Kinderhilfe Bethlehem
Caritas Baby Hospital
Wesemlinstrasse 2
6000 Luzern 6
Switzerland
Contact person: Beck, Anna
+41 (0) 41 420 57 88
+41 (0) 41 420 32 50
info@khb.ch
http://www.khb.ch
Topics
- Aid organization
- Educational policy/project
- Women's policy
About us
The Children's Aid Bethlehem is a Christian relief organization with its headquarters in Lucerne, committed to helping mothers and children in the Near East. Most of the members are diocese and Christian associations (e.g. Kindermissionswerk, Schweizer Kath. Frauenbund, Zentralverband der kath. Frauengemeinschaften Deutschlands), but individual members belong to the German-Swiss Association as well.
The Children's Aid Bethlehem wants to improve the situation of children and their families in the following spheres:
- in health (Caritas Baby Hospital) - their main concern
- in education and employment
- in society,
- in all social matters.
The Children's Aid Bethlehem supports impoverished children and mothers, both in the area of Bethlehem - with its main work, the Caritas Baby Hospital - and in other regions of the Holy Land. Health care is the centre of its concern. In addition to that, the association makes its contribution to advancing the social development of the Palestinian areas. This includes elementary education as well as the special promotion of women.
The most important part of its work is the Caritas Baby Hospital (CBH) in Bethlehem, which was founded in 1952 by the Swiss Father Ernst Schnydrig. The Caritas Baby Hospital is the only Baby-Hospital in the Palestinian areas and is an important basis of the future Palestinian health system. Any child is treated here, regardless of religion, nationality or financial standing. Two external wards, a social service centre, a Care College and a School for Mothers are attached to the hospital. Apart from its medical importance, the Baby Hospital is a sign of charity and hope in a difficult environment. The continuity of work in Bethlehem gives confidence and hope to the people.
Initiator and co-founder of the children's aid Bethlehem is Father Ernst Schnydrig, Freiburg i.Br. (he died on April 15th, 1978). Michael Schweiger is the delegate of the arch diocese Freiburg i.Br..
As per agreement, we can give a lecture for other net participants, procure up-to-date expert information, provide professional visual materials and establish contacts in the field of: relief organization in the Near East.