Education is the key to peace
Needy children can be helped with educational opportunities
Foundation purpose
Youth welfare in the form of educational support is the purpose of the foundation. Needy children, adolescents and young adults in training should be supported in the development of their mental and physical talents through educational and training measures.
This purpose of the foundation is based on our conviction that education, training and again education are the solution for need, misery, poverty, violence, discrimination and discord on our earth. Only those who are able to help themselves will be able to make a good contribution to their own development and thus to the development of humanity on a small or large scale. Our goal is to create the conditions for as many people as possible, primarily children and young people, to shape their own lives and thus give them the chance to positively shape their social environment.
In doing so, we see education and training, upbringing and care as essential building blocks for a world in which there is more peace.
We prefer direct assistance. We want to meet the person we are supporting in person. In today's world, this is also possible using appropriate media.
However, this is only possible if there is active communication between us and the sponsored parties. This is also possible today across borders and over long distances using a variety of modern electronic media. We ourselves also travel regularly to the countries in which we provide targeted assistance; for example, to Israel/Palestine or to Uganda, as well as to South Africa and Tanzania. However, we expect those who receive our direct support to maintain personal contact with us and, in particular, to keep us informed about how their lives, especially the training we support, are developing.
In addition, we are always looking for an “anchor” in whom we can trust. This could be the parents, but also an institution or persons who ensure that our support arrives where it is needed and for the purpose for which it is granted.
Before deciding whether to provide support, whether in the form of a scholarship or project funding, we ask ourselves what the goal of the educational or training program is. In the context of our scholarship program, this is usually the respective educational goal. For institutional funding projects, it is often the contribution that the institution to be funded wants to make to improving current conditions. We then try to assess and use our contribution in such a way that the desired goal can be achieved as far as possible. This means that our funding is targeted and long-term, and the challenges to be overcome to achieve the respective goal are included in the funding decision as a whole. To clarify an example: the financing of school fees or tuition fees through a scholarship is not enough if the necessary living expenses or what else has to be paid for in order to be able to study is not financed at the same time.
We disclose our activities as a foundation, but respect the right to privacy of everyone. Transparency is important to us. In addition to the current funding projects, the foundation's current activity and financial report can be found under Downloads.
That is why we have also joined the Transparent Civil Society initiative. We undertake to make the following ten items of information available to the public and to keep them up to date
1. name, registered office, address and year of foundation of our foundation = T.u.H. Hoene Stiftung, Riegeläckerstr. 44, 71229 Leonberg, 2020
2. complete statutes as well as goals and how they are pursued = statutes under "The Foundation" "Downloads" goals and how they are pursued see "Goals" and "Projects" on this hoempage
3. non-profit status certificate from the tax office = see "Foundation" "Downloads" on this hoempage
4. name and function of the main decision-makers = Thomas Hoene, Board of Directors, Foundation Council: Marie-Theres Mayer (Chairperson), Philipp Hoene (Vice-Chairperson), Sabine Rodewoldt, Hildegard Hoene
5. report on the activities of our foundation = annual activity report see "foundation" "downloads" on this homepage
6. staff structure = Board of Directors and members of the Board of Trustees work exclusively on a voluntary basis without remuneration, 2 voluntary helpers without remuneration
7. source of funds = see financial report under "foundation" "downloads" on this homepage
8. use of funds = see financial report under "Foundation" "Downloads" on this homepage
9. corporate affiliation = none
10. names of legal persons with annual donations of more than 10% of our annual income = none; persons as major donors = Thomas Hoene Familiengesellschaft (GbR) andThomas & Hildegard Hoene
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However, we also expect this transparency in principle from those we support. We want to be able to monitor what our demands can contribute to the development of the supported organization or institution, also in order to make the best possible use of our support.
Our project work: How do we support what and where?
We maintain a scholarship program for children, teenagers and young adults (up to 28 years).
We support educational projects of educational institutions (e.g. schools and universities) or other non-profit organizations (e.g. associations, foundations, NGOs) whose purpose is education and training.
We provide funding worldwide without country-specific restrictions. Since our principle of immediacy means that we combine our funding abroad with travel, but we cannot travel the world with the necessary frequency, we are currently focusing our own projects on the regions of Israel/Palestine and Uganda. However, we also support projects in Tanzania and South Africa through other organizations active there.
Our Scholarship Program
1. Personal requirements:
The applicant
- is under 28 years of age at the start of the funding period,
- is unable, according to our means-tested assessment, to finance his or her training either independently or with the help of others,
- is referred to us by a state-recognized educational institution or non-profit organization that serves as a trusted partner on the basis of an agreement to be concluded with us,
- has a defined training goal,
- is technically and linguistically able to communicate with us in German or English,
- is willing to provide us with regular updates on their development during our support,
- makes it credible to us that he or she is not close to any sect, extreme political or religious organization or persons who, in the sense of enlightened humanism, can be classified as hostile to peace, and is not inclined towards violence themselves.
2. Type of education supported
We support every type of education, including pre-school and primary school education, attendance at a secondary school, vocational training and vocational school education, as well as university studies in all subjects. We do not limit ourselves to supporting the gifted.
3. Scope of support
Although we only agree to a specific amount of funding for a defined period of education (e.g. school year, semester or year of training), we do offer the prospect of continuing the funding until the jointly defined educational goal is reached, subject to defined conditions. The funding amount is not based on fixed rates, but primarily on the funding requirement and, secondarily, on our available annual budget. The latter can lead to a defined funding cap for a calendar year.
4. Application and approval procedure and other rules
See the documents provided under “Downloads”
Our institutional projects
In addition to our scholarship program, we support so-called institutional projects in cooperation with local partners. These are structured by country and region, currently (February 2025) the following projects:
1. Israel/Palestine
“Infinity” - Scholarship program for talented Israeli students from Ethiopian refugee families to prepare for graduation, a project of the Jerusalem Foundation in collaboration with the City of Jerusalem
Training of young Palestinians from East Jerusalem as social workers for East Jerusalem, a project of the Jerusalem Foundation in collaboration with the Hebrew University and the City of Jerusalem
“Good Neighbor” and Sadara Preparation program of the Diversity Department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in collaboration with the Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
LEAP (Legal Aid for Palestinians) Training of volunteers to provide legal support to Palestinians in the West Bank/Palestine
2. Uganda
St. Jude Nusery & Primary Day & Boarding School Kikondo-Kyotera, infrastructure and school development project in cooperation with ECOSS (NGO) and Jude Kayiwa
3. Germany/Uganda
“Qualified training in Germany for young people from Uganda in skilled trades or nursing professions”, a project of Freudekreis für Uganda n.e.V., Aalen, in cooperation with companies and institutions in the Ostalb district
4. Tanzania
Support for various vocational and secondary schools in the Mbeya region of Tanzania by providing technical equipment in cooperation with Bifta e.V. (Education for Tanzania) and the Moravian Church in Mbeya
"There is only one thing that is more expensive in the long run than education, no education"