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For many senior citizens, pets are precious long-time companions. The Silver Paw senior pets initiative ensures that seniors can continue to enjoy the company of their beloved pets. Often, seniors have to part with their pets with a sore heart, because they are unable...

For many years, the MARGARETE MÜLLER-BULL FOUNDATION has been supporting the German-Nepalese aid community in its efforts to help the population of this Himalayan state in a difficult situation. Most recently during the Covid pandemic, which seriously affected Nepal....

The future belongs to children and with more than 1,000 prospective pupils aged four to seven in the Dassa-Zoume community, Kodjatchan has huge potential in this respect. A primary school is available for these children, but it is empty. Although the children would...

In July, the Rappenalp Valley gained a further attraction: the new educational trail on culture and ecology in the Allgäu High Alps. An attraction that does more than document itself on the 6.5 km circular trail wending its way through the magnificent scenery of the...

On 6 February, two strong earthquakes shook South-East Turkey and North Syria. The most serious earthquake in Turkey measured 7.8 on the Richter scale and was caused by a shift of the tectonic plates at a depth of some 17 km below the Earth’s surface. Many smaller...

Lemberg, present-day Lvov, is a town in West Ukraine, some 70 km from the Polish border. A town with an eventful past, because traces of its Austro-Hungarian and Polish history can be recognised in its architecture, which combines Central and East European, as well as...

Every year across Europe, around 10,000 to 20,000 newborns suffer from a serious lack of oxygen during birth. Worldwide, the figure rises to as high as 1,000,000, compounded by fraught economic, and thus also medical conditions. An alarmingly high figure, not to...

As a buzzword, bioeconomy is on everyone’s lips, but at VILLA WOLLE, it is put into practice by busy workers without any R&D support at all. Sometimes, all you need is to take a journey back in time and look at proven traditional methods in order to discover a...

Who is not familiar with this epic pacifist verse. But what do you do when your country is subjected to a war of aggression breaching international law and “not coming” is not an option?Who will help you then? The MARGARETE MÜLLER-BULL FOUNDATION did not hesitate when...

Nepal, fringing the Himalayan mountain range like a buffer state between India in the south and Tibet (China) in the north, has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. Fears crystallised into reality as many dangerous variants of COVID 19 were carried into Nepal...

Nurseries and childcare centres do not receive any financial support from the South African government – for us it was a good reason … Nurseries and childcare centres do not receive any financial support from the South African government – for us it was a good reason...

A major focus area of the MARGARETE MÜLLER-BULL FOUNDATION has taken on special importance due to the current situation with the Covid-19 crisis: access for all to education and knowledge. Traditionally, we use our resources to fund local and global projects aimed at...

Blind citizens can now also discover the Sepulchral Chapel on Württemberg Hill by touch and feel in a „tangible“ experience. The 10th of May is a special date in the history of both the former Kingdom of Württemberg and the Russian Empire. For according to the Julian...

Esslingen’s love of animals has warmed noticeably since January 2019 with the opening of the new home for animals, which offers more than 1,000 square metres of living space for its “residents”. And you can take that quite literally, because these residents are all...

Water is the source of life. For the people living in the Kakyelo mission district, which covers an area of around 17,000 square kilometres, access to clean drinking water and a good education are by no means givens to be taken for granted. The area in which the Order...

The busy bee uses a form of non-verbal communication, a so-called ‘waggle dance’ to draw her colony’s attention to worthwhile targets for collecting nectar to make honey. In doing so, she points out the correct flight path to copious pollen reserves in a flowery dance...

The war in Syria has being going on now for eight years. A end to the strife is so far not in sight.In a country in which education formerly enjoyed a high status and around 70 per cent of children and young people attended secondary schooling, the future prospects of...

The weather is unpredictable and very changeable, impacting on the lives of the inhabitants of Ho Lu, a small mountain village in North Vietnam. Far from civilisation at an altitude of 2,760 m, families live here in a village with 31 houses and a school ... and no...

Ninety per cent of the inhabitants of Madagascar live below the poverty line and less than half of islanders have access to clean drinking water. Education is the future, but access to good education is denied to many families. Although schooling is in theory...

The drought of 2016 had a drastic effect on Ethiopia. No rain and failing crops have resulted in a massive shortage of food and clean drinking water. Our relief therefore initially focused on distributing food to the people via local childcare centres, schools and...

It is something that we are familiar in our own country: poverty goes hand in hand with malnutrition and poor hygiene conditions, thus compromising health and shortening life expectancy. Children growing up in these conditions are hardest hit. In the poverty-stricken...

Poor children in Haiti can't simply go to the doctor when they’re ill, because there is no basic health provision. If they have cancer, their chance of recovery is zero. This is why in 2003 the island’s first children’s cancer ward was opened at the NPH St. Damien...

Building of the Margarete-Müller-Bull Training Centre in Badalgaun, the foundation stone of which was laid in October 2014, funded by our foundation, was already in an advanced stage of completion, when Nepal was hit by the devastating earthquake of April 2015....

Since 1970 a sign with this inscription draws attention to our founder's then initiative at the children's playground of the SV 1845 e.V. sport club in Esslingen.Two, three and maybe even four generations enjoyed the fun of the playground during their childhood and...

Very often, the refugees arriving here in Greece have a long, arduous and above all very dangerous journey behind them. Their first safe haven, however, is a far cry from what its name promises – the Greek word “Oreokastro” meaning “beautiful castle”.The afflicted and...

On April 1, 2014 a canine unit was established under the roof of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (an organization similar to St. John’s Ambulance) in Esslingen near Stuttgart. It is now time to take stock and document the funding by the Margarete Müller-Bull Foundation,...

Nursery rhymes in Germany and other European countries often reflect the fact that water is an abundant resource in our region. In Syria, where thousands of refugees live in makeshift camps and water is a scarce natural resource, daily chores like washing clothes or...

With immediate support for the charity pharmacy at Nepal’s largest hospital, the Margarete Müller-Bull Foundation supports the dreadful situation of the people in the region affected by the earthquake. We lend financial support to enable the supply of medicines for...

Last year Peru Gruppe Heubach e.V. approached us with an appeal for help from the underprivileged district of Laderas near Lima. The aid was required for the Hogar safe house for girls in need aged 13 to 17, who have fallen pregnant at such an early age, either...

... right – we can’t announce the exact location of this tower, one of the last refuges of this extremely endangered species, due to the rigorous protection laws enjoyed by the peregrine falcon in this country. However we can tell you that the 900 peregrine falcon...

One of the key concerns of Margarete Müller-Bull foundation is the promotion of research. By supporting the ‘project to investigate lipid metabolism in the liver following choline substitution in cystic fibrosis’, the foundation is making a key contribution to...

"We are delighted that the foundation appreciates our work – this donation will make it easier for us to carry out important projects", emphasised Bernd Sieber, managing director of Esslingen Clinic, referring to the vehicle that the Margarete Müller-Bull Foundation...

Every three minutes a child is born into the world with a cleft lip or palate. It is the most common deformity in the world (also in this country) and it causes massive drinking, swallowing and speaking impairments. In addition, this type of malformation is a stigma...

Since July 2014 volunteers of the Nymphaea animal park have been busy modernising the old ‘East aviaries’ at the far end of the park, made possible by the support of the Margarete-Müller-Bull Foundation. The antiquated aviaries, whose iron and wood construction was...

Suffering under endless wars and the horror of death and starvation, people in Northern Irak have to survive in unimaginable conditions. The situation is exacerbated by the loss of their livelihoods, forced migration and persecution. As ever, the hardest hit of all...

In May 2012 Mirandola, Ostfildern's twin town in Italy, was hit by severe earthquakes. Ostfildern is the home town of Elektor Airsystems GmbH, whose shares are held by the Margarete Müller-Bull Foundation. This close connection prompted the Foundation to make a...

The charity Peru Gruppe Heubach e.V. has a long-term commitment to the slum district Laderas in Lima (Peru). It aims to alleviate the misery found there and motivate the people to take action by helping them to help themselves. All donations and the money earned are...

Medical care in hospitals is of little use without sufficient supplies of medicines and bandages. That's why the Margarete Müller-Bull Foundation is sponsoring pharmacies associated with two hospitals in Africa and Asia. Two continents – one approach: effective aid!...

The Diakonie Stetten e.V. association has been supporting and helping people with a disability for over 160 years at various locations in Baden-Württemberg. Diakonie has a great deal of experience in horse-riding as a form of therapy. A special form of riding has also...

An animal shelter should offer suitable animal accommodation. In 2010, the Margarete Müller-Bull Foundation therefore offered considerable support during the initial stage of extensive renovation work which has taken place at the kennels of the Botnang animal shelter....

The Nymphaea zoo in Esslingen is small yet refined. The park is run primarily by voluntary helpers and offers visitors of all ages a fascinating insight into the animal and plant world. A generous donation from the Margarete Müller-Bull Foundation has now enabled old...

Despite the three projects in question being geographically far apart, they are linked together by one notion: that only the opportunity of a good school education can help people escape misery. Nepal: Construction of a new primary school in Keraghari. Thanks to a...

The fact that small donations can achieve great things is demonstrated by two of the Margarete Müller-Bull Foundation’s projects: first, the foundation donated a mini trampoline to the Uhlbach primary school which was welcomed with great enthusiasm by the children....

The Ostfildern old people’s association (Verein Altenhilfe Ostfildern) set itself a very ambitious goal: it wanted to support the construction of a sensory garden in the Scharnhauser Park neighbourhood with donations of 100,000 euros. The aim was for the garden to...

Institute for Construction Technology and Technical Design, University of Stuttgart When it comes to protecting resources and the environment, the development of energy-efficient industrial fans is becoming increasingly important. The targeted use of fast-rotating and...

At the start of July, a new cycle and pedestrian bridge was opened in Esslingen named the ‘Margarete Müller-Bull Bridge’. This bridge links the east and west town centre areas across the Rossneckar canal and has significantly upgraded both areas on either side of the...

The situation was bleak at the kennels of the Botnang animal shelter in Stuttgart. Around half a million euros were needed to provide these 4-legged friends with a suitable place to live. This sum was largely generated through donations. The Margarete Müller-Bull...