To guarantee long-term the work of Action reconciliation Service for Peace (ARSP), we set up the Helga Weckerling Foundation in 2000. With a donation of 50.000 EUR the retired minister Rudolf Weckerling set the basis for the foundation named after his wife.
Next to the Christian-Jewish dialogue and for the fight for the rights of women in the church Helga Weckerling was quite concerned with the relations with people between Eastern Europe and Germany. Therefore the foundation is to support ARSP volunteer service in Central and Eastern Europe. There is great need, because volunteer service was only first possible after the political changes in 1989. Since them much has been achieved, but the volunteer program is still being built due to the political and economic difficulties.
We experience again and again that the wounds of the Nazi past are covered by a thin blanket of suppression and daily struggles. Seemingly forgotten experiences come up to the surface. Those effected meet young Germans who are themselves dealing with, as ARSP volunteers, the past and future.
To gain in the near future more interest off of the foundation funds, we are searching for persons who would like to increase the capital of the foundation. With other foundations other areas of the ARSP work can also be supported.
If you are interested in establishing in a foundation to support Action Reconcilation Service for Peace please contact:
Dr. Christian Staffa, Telefon: 030/28395-184, Fax: 030/28395-135, E-Mail: staffa(at)asf-ev.de.
