Friends in Germany

Many years ago, some friends in Germany got together in the small village of Altensteig in the Black Forest to form the non-profit association David's Schleuder (David's Sling). Its purpose is to provide information, carry out activities and raise funds for the benefit of children in the Community Programme for the Support of Children with Projectable Abilities of the Rural Library Network.

These friends do everything. Apart from having formed a solid entity whose members make a fixed annual contribution and receive donations for special needs, such as, for example, an operation campaign or a wheelchair for a Cajamarcan child. But they also sell handicrafts, organise exhibitions, knit socks, collect hearing aids that are no longer in use but are still useful for people in Peru, and organise two big lunch events every year to raise more funds.

In short, they are extraordinary people with inexhaustible creativity.

The municipality of Altensteig also saw this, and in April it recognised and honoured the voluntary work of the members of David's Schleuder, most of whom are women, with the award of a badge of honour and a gala dinner.

Thank you, David's Schleuder. We are very grateful and proud of you.