Social Projects

On the initiative of Elisa Mayer and Tomma Hinke, two football clubs, SSC Tübingen and SV Bühl, have launched an inclusive training format. This means that children and young people with disabilities who are interested in football now have the opportunity to pursue their hobby in the club. Since May 2022, children, youths and young […]

The renowned Hertie-Institut Tübingen together with the Neurological Clinic of the Universitätsklinikum Tübingen form the “Centre for Neurology”. The centre was created with the contract signed in 2001 between the Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung and the state of Baden-Württemberg, the Universität Tübingen and its medical faculty, and the Universitätsklinikum Tübingen. This interaction of public resources and private […]

Every year, counterfeit medicines cause harm to many patients, particularly in developing countries. This problem is being tackled by a joint project of the Tübingen-based Difäm and the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN) that aims to detect counterfeit medicines in developing countries with the help of local analytics. To this end, local centres are provided with […]

“Swimming for All Children” is organized on a voluntary basis and was established in April 2015 in cooperation with Runder Tisch Kinderarmut (Round Table on Child Poverty) and Bündnis für Familie (Alliance for the Family) in Tübingen. A survey conducted by the German Life Saving Association found that 59% of children are not confident swimmers […]

With a long tradition and as one of the largest hospitals in Germany, Olgahospital (“Olgäle”) focuses on treating sick children and young people. “Olgäle-Stiftung für das kranke Kind e. V.” (Olgäle foundation for sick children) was founded 20 years ago under the patronage of Carl, Duke of Württemberg. The foundation strives to ensure permanent aid […]

The Zollernalb-Tübingen Regional Group of Mukoviszidose e.V. is a self-help group consisting of 35 parents whose children suffer from cystic fibrosis. This incurable metabolic disease leads to a significant reduction in life expectancy. The cause of the disease is a gene mutation. Every 20th person in Germany carries the defective gene. Only if both parents […]

CERES supports people in vegetative states by helping improve their treatment and care situation. The association for people suffering from brain damage was established in Tübingen, Germany in 1986. The first building was purchased in 2010 to provide a comfortable living space for patients and give them the opportunity to choose their own professional care […]

The family house in Tübingen provides the families of children with cancer a special supervised residence. While their children are in the hospital, the house serves the families as a “home away from home”. The family house, not only cares for parents, but also the patients’ siblings. Having the family nearby supports children with cancer […]

The family house in Tübingen provides the families of children with cancer a special supervised residence. While their children are in the hospital, the house serves the families as a “home away from home”. The family house, not only cares for parents, but also the patients’ siblings. Having the family nearby supports children with cancer […]

Each year 60.000 children are born too early in Germany. The little patients are mostly treated in special intensive care units for kids. For parents and siblings this situation often causes stress and uncertainties. To manage these difficulties and questions an association named Frühchen e.V. Reutlingen was created as a parents-initiative in the middle of […]

A hospital stay is always an exceptional situation for children and young people. Thank goodness that the Tübingen Children’s Hospital has a playroom for every ward. There, the young patients can forget their worries while they play, sing and laugh. In some wards, they can even cook together. The focus is on common activities and […]

As early as 1998, the children’s nurse Christiane Miarka-Mauthe had the idea of opening a facility for ventilated infants and toddlers, who cannot be cared for at home. In addition to receiving the required critical care, she felt that the children should be able to grow up sur-rounded by love, affection and optimal encouragement as […]