Current fields of action

During the first few years of life, the foundation for later success in education is laid.The German Children and Youth Foundation, therefore, helps, for example, kindergartens to evolve into day care facilities for children and their families. Explorative learning as well as a better encouragement of speech and language development are further focus areas.

A good transition from school to the job begins with realistic vocational orientation as, for example, at the summer camps, which the German Children and Youth Foundation has organized since 2006. In the Foundation’s engagement programmes, young people who have hardly ever become active for themselves or other people acquire important skills and qualifications.

Since 2003, the German Children and Youth Foundation has assisted all-day schools in processes of change, co-operating with federal and regional ministries. Improving the chances of success in school – this is also the field of attention in thematic school networks or the camps for pupils in danger of drop-out.

Education is a key issue in communal development. For this reason, the Foundation brings together all important educational players, thus encouraging better conditions for co-operation programmes. At present, more than 400 communal education initiatives are being supported.