wall with integrated kiosk was completed and the library was supplied with further books.

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South africa – Supplying digital medical equipment for an operating theater in a children’s hospital

Via the KB network the association’s attention was drawn to the Red Cross War Memorial Children‘s hospital, which has a reputation of being one of the leading hospitals in africa, with specialists in almost all fields of children‘s medicine treating some 250,000 patients annually and carrying out 800 operations.

The hospital is currently extending its 50 year old operating complex and adding four further operating theatres. Knorr-Bremse Global Care is supplying state-of-the-art digital medical equipment from Germany for one of these.

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PLACE Cape Town, South africa

LOCAL COORDINATION Red Cross War Memorial Children’s hospital,Prof. heinz Rhode (Chief Surgeon)


STATUS Construction of the operating theatre is due for completion in September 2008. during the year covered by this report no payments were therefore made.

the red Cross War memorial Children’s hospital (l. to r.) prof. of pediatrics hock-lim tan, global Care association member

mario beinert, prof. D. beatty, joanne hen-boisen, both from the Children’s

hospital foundation in conversation with a surgeon (2nd from r.)

the construction site with a view of table mountain

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ProjectsOverview of activities in asia

Completing tsunami projectsKnorr-Bremse Global Care was founded in the wake of the devastating tsunami in december 2004. Since 2005, more than 13 projects have been launched in the region affected by the disaster, and all of these have now been success-fully completed. One project, the funding of a scholarship program, continues to run as planned until 2009.

Educational projects in asia In addition to the projects in africa, further educational projects have been launched in asia – for example the construction of a junior high school in Cambodia, the building of a hostel for vocational students in India and the refurbishment/extension of a primary school in China. The last two projects in this list are situated close to a Knorr-Bremse site.

all aid projects in asia are supervised by members of the association and personally inspected by them or by other selected Knorr-Bremse staff.

By december 2007, about one third of the budget of € 1 million for projects in asia had been spent.

name/DesCription projeCt start projeCt enD

indiA Construction of a hostel for vocational students

may 2007 february 2008

chinA refurbishment and extension of a primary school

may 2007 april 2008

cAMBodiA Construction of a junior high school may 2007 february 2008

SRi lAnkA rebuilding of 75 homes destroyed by tsunami

march 2006 november 2007

indonESiA funding of a scholarship program for students

may 2005 april 2009

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India – construction of a hostel for vocational students

Knorr-Bremse Global Care e.V. has funded the construction of a hostel for early school leavers next to a vocational school. The hostel will offer places to 100 vocational students from poorer areas in Pune, in the federal state of Maha-rashtra.

The project partner is don Bosco Tech - India, an organization that for many years has been providing training programs for disadvantaged young people in subjects including car mechanics. Those responsible have been able to use their experience to match the needs and interests of the young people with those of industry.

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julia thiele-schürhoff (front) at the opening ceremony in

february 2008; to her right: oskar flach and Kishor

pendse from Knorr-bremse / bendix spicer; left: father

Corlis gonsalves, of Don bosco tech-india and venkat

potturu, Knorr-bremse india


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PLACE Chinchwad (Pune) in the federal state of Maharashtra, India

LOCAL COORDINATION Venkat Potturu (Managing director Knorr-Bremse Systems for Commercial Vehicles India Private Ltd.), Vikram Sathe (head of human Resources, Knorr-Bremse in Pune), Father Corlis Gonsalves (don Bosco Tech – India)

RESPONSIBLE AT KNORR-BREMSE Oskar Flach (Managing director, Systeme für nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh in Munich) and Julia Thiele-Schürhoff

STATUS Project start: May 2007; project end: February 2008.

the newly completed building in february 2008

oskar flach (l.), Knorr-bremse Commercial vehicle systems, inspects the Don

bosco tech – india training facility in october 2007

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China – refurbishing and extending a primary school

In nangong Community, two hours southwest of Suzhou by plane, Knorr-Bremse Global Care has been funding the refurbishment and extension of a village school. Two extra floors have been added, and the school now consists of six classrooms, two offices and a laboratory. The entrance and the wall around the school have also been renewed and the sanitary facilities repaired. The school now has room for all 228 primary school pupils, and the staff has been expanded from 8 to 15 teachers.

The project partner is amity Foundation, an independent volunteer organi-zation. The Chinese government has assumed responsibility for the cost of rebuilding the dormitories and equipping the school with 200 tables and chairs.

the school prior to refurbishment

the back of the school building during the construction work in january 2008

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PLACE Village of Jiaxia in nangong community (Taijiang district, Qiandongnan prefecture, Guizhou province)

LOCAL COORDINATION amity Foundation

RESPONSIBLE AT KNORR-BREMSE Frank Liu (Managing director Knorr-Bremse Systems for Rail Vehicles in Suzhou), helen zhou and MarionSchwalb (both from Knorr-Bremse Suzhou)

STATUS Project start: May 2007; project end scheduled for april 2008.

pupils and teachers in front of the school prior to renovation

frank liu, managing Director of Knorr-bremse in

suzhou, visited the village school in December 2007

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Cambodia – Construction of a junior high school

Global Care has been funding the construction of the Junior high School in Peak Sneng, a village in the angkor Thom district of Cambodia. In this region many young people do not attend secondary school at all, as the nearest one is too far away for daily attendance. Construction of the school aims to raise educational levels in the region and offer the inhabitants an alternative to agricultural work.

The school offers places for up to 150 pupils in grades 7-9. The building comprises three classrooms, a computer room, a library and a staff room; a canteen, washroom facilities and a further building to accommodate the teachers have also been built.

The other partners in this project are the Munich-based association zukunft für Kinder der Welt, which Global Care came across via the KB network, and Life and hope association, a local Cambodian relief association.

school building (foreground) and teachers’ accommodation (background)

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julia thiele-schürhoff with Dr. siegfried zinkeisen (zukunft für Kinder

der Welt) at the opening ceremony in february 2008


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PLACE village of Peak Sneng in angkor Thom district

LOCAL COORDINATION Mr. Somnieng hoeurn (Life and hope association), supported by dr. Siegfried zinkeisen and Monika Proksch from Munich (zukunft für Kinder der Welt)


STATUS Project start: May 2007; project end: February 2008.

teaching was able to get under way by october 2007 opening of the school: monk june cuts the ribbon; in background right:

german ambassador frank mann next to Dr. siegfried zinkeisen

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Sri Lanka – rebuilding 75 homes

With the help of un-habitat and the involvement of Kalmunai Community, Knorr-Bremse Global Care is funding the rebuilding of 75 homes in Kalmunai that were destroyed by the tsunami in 2005. Local inhabitants have been involved in the construction process, and the government has drawn on inter-national funds to provide a subsidy of 2,500 uS dollars for each house.

The project started in May 2006, but problems with supplies of materials and late payments by the government delayed completion from december 2006 to november 2007.

Destroyed homes prior to rebuilding

association member mario beinert with m.y. saleem,

municipal Commissioner of Kalmunai


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PLACE Kalmunai, south of Batticaloa

LOCAL COORDINATION un-habitat, Rohan Fernando (Knorr-Bremse network), Patrick harrigan (Sri Lanka Children’s Trust)


STATUS Project started March 2006. By april the foundations for all the houses had been laid; by the end of december some 60 houses had been built including roofs; by november 2007 all the homes were completed.


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Community Center a reconstructed house

Indonesia – funding a scholarship program for students

200 registered students (incl. students of agriculture, medicine, veterinary medicine) who lost their parents and/or homes in the tsunami receive a scholarship of € 30 per month (evidence of performance required).

Originally approved for a period of two years, successful implementation of the project and the urgent need for continued funding have resulted in the project being extended for a further two years.

The project has been implemented with the help of the existing partnership between the universities in Banda aceh and Göttingen. The payments are transferred on a quarterly basis to the university of Göttingen, which ensures local distribution of the money.

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PLACE Banda aceh, capital of aceh Province on Sumatra/Indonesia

LOCAL COORDINATION Syiah Kuala university in Banda aceh (together with the Triangle Partnership between Göttingen university and the IPB Institute in Bogor/Java)


STATUS Project started in May 2005, scheduled to end april 2009;up to december 2007, 11 payments were transferred, each for a period of three months.

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the presentation of the scholarships in

banda aceh

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ProjectsOverview of activities at the Munich site

Knorr-Bremse has a long tradition of social and cultural involvement. Most company sites are involved in supporting local good causes and helping others either in the form of donations or active involvement by members of the work-force.

Many employees are keen to help people in need but cannot always find a way of doing so. In order to strengthen the social commitment of Knorr-Bremse sites worldwide and increase the positive impact on the surrounding environ-ment in which they operate, the association has now also launched projects in Munich.

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M u n i c h p r o j e c t s

Munich – clothing for Ethiopia

at the suggestion of the German ambassador of Ethiopia dr. Claas dieter Knoop and his wife Monika, and with the help of free carriage of 500 kg offered by Ethiopian airlines, the association organized a collection of clothing for Ethiopia at Knorr-Bremse’s Munich site.

Between July 5 and 10, 2007 the Munich workforce of some 1,600 donated more than 1,400 kg of clothing – more than double the weight that Ethiopian airlines had offered to carry.

association member Mario Beinert had made contact with dr. Knoop and his wife Monika during a visit to Yembero Lower Primary School in Ethiopia. On its arrival at the German Embassy in addis abeba, the clothing was distributed personally by Monika Knoop to various hospitals, an orphanage and a number of street children projects.

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PLACE Munich and Ethiopia

LOCAL COORDINATION In Munich: Knorr-Bremse employees together with members of the association. In Ethiopia: dr. Claas and Monika Knoop


STATUS The clothing was collected between July 5 and 10, 2007 at the Munich site. The weather conditions in Ethiopia and the quantity of clothing to be distributed meant that the project was only completed in October 2007.

inge von blücher and julia thiele-schürhoff

monika Knoop with a nurse and a child at a hospital in ethiopia

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Munich – mentoring project for school pupils in Munich north

almost one in five pupils in Munich leaves school without any qualification. a combination of problematic social conditions and a difficult job market means that at an early age these young people are denied any prospects of pro-fessional or personal development. The “KOMM in die zukunft” mentoring project was set up to help children to improve their educational qualifications. KOMM provides young people with a mentor to assist them with job searches and job applications and help them prepare for interviews; the aim is to help them achieve a school qualification that either enables them to transfer to a higher secondary school or to gain access to working life.

The project partner is the association Bürgertreff e.V., which was set up to support structurally weak urban districts in Munich and is responsible for running the mentoring project.

two mentors from Knorr-bremse at a training event in april 2008 in Wildbad Kreuth: stephan pitzing and angelika Kiss (l. to r.)

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PROjEKTORT Munich districts of Milbertshofen, am hart and Freimann

LOCAL COORDINATION hildegard Mayr (KOMM in die zukunft)

RESPONSIBLE AT KNORR-BREMSE Julia Thiele-Schürhoff, Christoph Günter

STATUS in november 2007 the colleagues from “KOMM in die zukunft” introduce themselves to the Knorr-Bremse Munich workforce and advertised for mentors. as the mentors are allocated to the young people in the seventh and eighth grades, the project is likely to run until 2010.

pupils at one of the Komm summer celebrations

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Knorr-Bremse GloBal Care will Continue to reCeive € 500,000 from eaCh of the two Com-panies Knorr-Bremse systeme für sChienen-fahrzeuGe GmBh and Knorr-Bremse systeme für nutzfahrzeuGe GmBh. The money will continue to be used for long-term aid projects for people in need, with implementation supervised by members of the Knorr-Bremse Global Care association.

The association also intends to work more closely with local Knorr-Bremse companies in the countries concerned, in order to be able to implement aid projects in locations where Knorr-Bremse has a presence, using the company‘s local and worldwide capacities.

Over the next few years, in addition to the broad range of existing social com-mitments on the part of Knorr-Bremse’s national companies, the aim is to strengthen social involvement at Knorr-Bremse sites by becoming involved in selected projects and focusing in particular on employee involvement.

Julia Thiele-Schürhoff Eva Seifert Josef arzberger

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ContaCtKnorr-Bremse Global Care e.V.Julia Thiele-SchürhoffMoosacher Straße 8080809 MunichTel: +49 89 3547-180022Fax: +49 89 3547-1403Email: [email protected]

donations aCCountKnorr-Bremse Global Care e.V.deutsche Bank Munichaccount no.: 18 501 71Bank Sort Code: 700 700 10

German donors will receive a donation receipt. Please indicate your address on the bank transfer form for this purpose.

Further information about the association is available at the following web address: www.global-care.knorr-bremse.com

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