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In April 2019 we started the apple tree project for Lutindi. Apples are a very expensive foodstuff in Tanzania and therefore we decided to start this project on our own.
For the Primary School we ordered 24 apple trees (in three different varieties), which were planted on the school grounds at the beginning of August 2019. In addition, another 6 trees were planted on the premises of the Lutindi Mental Hospital, one of our most important local cooperation partners. Not only the whole village was on its feet on the planting day. Regional politicians from Korogwe and important public figures came to attend the planting campaign.

After the first planting had started well and all trees had survived the storm at the end of 2019, we ordered 60 more trees, almost all of which found a tree sponsor from the MSV Duisburg fans. In total, 50 more trees of different species could be planted on the grounds of the primary school and 10 trees on the grounds of the Lutindi Mental Hospital. The later harvest is intended to serve as an important food supplement for the pupils and patients of the hospital.
In addition, this project also has an educational aspect, as the children will take over the personal tree sponsorships (care, irrigation, harvesting) in agreement between us and the local school management. Keyword responsibility! Lutindi is therefore one of the very few locations in Tanzania where apple trees have been planted. In a few years a stately grove will be standing here.

The pictures of both planting campaigns speak for themselves.

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But it was not as easy as the project sounds. First, varieties had to be found that do not require a frost period for annual flowering and thus fruit formation. But frost and snow in the Tanzanian Usambara mountains are not what one finds climatically there.

In Europe, we did not find any in the search for such varieties. In California, however, there is a nursery that specializes in breeding suitable and sufficiently resistant trees for the tropics and subtropics.

With Kevin, owner of the California nursery “Kuffel Creek”, we made contact with our current Tanzanian supplier “Tamu Tamu Apple”. “Tamu Tamu Apple” clarified the ideal blend of climates in the Usambara Mountains. Our ZAC founding member Martin Osing, himself a horticulturist, helped us ask the right questions at “Tamu Tamu Apple”.

Our colleague, Ombeni, attended a two-day training course at the Tanzanian tree nursery shortly before delivery to teach him the basics of planting and cultivating apple trees.
The ZAC e.V. was able to find a tree sponsor for each apple tree to refinance this special project, to whom we are very attached for their donation.

 

Single Mother Cooperation Lutindi

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At the beginning of 2019, in consultation with the municipality of Lutindi, we founded a community agricultural cooperative for the benefit of single mothers, to whom we provided land parcels on our 90,000 m² property for their own cultivation.

For this purpose, ZAC provided the women with seeds and the necessary equipment as well as rubber boots for field work. The preliminary planned costs were around 3,000 euros. As of May 2019, around 2,100 euros had already been collected via MSV Duisburg fans on the MSV Portal and commercial donors from food retailers. The difference was provided from own funds.

The aim was to enable the single mothers, who otherwise could not provide for the family’s livelihood due to their personal situation, to grow food for themselves and sell harvest surpluses on the market. The harvest surpluses sold are intended to help the women lead a more self-determined life and enable their children to attend school. Again, “helping people to help themselves” is the guiding principle.

We were supported by our founding member Martin Osing and his network with regard to sensible seeds, cultivation methods, crop rotations and soil optimization. And all this within the framework of ecologically sensible, purely organic cultivation for healthy nutrition and with educational added value for the region.

After joining the project, the women immediately began clearing and reclamation of the land provided, as well as the first sowing.  However, the fall of 2019 undid all the work, as severe storms destroyed all the sowing. Here, too, climate change is clearly noticeable.

But the women were not discouraged at all and cultivated the fields anew. With great success. The harvest was very abundant and rewarded the persistence and efforts of the single mothers. Moreover, the success is an incentive to continue the work. Thus, a sustainable project could be completed.

In February 2021, this initiative was officially recognized by the district government and officially registered under the number HWK/2021/KIKUNDI/KE/0672 as “C.B.R.O.  Single Mother Cooperation Lutindi”. This means that the women’s work is officially recognized and they have the opportunity to open their own account and thus also gain access to small loans.

Registration letter registration certificate single mothers group 

(Slideshow will follow)

 

 

 

 

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12/2019
Big Christmas party in Lutindi
The already traditional ZAC Christmas party in Lutindi has been given a new frame. For the first time, in addition to the regional supporters of the project, all children of the primary school were also invited, and many accepted the invitation. Our Tanzanian NGO “C.B.R.O.” had prepared everything perfectly, rented a hall, provided drinks and food and put together a nice supporting program for young and old. People danced, sang, prayed and celebrated Christmas together. To be continued.

11/2019
Heavy Thunderstorms in the Usambara Mountains
The heavy rains people can remember in and around Lutindi have claimed lives from October to November 2019, causing major damage to the region’s infrastructure.
Mudslides, rockfalls, destroyed crops and impassable roads have led to much suffering and problems. Our projects are affected as well. The road we built to our property was washed away along its entire length and has to be rebuilt. The harvests for the single mothers on our specially provided plots are destroyed (Cultivation Project). Also on the sports field have incurred great damage. The main traffic route high in the Usambara Mountains is completely destroyed and when this will be re-usable, is not yet clear. Climate change and its consequences have also arrived in Tanzania.

09/2019
Successful golf charity tournament in favor of the ZAC e.V.
On September 13th. the first ZAC golf tournament took place on “Golf & More” in Duisburg Huckingen, whose net proceeds go to 100% in the project work of the association. More than 60 golfers and sponsors provided revenues of 4,250 euros. Ronny Jasinski as the main initiator and sponsor explained to the award ceremony that this tournament is now being played every year. More details.

08/2019
Apple tree project completed
In the middle of July, our employee Ombeni was trained at the nursery “Tamu Tamu Apples” in Iringa, about 600 km away. Here everything worth knowing about apple trees was brought to him.
In early August 2019, a total of 30 trees were delivered and planted at the Primary School Lutindi and at Lutindi Mental Hospital. Many helping hands and key political figures attended the first planting of apple trees in the Usambara Mountains on this day. Thanks to all tree sponsors. This completes the project. More pictures in our slideshow.

 

07/2019
PAUL system arrived in Lutindi
The PAUL system donated by Count Lions Moers arrived in Lutindi in early July 2019 and was handed over to the local elementary school. In addition, we purchased two 500-liter tanks for receiving process water and the output of PAUL’s purified process water. All three containers are housed together in a walled house.

 

06/2019
Annual General Meeting of the ZAC e.V.
On 18.06.2019 this year’s ZAC Annual General Meeting was held in the rooms of the ev. Gemeindehaus on Magdalenenstrasse in Duisburg-Beek.
The Executive Board reported on the results of the financial year 2018 and was unanimously discharged from the general meeting. The motion to amend the statutes was also unanimously approved. The JHV’s official minutes can be found under the heading “Transparency / Fiscal Year 2018”. After the JHV there were two very interesting picture lectures. Markus Visser and Caro reported on their Tanzania trip and the visit to Lutindi and Georg Terbeck gave in his lecture insights into the work of the Lutindi travel delegation of HSBK-Oberhausen.

06/2019
Clean drinking water for Lutindi
The Grafschafter Lions Club Moers (GLCM) donated us at the end of May 2019 as a donation in kind a so-called PAUL system (Portable Aqua Unit for Lifesaving). PAUL is a patented water treatment system that uses patented nano-membrane technology to filter out viruses, bacteria and minute dirt particles from contaminated water, turning contaminated water into the best drinking water.
In June 2019, PAUL went on a journey to Lutindi, where it will primarily be used at the local elementary school, but will also supply drinking water to the entire population of Lutindi. So far, drinking water was taken from the local stream, which often led to severe diarrheal diseases of children and other residents. Thanks to the GLCM donation, this is now a thing of the past.
In the picture: Katja Zühlsdorf from ZAC e.V. and Roland Schaffer from GLCM.

05/2019
C.B.R.O. CEO Zakaria Mnkai in Germany
We met the Chairman of the Board of our Tanzanian NGO, Zakrai Mnkai, during his one-week stay in Wuppertal at the United Evangelical Mission, which has its headquarters there. At the VEM he is working as a program reference for Africa. The given information from Zakaria brought us many valuable impulses and insights, which we can incorporate in our work. Especially in the administrative processes in Tanzania and here especially in the approach to projects in collaboration with the community Lutindi.

04/2019
Board team expanded
With Katja Zühlsdorf (Public Relations, bottom right), Si-yeun Hammerbacher (Tanzanian affairs, bottom left) and Georg F. Terbeck (Dipl.-Bau-Ing.) we were able to expand the existing board team by adding a technical perspective.

03/2019
Apple tree project started
We have ordered a total of 30 organic apple trees from a Tanzanian specialist nursery, which will be planted in Lutindi in July of this year. Of these, a total of 24 trees will be placed in a mix of 3 different varieties on the grounds of the Primary School in Lutindi and 6 trees on the grounds of Lutindi Mental Hospital.
These sweet fruits of the apple trees bred specifically for the tropics and subtropics are to serve the children of the Primary School as an important nutritional supplement and also have an educational added value in that the children later take care of the trees themselves. The apples of the trees, which are later moved to Lutindi Mental Hospital, are intended for the patients.

 

02/2019
Dipl.-Bauing. Georg Terbeck, teacher at HSBK-Oberhausen, Markus Karrenberg and Steffen Mölder (both technical students at HSBK) flew together with our ZAC activist Si-yeun Hammerbacher to Tanzania for a week on 17.02.2019 to do some accompanying work on the ZAC project continue. The building site was re-measured, trees worth protecting were located and thus firmly marked and there was a basic decision on which part of the area in the future, the buildings of the future children’s village to be built. The collected data is converted into 3D map material and made available to the ZAC. After the trip, HSBK is planning the two tourist lodges as part of a project week.

 

02/2019
ZAC participates in the Open House of HSBK Oberhausen
Like last year, the ZAC e.V. participated with an information booth at this year’s open-house of the Hans Sachs Berufskolleg Oberhausen, our most important cooperation partner in all technical questions concerning our construction project. Here, interesting discussions could be held and important contacts made.
In the middle of February 2019, a delegation of HSBK will fly to Tanzania on our behalf to carry out on site in Lutindi important groundwork of a technical nature for our construction project.
In the picture on the left Georg Terbeck, civil engineer (TU) and teacher at the HSBK, who leads the travel group. Left in the picture Mr. Karrenberg, student and project participant.

01/2019
Soil Test completed
At the beginning of this year, the necessary Soil test (soil assessment) was prepared by the state-owned TanRoad. The soil survey provides clarity on the geological features of the subsoil even before the start of construction and is thus a reassurance for builders. An important prerequisite for the preparation of a soil survey is the knowledge of the exact locations of the later buildings. By means of core drilling, samples were taken at various points of our building plot, from which the expert can make statements about the bearing capacity of the subsoil and the water conditions.

 

12/2018
Start of construction sports field Lutindi
After the villagers had already diverted a creek into a joint venture on the site of the future sports field, the ordered bulldozer moved in just before Christmas to pitch the field. The remaining fine work will again be done on an honorary basis by the inhabitants of the village.

11/2018
Soil test finished
The required soil survey for our construction project was prepared on 28.11.2018 and 29.11.2018 by the state TanRoad (Tanzania National Roads Agency) on our building plot. The soil survey provides clarity on the geological features of the subsoil even before the start of construction and is therefore a reinsurance for us.
In order to create a soil survey, it is necessary to know exactly where the later buildings should be. The soil samples are taken by means of core drilling, from which the expert can make statements on the bearing capacity of the substrate and the water conditions.


11/2018
“Umbele” becomes “Angaza”
Some attentive readers may already have noticed: The name for our planned children’s village has changed. The name “Angaza Children’s Village Lutindi” has now been changed from “Umbele Village” by board decision. In the future, it will also be used in all official documents that become necessary during project development. We have chosen the new name of the Children’s Village from a variety of proposals that our Tanzanian partner C.B.R.O. had developed. “Angaza” means translated from Swahili into English, as much as “lighten up”, to lighten up in German. Very suitable for our project, which wants to set bright spots in the lives of disadvantaged children. And also easy to speak and write in English and German.

09/2018
Contract signed with MeTL
After more than two years of intensive dialogue with the landowner, the MeTL-Group / Daressalam, a final version of the property for the construction of the children’s village on the 45,000 m² site in the Usambara Mountains was closed. Registration in the basic register has already been initiated. A show of strength for both partners.

08/2018
Visit from Tanzania
Florence Paulo Shemndolwa, member of the C.B.R.O. board team from Lutindi / Tanzania, is visiting Germany. Reason enough for a joint meeting, which we had arranged in the Innenhafen Duisburg. There was a lot to talk about at a dinner together with our consultant Si-yeun Hammerbacher. For Flora and us, it was the first personal encounter and we can say that we were immediately captivated by her serene and friendly personality. Flora has made it very clear to us which outstanding significance the ZAC project has for Lutindi and his environment. She even speaks a few words of German, but understands more than she can speak. We were able to learn a lot more about the country and its people and were able to discuss details of our project. We did not want to let Flora drive back to Lutindi without a MSV shirt and gave her one as a small gift. We will not forget this evening so soon.

06/2018
Copper money collection campaign 2017/2018 a great success
MSV fans collected copper coins for the children’s village project and again proved their passion for collecting. In the end, a good 200 kg of copper coins worth EURO 1,542.07 were counted by S-Cash Logistics in Mülheim / Ruhr and exchanged into hard currency. S cash logistics rounded up to EUR 1,700. In addition, cash donations of the copper money campaign EURO 878.00 went into the bank account of ZAC, so that the action brought in a total of EUR 2,578.00 for the children’s village project, specifically for the construction of the village meeting point. Great.

The collection campaign 2018/2019 has already started.

06/2018
Completion of the C.B.R.O. office in Lutindi
One of the editions of the Tanzanian Authority was the presence of an official bureau for our NGO “C.B.R.O.” With the Lutheran Church, which owns a room in Lutindi Mental Hospital, a solution could be found quickly and easily. For the equivalent of € 3.75 a month we were given a room, which had to be renovated. The renovation was voluntarily taken over by our Tanzanian NGO board, the renovation materials were taken over by the Lutheran church.

05/2018
CBRO-LUTINDI-FC is equipped
The fans of the MSV Duisburg collected money and thus equipped the players of the CBRO-LUTINDI-FC with a total of 25 pairs of football boots. Capelli, supplier to the MSV Duisburg, has placed a total of 25 sets of jerseys from the MSV shop (big thank you to Kay Mourhag, Capelli, Christian Tölle and team and fans of MSV Duisburg) with the logo of the new football club, his name and all Back numbers printed. The package will travel to Tanzania in the last week of May. Incidentally, our team won the first test match 2-0. Congratulations!

04/2018
ZAC e.V. with its own football team in the Tanzanian league
In April, it was decided to set up its own ZAC team through the Tanzanian ZAC subsidiary and NGO “C.B.R.O.” to register for the game operation of the Usambara region, which will in future be scoring points as “C.B.R.O. Lutindi FC”.
Our Tanzanian manager Ombeni puts together a five-strong team of 25 players from each of the five village communities. The ZAC e.V. currently collects football boots in the MSV portal. Complete jerseys are sponsored by the supplier of MSV Duisburg, Capelli.

03/2018
Multilingual homepage
In the first step, our homepage was created bilingually. Thanks to Dr. Sabine Freyling, who has taken over the translations, our HP is now also available in English. Kiswahili will follow in the next step.

03/2018
account opening
CBRO, the Tanzanian ZAC NGO, opens a business account in Korogwe / Tanzania. Thus, the financial transactions can be carried out significantly cheaper. In addition, CBRO has created its own Facebook account in English.

02/2018
Constituent meeting of the CBRO board
Following the founding of the Tanzanian ZAC-NGO Children Base Reinforcement Organization, CBRO’s new board met in mid-February 2018 for its inaugural meeting and also made the first decisions.

Not on the picture is board member Zakaria Mnkai (also Lutindi Mental Hospital), who was currently sent by the Bethel organization to a congress in Germany (Wuppertal). The number of board members of a Tanzanian NGO was given to us by the responsible state authority.
The first step was to create a Tanzanian account with the CRDB bank in nearby Korogwe, so that we do not always have to allocate small individual amounts, which are then expensive in terms of fees. As the official postal address, the CBRO, such a further decision, the address of the Lutindi Mental Hospital is given, in which we will have our own room.

02/2018
Open House at HSBK, Oberhausen
On 03.02.2018 the ZAC e.V. was a guest at the Open-House of HSBK Oberhausen between 09.00 and 13.00 o’clock. There was also a 45-minute talk with an interesting series of pictures in which the students and the accompanying teacher Dr.-Ing. Sascha Geifes in front of a larger audience about the working trip of the HSBK in November 2017 to Lutindi, Tanzania.
They presented to an interested audience the extensive results of their work and also some exciting experiences. At the end of the talk, there was an intensive round of talks with the attending audience, in which many questions were asked about the project and its progress.

01/2018
Tanzanian ZAC NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) was founded
After long preparations, the ZAC e.V. received the certificate of incorporation from the Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children on 19.01.2018. Thus, the way is clear for the statutory project of the ZAC e.V. in Tanzania, to build a children’s village in the Usambara Mountains in the village community Lutindi. The legally binding contract between the newly founded “CHILDREN BASE REINFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION”, the name of the Tanzanian ZAC subsidiary, and the MeTL Group, which provided the 45,000 m² building plot, can now finally be implemented.

Annual report fiscal year 2018 (January 01th, 2016 to December 31st, 2018)

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Annual report fiscal year 2018 (January 1st, 2018 to December 31st, 2018)

At the center of all activities, and thus the focus for the 2018 financial year, was the founding of a Tanzanian NGO as the basis for all future legal transactions in Tanzania. In particular, for the final contractual arrangement with the MeTL Group on the lease of the building plot in the Usambara Mountains in an area of ​​45,000 m², which would not be possible without an NGO.

January 2018
On 19.01.2018 the ZAC founded the Tanzanian NGO (Non Governmental Organization) in the state ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children as a general requirement for the construction of a children’s village in Tanzania as well as all other legal transactions. The NGO was registered as a “Children Base Reinforcement Organization”, short form “C.B.R.O.” based in Lutindi / Tanga.

February 2018
The ZAC board took part in an open-house of the Hans-Sachs-Berufskolleg (HSBK) in Oberhausen and presented the results of the cooperation with the HSBK to an interested audience, especially those from the working trip of a HSBK delegation Lutindi in November 2017.

February 2018
In February 2018, the future board of our Tanzanian NGO was formed. In the honorary active executive committee were selected:
Zakaria Mnkai (CEO)
Petro G. Makange (Deputy Chairman)
Rogers Shehumu (Member of the Board)
Florence Shemndolwa (Member of the Board)
Peter Ombeni Oyo (Member of the Board) and sole honorary employee in function as Chief-Coordinator of ZAC e.V. in Tanzania.

March 2018
Opening of a Tanzanian bank account in Korogwe to handle business in the country. The account is approved by the Board of C.B.R.O. guided locally on the basis of the four-eye principle and exclusively according to our instructions.
Transfers from VB’s German ZAC account to the Tanzanian NGO account will, as far as possible, only be carried out on a quarterly basis as of autumn 2018, for cost-saving reasons.

March 2018
The ZAC e.V. opens its own Facebook account in order to reach even more people in addition to its own Internet presence and to increase the chances of further members, supporters or property sponsors. In the same month the C.B.R.O. in Tanzania also has its own Facebook account.

April 2018
The ZAC homepage is now bilingual and will be available in English later. In the next step, the option of choosing the third language, Swahili, is planned.

April 2018
The ZAC e.V. founded with the C.B.R.O. as a project ambassador a football team of its own, consisting of a first and a second team, which in the future under the name “C.B.R.O. LUTINDI FC ” will play games against other regional Tanzanian teams. A total of 25 players from the 5 villages of the village community Lutindi were selected for their own two teams at a separate viewing day in Lutindi. The C.B.R.O. LUTINDI FC has been officially registered.

May 2018
Fans of the MSV Duisburg collected money for the equipment of the C.B.R.O. Lutindi FC and thus contributed a total of 25 pairs of football boots to equip the players who were purchased in the country. The supplier of the MSV Duisburg, Capelli, represented by Kay Mourheg, donated 25 complete jerseys, which were printed in honorary work free of charge by the shop team of MSV Duisburg under the direction of Christian Tölle with the logo, the numbers and the club name.

June 2018
One of the requirements of founding our Tanzanian NGO was the presence of a physical office. We were able to reach an agreement with the Tanzanian Evangelical Lutheran Church on the renting of a space that is appropriate and sufficient for our purposes in the premises of the Lutindi Mental Hospital. For the equivalent of € 3.75 per month, we rented this space on a long-term basis, renovated it ourselves and equipped it with the necessary operational facilities. A table, two chairs, some paint and some office utensils have barely charged in terms of cost.

June 2018
The ZAC e.V. was once again awarded the Town & Country Foundation Prize this year, which was endowed with a donation of € 1,000.00.

June 2018
The 12-month collection campaign of copper coins, which expired in June 2018, was once again considered a success. Overall, the collection community of fans collected an amount of 1,572.07 euros. The Mülheim S-Cash Logistics has carried out the automatic counting of the coins and their exchange free of charge as every year so also this year. In addition, separate donations totaling 878.00 euros were received as part of this campaign, with the result that the 2017/2018 campaign brought in a total of 2,578.07 euros for the project. In the same month, the copper money campaign 2018/2019 was launched on an enlarged scale. It is now not limited more to the collection of copper money.

August 2018
Meeting with the C.B.R.O. Executive Board member Florence Shemndolwa in Duisburg and intensive exchange on the project and the environment in Lutindi.

September 2018
After lengthy and very difficult negotiations, after two years of discussions and formulations between the Tanzanian MeT-Group, the largest Tanzanian employer and landowner, and us (through our NGO C.B.R.O.), a legally binding contract for the free use of the land for our construction project was concluded. The contract provides for the provision of 45.000m² of building land in Lutindi and describes the terms of use. Registration in the Tanzanian Basic Register has been initiated.

October 2018
The construction of a sports field / football field, planned in our construction phase 3, was brought forward. This sports ground will be on the one hand the C.B.R.O.LUTINDI FC as well as the students of the two schools in Lutindi available (previously not available). This planning has met with a great response from the municipality of Lutindi. The villagers redirected a stream as a preparatory work on the planned area. Fans of the MSV Duisburg have collected in a spontaneous fundraising collection for the necessary, machine straightening of the area required amount of a total of € 1,330.00 (renting a grader).

November 2018
The necessary ground survey was commissioned by the state-owned TanRoad, after a new cost estimate was obtained. The total cost amounted to 1,650.00 euros, which were taken over in full by the Dinslakener engineering and planning office Zühlsdorf in the context of an object sponsorship to 100%.

November 2018
Following a unanimous decision of the Board of Directors, the provisional project name “Umbele Village” was transferred to the final village name “Angaza Children’s Village” (Angaza translates as “bright spots”) proposed by the C.B.R.O. board. This name will be maintained internally and externally in all publications and official documents.

November 2018
ZAC e.V. awarded the order to C.B.R.O for the partial clearing of the heavily smoked building site due to the pending execution of the soil assessment. Accessibility had to be guaranteed. Some Tanzanian day laborers completed the work within 10 days. Total cost around 300.00 euros.

December 2018
The construction of a village sports field was completed as the first major project of the ZAC in Lutindi. As a prelude to the upcoming planing helped the entire village in the laying of a stream. Then the ground level was leveled with a bulldozer. The remaining work will be taken over again by the village community. This will give the two schools of the village and the C.B.R.O. Lutindi FC have their own sports field available.

December 2018
In FY 2018, only 8 new memberships and 1 sponsoring membership were registered. This is a significant decline compared to the previous years.
In total, seven memberships and 48 active memberships have been received by ZAC e.V. since its founding until 31.12.2018. Two resignations of members were recorded in 2018 and thus in total since the founding of the association.
The number of donations also declined significantly compared to 2017 and 2018. This is mainly attributable to the fact that the takeover of property sponsorships, which was too low in 2018, had significantly increased the average donation received in previous years through large individual donations. Here, it is important to lay the main activities and efforts of the entire Executive Board in 2019.
The account balance of the club at the VB Duisburg was reported on December 31, 2017 at 40,984.48 euros and at 31.12.2018 at 45,978.56 euros.

Duisburg, 31.12.2018
Holger Glücks
Chairman

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Report of the ZAC Annual General Meeting of 18.06.2019

Location: Evangelisches Gemeindehaus Magdalenenstr. 12 in Duisburg-Beek
Date / Start: 18.06.2019 at 19.02 clock
Present persons: 11, of which 10 have voting rights

Agenda items:

1. Welcome by the CEO
2. Determination of the proper convocation and the quorum of the general meeting
3. Annual Report of the Management Board for the financial year 2018
4. Annual Report of the Chief Financial Officer for the financial year 2018
5. discharge of the board
6. Discharge of the CFO
7. Request for amendments to the statutes * / **
8. Other / debate

* Amendment 1 to the existing statutes

New paragraph to §7, paragraph 6,
The existing board can complement itself by co-option. Co-opted board members are appointed to the board for a two-year term. After expiry of the two-year membership of the Executive Board, they can be co-opted again. The maximum number of co-opted board members is limited to 3 persons.

** Amendment 2 to the existing statutes
Precision §5, paragraph 2
§ 5 Termination of Memberships
(1) Membership ends by voluntary withdrawal or expulsion.
(2) Resignation shall be effected by written declaration to the Executive Board at the end of the current financial year.

To 1:
The CEO welcomed the attendees and opened the JHV.

To 2:
The Chairman of the Board of Directors determined the orderly and punctual convening of the meeting and its quorum.

To 3:
Thomas Maassen, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, gave the members a detailed report on all the activities of the association that took place in the 2018 financial year, as well as on all decisions taken and events that had occurred, broken down by the individual reporting months. These can be found on the club’s website at http://www.zac-ev.com in the submenu “Transparency”, “Annual Report 2018” in detail.

To 4:
Thomas Hufer, the chosen cash auditor, read the cash and document verification report, which did not result in any objections to the proper and orderly conduct of the documents and documents. A correct and proper use of the funds was confirmed.
Margit Suhr as CFO subsequently gave a detailed overview of the most important income and expenses of the association in her financial report. The main revenues were donations from different donors as well as membership fees. The largest expenditure factors were planned individual projects and the fee costs for our Tanzanian honorary power Ombeni Peter Ayo. The club account had a balance of 40,984.48 as of 31.12.2018.
Detailed information about the booked income and expenses can be found on our website http://www.zac-ev.com in the sub-menu “Transparency”, “Revenue-Expense-Surplus Statement” (availability depending on the date of completion at the executing tax consultancy).

To 5:
In the following vote, the board was unanimously discharged.

To 6:
In the following vote, the treasurer / CFO was unanimously exonerated.

To 7:
The two amendments to the statutes were unanimously approved in their verbiage.

To 8:
Following the official part of the JHV two screenings were shown. Markus Visser and life partner Caro, who visited Lutindi in January 2018, presented an emotional and interesting report on the country and its people.
Georg Terbeck, teacher at the HSBK Oberhausen and Dipl. Bau-Ing., Reports with a very informative picture on the findings of the inspection and measurement of the building plot in Lutindi as well as planning examples for village design.

Afterwards there was a lively discussion about the pictures shown.

The JHV ended at 9:30 pm.

signed Holger Glücks
CEO
Duisburg, 20.06.2019

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List of companies and individual that contributed to more than 10% of the overall donations in the fiscal year 2018:

Rheintank GmbH, Duisburg                                                                           2.000,– Euro

Krohne Messtechnik Gmbh; Duisburg                                                           3.000,– Euro

Ingenieur- und Planungsbüro Zühlsdorf, Dinslaken                                      1.650,– Euro

Town & Country Stiftung, Hörselberg-Hainbach                                            1.000,– Euro

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ZEBRAS ACTIVE COMMUNITY e.V. (shortform ZAC e.V.)
Friedhofstr. 43
47139 Duisburg, Germany

E-mail: zac.verein@gmail.com

Represented by the managing committee
Holger Glücks (CEO)
Thomas Maassen (Deputy CEO)

Non-profit association
– Incorporated at the district court Duisburg under tab VR 5594 on April 14th, 2016
– Tax number 107/5704/3410 at the tax office Duisburg-Nord, Germany
– Tax bill according to §60a section 1AO over the separate assessment of the           adherence of the registered preconditions according to §§ 51, 59, 60 and 61 AO
 dated May 18th, 2016.

CHILDREN BASE REINFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION (shortform C.B.R.O.)
P.O. Box 546
Korogwe / Tanzania
– Incorporated into the Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children
  Dodoma, Tanzania
– Registration Number 0009479, Non-Governmental Organization Act, 2002
– Registration Number 1033270, National Social Security Fund (Cap 50 R.E. 2020)
– Registration Number 152-752-989, Tanzanian Revenue Authority – Taxpayer
  Identification-Number (CTIN 1397998)

Represented by the manging commitee
Rogers Shehumu (CEO)
Petro Godson Makange (Deputy CEO)

Bank details:
Volksbank Rhein-Ruhr eG, Duisburg, Germany
IBAN: DE39 3506 0386 1809 5600 07
BIC: GENODED1VRR

Person responsible for content pursuant to § 10 section 3 of the German Mediendienstestaatsvertrag (MDStV) (communication services data protection law (Mediendienstestaatsvertrag))
Holger Glücks (address as stated above)

Concept, design and implementation:
Holger Glücks

Translations:
Dr. Sabine Freyling
Ombeni Peter Ayo

We would like to thank our sponsors

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Companies
Kadlec & Brödlin GmbH, Duisburg
REWE Feldkamp Einzelhandels oHG, Duisburg
EDEKA Pollschmidt, Solingen, Wuppertal
PERFACTS GmbH, Dorsten
Arnold Hollerbach Grundstücks- und Vermögensverwaltung e.K., Hardheim, Germany
Huggins & Kroh GmbH, Ratingen, Germany
Ingenieur- und Planungsbüro Zühlsdorf, Dinslaken, Germany
Krohne Messtechnik GmbH, Duisburg, Germany
Nautica Binnenscheepvaart B.V., Zwijndrecht (The Netherlands)
SR-Scholz Rohstoffe GmbH & Co.KG, Duisburg, Germany
Baaten Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH, Duisburg
Kanzlei am Kaiserberg, Duisburg

Institutions
Hans-Sachs-Berufskolleg, Oberhausen, Germany
Technical consulting and planning of buildings and facilities of the children’s village. Job-related training support for young Tanzanians. We want to express our dedicated thanks to Dr.Ing. Sascha Geifes, Vanessa Strack.

Town & Country-Stiftung, Hörselberg-Hainich OT Behringen, Germany
The jury of the Town & Country foundation has awarded ZAC with the 2017, 2018,  2019 and 2021 foundation price.

Privat Persons
Peter Schnürer, Voerde
Andrea Chilla, Duisburg, Germany
André Szczur, Recklinghausen, Germany
Carsten Schillings, Essen, Germany
Hugo J.S., Germany Vautrin, Waltrop, Germany
Rolf Wolsink-Malms, Lünen, Germany
Nico Hörster, Wuppertal
Sebastian Blume, Duisburg
Nicole Beaujean-Raeder, Duisburg

We would like to thank our premium partners.

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Companies
Hargreaves raw material services GmbH, Duisburg, Germany
Volksbank Rhein-Ruhr eG, Duisburg, Germany
Schauinsland-Reisen GmbH, Duisburg, Germany
Krohne Messtechnik GmbH, Duisburg, Germany

Organisations
Lions Hilfswerk Duisburg-Concordia e.V., Duisburg, Germany
Grafschafter Lions Club, Moers, Germany
MSV Duisburg e.V., Duisburg, Germany

Privat Persons
Eller family, Duisburg, Germany
Baris Özbek, former player of MSV Duisburg
Fans of MSV Duisburg

“Euro coins collection rallye”

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The loyal collection community PFYC zebras filling the collection 2022.

For all the loyal collectors of copper coins for our project work, we would like to mention the group “PFYC-Zebras”, which is made up of MSV fans and which has also promoted coin collecting in its environment and is active there. Among others, the “Kaufmännische Berufskolleg Walther Rathenau” in Hamborn or the “City administration of Wesel” participated.

But also the colleagues of the public order office of the city of Duisburg have diligently collected coins for the good cause. Chapeau and thank you to all of you.

Chapeau and thank you to all of you.

Small coins – great effect
Think global – act local. This catchy motto also applies to the ZAC, especially when it comes to fundraising for our project in Tanzania. So we also like to make small donations from our immediate vicinity, which can be collected as unbureaucratically as possible. For the ZAC with its hometown of Duisburg that means: in the city and in the region.

Here we collect euro coins of every value, which sometimes inflate so many wallets and are often perceived as annoying in daily payments. Exactly on these little treasures we are keen. After all, many small coins will always end up as valuable euros. “Small cattle are also crap” commented the aptly the vernacular.

Proven idea
We were able to prove that such actions can be surprisingly successful. Already completed group rounds in Duisburg and the surrounding area yielded the following results over the individual years:

Collection season 2017/2018 – result 2.578 euros
Collection season 2018/2019 – result 1.637 euros
Collection season 2019/2020 – result 1.950 euros
Collection season 2021/2011 – result 

Finance a building object together
So now the ZAC “Coin Collection Marathon 2021/2022” has been launched, which will end in mid-2022. We had set ourselves the ambitious goal of using the collected coins to finance, among other things, the construction of a roofed village meeting place for the children. 5,000 Euros have been calculated for this in the middle of our children’s village and this amount has been reached in the meantime. As a next goal, we want to finance the necessary materials and wages for the design of the path area in the children’s village amounting to a good 10,000 Euros through this campaign in the course of the coming years.

Anyone in and around Duisburg can take part in this year’s coin collecting marathon. Whether it’s a canning jar, a piggy bank or a tin can – a suitable container can be found at home in no time at all. So start collecting euro coins now, it’s going to add up! Next summer we will have the collected coins professionally sorted and counted. Of course, the ZAC will then provide detailed information here about what has added up.

Coin delivery in city and region
Where then finally with the coins collected at home? Quite simply bring it to our ZAC collection points, which we have listed below and will also complete. There are spacious containers ready for coin insertion, so that you can get rid of weight anytime in between. Everything that lands here by mid-2020 flows directly into our developing children’s village.

Join in! Rally with us for our Children’s Village project!

Central collection points:

MSV Duisburg Shop in the Schauinsland Travel Arena, Duisburg, Margaretenstr. 5-7

Esso petrol station Huggins & Kroh, near Breitscheider Kreuz,
Am Krummenweg 2, 40885 Ratingen (Lintorf)

 

 

 

 

Vorläufiger Kostenvoranschlag

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C o n s t r u c t i o n p h a s e 1

Soil expertise, land registry, survey/mapping costs, clearing
approx. 3,500 €
Reimbursement by Katja and Jens Zühlsdorf, Dinslaken

Construction of a cistern (usable water) and a deep well (drinking water) [18] cistern
approx. 6,000 €
donated by Krohne Messtechnik GmbH, Duisburg

Example picture cistern

Waste water pool
donated by Perfacts GmbH, Dorsten
together with
b-light Reflective Ware, Dorsten
approx. 1,500 €

Pump station with water reservoir (example picture) and pipework, donated by Hargreaves raw material services GmbH and Eller family, Duisburg, Germany
approx. 15,500 €

Example picture water tank

 

Energy house for solar and photovoltaic technic (example picture) 
approx. 10,000 €
donated by
FIEGE Logistik Stiftung & Co.KG, Greven

Solar modules and storage batteries
approx. 35.000 €

Example picture power supply using solar panels

 

Children’s house 1 for 12 children “Ineke´s Huis”,
donated by
Hargreaves raw material services GmbH and Eller family, Duisburg, Germany
approx. 20,000 €

Children’s house 2 for 12 children “House Margret”,
donated by
families Schulte/Fisser, Duisburg, Essen, Bottrop, Olpe, Germany
approx. 20,000 €

Children´s house 3 for 12 children “Kapellmann-House” 
donated by
Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB, Mönchengladbach
approx. 20,000 €

Assembly hall with dining hall and sanitary facilities [3]
approx. 27,500 €

Village kitchen in the assembly hall
approx. 10,000 €

Storage room donated by Krohne Messtechnik GmbH, Duisburg, Germany
approx. 5,000 €

Site grading
approx. 30,000 €

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C o n s t r u c t i o n p h a s e 2

Home of the village’s head with reception and administration [6]
approx. 15,000 €

2 children’s homes (12 m x 8,5 m)
approx. 40,000 €

Farm shop
approx. 10,000 €

Farm animal stables
approx. 5,000 €

Pens for small animals
approx. 3,500 €

Sheltered playground 
approx. 3,000 €
donated by Michael Plängsken, Wesel

Gatehouse / entry property protection
approx. 2,500 €
donated by MSV Duisburg e.V.

 

Cultivation areas with tools
approx. 8,000 €

Pavement works (ways) in the village area
approx. 10,000 €

Furniture for all houses
approx. 22,000 €

Garage and tool shed
approx. 5,000 €
Share donation in the amount of 2,500 € by Rainer Pastoor, Duisburg

Used off-road vehicle (example picture) as supply vehicle
approx. 10,000 €

Example picture light truck

 

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C o n s t r u c t i o n p h a s e 3

2 lodges for tourists and volunteers (6 m x 7 m)
approx. 20,000 €

Sheltered village assembly point
approx. 5,000 €
donated by the coppercoin collecting circle (Fans MSV Duisburg)

Training locksmith’s shop and sewing room
approx. 20,000 €

Greening/planting trees in the village area donated by the Grafschafter Lions Club (GLCM), Moers
approx. 2,000 €

Footballfield (for the two schools and the C.B.R.O. Lutindi FFC)
approx. 1.500 €
donated by Fans of MSV Duisburg

Preliminary total planned costs*
approx. 387,500 €

*
These total plan costs do not provide for costs incurred for personnel expenses or operating expenses, for example, but only covers the costs incurred for building the village and other costs related to the building activities.

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We require different kinds of help to achieve our goals. Besides necessary financial help, we also require qualified support in the area of non-material ways, especially from people in the Duisburg region. We welcome the following kinds of assistance on the basis of voluntary work or against issuing of donation certificates as stipulated by the German law.

The “Our Supporters” category is specifically dedicated to our supporting partners. It is intended as a platform they can use to present their company logos with link to their own websites.

Get in touch and send an e-mail to zac.verein@gmail.com

At present, we are searching for:

A lawyer with experience in international contract law, if possible.
Allies that have the power, enthusiasm and the commitment to help us achieve our goals. Fund raising experience would be plus but is not a necessity. The only requirement is that you want to actively help us to achieve our goal.