Image series “traditional Christmas party Lutindi 2021”.
Image series journey of the HSBK delegation to Lutindi Februar 2019
Image series building plot Lutindi / Usambara Mountains
Picture series journey of the HSBK delegation to Lutindi November 2017
Picture series presentation of the work at HSBK-Oberhausen
District Commissioner Miss Basila Mwanukuzi visits Lutindi (Sept. 2021)
“Traditional Marketplace” – MSV Duisburg supports ZAC work – April 2017
Property tour in Lutindi, Usambara mountains, Tanzania, November 2016
In April 2018, together with our friends from our Tanzanian non-governmental organization C.B.R.O. ( Children Base Reinforcement Organization) in Lutindi we decided to found their own football team, which was registered after a certain player selection process as a regional sports ambassador of our project.
C.B.R.O. LUTINDI FC was founded.
The equipment of the team with two complete jersey sets took over the jersey supplier of MSV Duisburg, the US-American supplier “Capelli”. Fans of the MSV Duisburg donated money for the purchase of 25 pairs of football boots. The enthusiasm of the new team was great. There was a spontaneous dance of joy when the jerseys and shoes arrived.
But playing football also requires a decent football field. The existing field was almost unplayable, so we decided to finance and build a proper sports field for the community Lutindi.
This should also be used by the two schools of the place for school sports. In October 2018, the first work began on the new sports field. A stream had to be redirected by hand. The whole village has volunteered and implemented this project.
November 2018 – Diverting of the creek
Dezember 2018 – Field leveling starts
Continued construction of sports field Sept. 2020 after destruction by severe storms in fall 2019.
Annual report fiscal year 2017 (January 1st, 2017 to December 31st, 2017)
The most important targets for the fiscal year 2017 have been the expansion of the member figures (members/supporters – we require a basis of at least 150 members until the end of the third construction phase in order to cover the overheads of the children’s village), acquisition of object godparents, further increase of donations as well as the legal hedge of the site promised by the Tanzanian MeTL Group.
January 2017: The Grafschafter Lions Club Moers, Germany, represented by its president Roland Schaffer, overtake the object godparenthood for the village greening, part of construction phase III.
March 2017: First annual general meeting of the ZAC e.V. in the club tavern of MSV Duisburg. The managing committee informs the members about the statement and reports on the progress in the project work. The managing committee is discharged.
Si-yeun Hammerbacher will become honorary co-worker of ZAC e.V. in Lutindi (her spouse is head of the Lutindi Mental Hospital). Her main target is to obtain the legal hedge of the site. Ms Hammerbacher has also received the commitment from the Tanzanian authority that grants a basic building license for the children’s village in Lutindi.
May 2017: Hargraves raw material services GmbH, a company located in Duisburg and the Eller family overtake the object godparenthood and thus the complete costs for the erection of the water supply of the children’s village and the construction of one children home.
May 2017: MSV Duisburg holds an auction (traditional market), the revenue of which will be granted to the ZAC project with a 10% share. More than EUR 2,800 have been distributed. MSV Duisburg’s donation will be used for a specified purpose (object godparenthood of the gatehouse/property protection).
June 2017: ZAC e.V. is awarded the foundation price 2017 of the Town & Country foundation which is remunerated with EUR 1,000.
Cooperation agreement settled into with the Hans-Sachs-Berufskolleg (HSBK) (technical college) Oberhausen, Germany. HSBK plans the technical parameters required for the construction of the children’s village within the scope of the college engineer training on a voluntary basis. This includes, among other things, the drafting of the most optimal layout of the houses and the exterior view, including structural engineering calculation, determination of the most beneficial building materials, the creation of a cross-country tread and inspection of the site regarding the most ideal development on site in Tanzania. Close cooperation between HSBK and ZAC e.V. HSBK will also support the later qualification of Tanzanian apprentices, which will be trained in the ZAC workshops on site.
July 2017: ZAC e.V. starts a copper coin collection frenzy with MSV Duisburg (a collection point will be located in the club’s shop) and S-Bargeldlogistik, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany, which converts the coins into “real” money free of charge. The frenzy is scheduled to run until at least May 2018.
August 2017: ZAC e.V. from now on uses social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter for its public relations activities.
The honorary work of Ms. Hammerbacher ceases as she returns with her family to Germany. Her tasks will be taken over by the two honorary employees Ombeni-Peter Ayo (teacher in Lutindi) and Petro Gledson Makange (former manager at World Vision). Both have an excellent network in the region. Ms. Hammerbacher remains with us as a consulting and voluntary employee in Germany.
September 2017: First meeting of the ZAC circle of friends (members, supporters, object godparents) at the MSV Duisburg’s club tavern. Roland Schaffer presented the PAUL system, which can be used to turn waste water into drinking water without much effort and in a reliable way. ZAC e.V. plans to buy two of these PAUl aggregates for the children’s village.
November 2017: The Duisburg-based travel company Schauinsland-Reisen GmbH donates 30 overhauled PCs and corresponding LCD monitors. These are to become a part of the “Lutindi Education Project”. In the scope of this project, the primary and secondary schools are to be equipped with modern teaching materials. A huge step for this region.
The MeTL Group’s management informed us that, owing to legal reasons, it requires a Tanzanian NGO as contractual partner for the transfer of the 45,000 sqm construction site. The establishment of a Tanzanian NGO will be task to be completed in the first quarter of 2018.
The governmental “TanRoad” organisation requires us to provide a soil expertise in order to be allowed to start construction on the offered building site. Petro G. Makange managed to obtain special conditions for this in Dar es Salaam for ZAC e.V. Therefore, the costs will for this will be only EUR 1,800 instead of EUR 3,600
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A delegation of three pupils, accompanied by Dr. Ing. Sascha Geifes from HSBK flies to Tanzania/Lutindi for one week, partially financed by ZAC e.V. On site, they will analyse, measure and map the premises, will develop construction recommendations and will look for suitable building materials. The results will be presented to ZAC e.V. in December 2018.
Krohne Messtechnik GmbH, Duisburg will become an object godparent and will bear the costs for the construction of a storage room, which is part of the first construction phase.
December 2017: Whereas the fiscal year of 2016 only listed 18 members, the number of members had been raised in 2017 to 45 members.
Summary: The majority of the aims set for the fiscal year 2017 has been accomplished. The number of members has risen to a significant level. Only the number of donations showed a poor performance in 2017. This might have been due to insufficient public media activities as not all facts and figures could be presented to the public. For 2018, a social media project is planned to increase the public’s awareness for ZAV e.V. On December 31st, 2017, the bank account of ZAC e.V. showed a credit of EUR 40,984.48. Fiscal advice had again been given to ZAC e.V. thanks to the voluntary help of Angelika R. Liening (tax consultant).
Duisburg, February 28th, 2018
Holger Glücks
Chairperson
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List of companies and individual that contributed to more than 10% of the overall donations in the fiscal year 2016:
Volksbank Rhein-Ruhr eG
Am Innenhafen 8-10
47059 Duisburg, Germany EUR 2,000
Eller family
Duisburg, Germany EUR 5,000
Hargreaves raw material Services GmbH
Böningerstr. 29
47051 Duisburg, Germany EUR 5,000
Arnold Hollerbach Grundstücks- und Vermögensverwaltung e.K.
Hans-Scheibel-Str. 4
74736 Hardheim, Germany EUR 1,000
Baris Özbek
Vöhdeweg 40a
44577 Castrop-Rauxel, Germany EUR 2,500
MSV Duisburg e.V.
Margaretenstr. 5-7
47055 Duisburg, Germany EUR 2,378
Krohne Messtechnik GmbH
Ludwig-Krohne-Str. 5
47058 Duisburg, Germany EUR 4,500
Rheintank GmbH
August-Hirsch-Str. 3
47119 Duisburg, Germany EUR 2,000
Town & Country Stiftung
Hauptstr. 90e
99820 Hörselberg-Hainbach, Germany EUR 1,000
“Transparency is important to us. Therefore, we have joined the Initiative Transparente Zivilgesellschaft (Transparency International). We are obliged to provide the following 10 pieces of information to the public and update them as required.”
1. Name, location, address and year of establishment
Zebras Active Community e.V. (abbreviated ZAC e.V.)
Located in Duisburg, Germany
Address:
Zebras Active Community e.V.
c/o MSV Duisburg e.V.
Westender Straße 36
47138 Duisburg, Germany
Established in 2016
2. Entire articles of association of the registered society including information on the targets/objectives of our organisation
Articles of association
General information of the targets: Building a children’s village for up to 60 specifically neglected children (the majority of which are orphans) including the entire infrastructure and village-owned training workshops.
3. Information on tax concessions
ZAC fulfils the requirements that have been set out as specified in the articles of association of §§ 51, 59, 60 and 61 AO for its purpose to build a children’s village in Tanzania according to the last decree received on May 18th, 2016 according to § 60a section 1 AO of the tax office Duisburg-Nord, Germany (tax number 107/5704/3410 VST).
4. Name and function of main decision makers
To Decision Makers
5. Annual Activity Report (AAR)
The annual activity report is continuously updated and published:
To Annual Activity Report 2016
6. Staff Structure
ZAC works with volunteers and without paid/employed staff.
7. Information on the Source of Funds
ZAC obtains funds from membership fees, supporting fees, object godparenthoods, special-purpose enterprises and donations.
Annual Accounts 2016
Annual Accounts 2017 (not yet available)
8. Information on the Application of Funds
ZAC uses its funds for the direct funding of the purpose as specified in the articles of association.
9. Corporate Affiliations with Third Parties
ZAC does not maintain any corporate affiliations with third parties.
10. Names of persons, the annual payment of which exceed 10% of the overall year budget
Proof 2016
Proof 2017
Proof 2018
Proof 2019
Proof 2020
Proof 2021
11/2017
Public Schools Founded
The well-known Duisburger company Schauinsland-Reisen GmbH donated a total of 30 premium PCs including LCD screens to ZAC e.V. This donation will be the decisive component for the ZAC project “modern training systems” at two schools in the Lutindi village community, where ZAC will establish its children’s village. The Lutindi Primary School and the Mashindei Secondary School will be equipped with these PCs for learning purposes. The schools thus obtain enhancement in the regional environment.
10/2017
Being active on site for ZAC
Since October, 1st 2017 Peter Ombeni is working for ZAC e.V. in Tanzania.
Peter Ombeni (Member of CBRO board) is regional networker in close contact with local and regional politicians. He is responsible for coordinating and monitoring local tasks and will try his best to raise the acceptance of the project and to integrate the children’s village in the regional village community. He is also in charge of our additional school founding project “Digital Education” from which the primary and secondary schools will benefit. The first 30 PCs including LCD screens have already been donated by a company located in Duisburg.
Peter Ombeni (Member of CBRO board) is regional networker in close contact with local and regional politicians. He is responsible for coordinating and monitoring local tasks and will try his best to raise the acceptance of the project and to integrate the children’s village in the regional village community. He is also in charge of our additional school founding project “Digital Education” from which the primary and secondary schools will benefit. The first 30 PCs including LCD screens have already been donated by a company located in Duisburg.
09/2017
First meeting of ZAC members, supporters and object godparents
ZAC invited 14 ZAC friends to the MSV Duisburg’s club tavern for an initial meeting and interesting exchange of question related to the project. To be continued.
08/2017
ZAC information using social network
ZAC is now on Facebook and Twitter.
07/2017
Copper Coin Collection Frenzy
ZAC has enlarged its fundraising by an important element. The “Copper Coin Collection Frenzy 2017/2018” has been started.
A large number of very enthusiastic people from Duisburg are collecting copper coins for a couple of years. The proceeds will be used in 2018 to finance the roofed village assembly point in “Umbele Village”.
Central collection points for the coins are located in the ZebraShop, which is located in the stadium of MSV Duisburg and in the Duisburger Königsgalerie, where the MSV stadium model is presented to the public.
07/2017
Cooperation with the university of cooperative education
A couple of weeks ago, ZAC started a long-term cooperation with the Hans-Sachs-Berufskolleg (HSBK) (technical collage) in Oberhausen, Germany. The renowned university of cooperative education teaches engineers in different specialist areas. HSBK will be responsible for the technical planning of the children’s village and develops the technical basics for the energy and water supply. HSBK renders these services free of charge for ZAC e.V. This year, a delegation from KSBK will travel to Lutindi/Usambara mountains for an onsite inspection.
07/2017
More members, more supporters
Great! Since May 2017, the number of club members has doubled from 18 to 41, at present. The original two supporting members have become five supporting members.
06/2017
Advancement award received
The jury of the Town & Country foundation has awarded the ZAC e.V. project with a foundation price. The official “symbolic” award ceremony together with the foundation money will be held in September.
05/2017
Visitors from Tanzania
ZAC employee Si-yeun Hammerbacher from Lutindi/Tanzania visited Duisburg and reported about the latest developments, especially the current status of the site question.
[from left to right] Margit Suhr (finance chairperson), Si-yeun Hammerbacher (chief executive Tanzania), Holger Glücks (chairperson), Randolf Jandt (communication chairperson)
05/2017
MSV Traditional Market
ZAC e.V. had an information desk in the stadium at the first traditional market of MSV Duisburg. MSV Duisburg donated parts of the proceeds from the auction to ZAC e.V. New members could be found, who support the ZAC e.V. project. The picture below shows Margit Suhr (financial chairperson).
03/2017
Green Light
According to information provided by our Tanzanian employee Si-yeun Hammerbacher, government agencies have granted the general permission to build a children’s village in Lutindi. The only thing left to do is the transfer of the site from Mohammed Enterprises (owner) to ZAC e.V., which is scheduled for April this year.
03/2017
Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2016
The first annual general meeting of ZAC e.V. will take place on May, 12th 2017 at 19.02 o’clock in the club tavern of MSV Duisburg at Westender Strasse in Duisburg, Germany. Invitations with the agenda had been sent in due course to the members.
01/2017
Donation Ceremony
Roland Schaffer (on the left), president of the Grafschafter Lions Club Moers (GLCM), hands over an object godparenthood to ZAC e.V. in the amount of 2.000 Euros.
roland-schaffer-left-and-holger-glucks
12/2016
Donation Ceremony
Baris Özbek, a former MSV Duisburg player, supports ZAC e.V. with a generous donation and became a huge fan of the project and work of ZAC e.V. He wants to engage further in the project in future. Here is a picture of Baris and Holger Glücks (chairperson) during the donation handover in the youth training centre (Nachwuchsleistungszentrum “NLZ”) of MSV Duisburg.
10/2016
A ZAC activist is one his way to a multi-week visit to Tanzania. The main focus of this trip is to find several suitable sites where our children’s village is to be erected.
09/2016
On September 19th and 26th, a dinner party was held for which ZAC had have a tombola where people could win a dinner with his’/hers’ greatest legend (player). Unforgettable impressions for all participants. Sponsored by Duisburger Hof.
07/2016
MSV legend Bernard Dietz played the bringer of good luck for those winning a ZAC legend dinner and drew the winners for each dinner partner.
MSV legend Bernard Dietz played the bringer of good luck for those winning a ZAC legend dinner and drew the winners for each dinner partner.
The managing committee of the ZAC e.V. has obliged itself to offer the maximum of transparency to the public.
One of these criteria is the information on the source and the application of funds, which will be presented here in accounting on a cash basis form, stipulated by the tax authorities, ordered by fiscal years to whom it may concern.
This category will later contain annual reports for each fiscal year in the corresponding fiscal year section. Please use the corresponding tab pages.
The managing committee of the ZAC e.V. has obliged itself to offer the maximum of transparency to the public.
One of these criteria is the information on the source and the application of funds, which will be presented here in accounting on a cash basis form, stipulated by the tax authorities, ordered by fiscal years to whom it may concern.
This category will later contain annual reports for each fiscal year in the corresponding fiscal year section. Please use the corresponding tab pages.
Annual report fiscal year 2016 (April 13th, 2016 to December 31st, 2016)
On February 13th, 2016, Zebras Active Community e.V. (hereinafter referred to as ZAC e.V.) has been established by eight (8) founding member during a foundation assembly. Holger Glücks (chairperson) and Thomas Maasen (deputy chairperson) had been elected as persons authorised to represent the registered association. ZAC e.V. has given itself articles of association and some procedural rules. ZAC has been entered into force upon registration in the register of associations in March 2016. The preliminary recognition of the benefit to the public by the tax office has been carried out in the meantime by the tax office Duisburg-Nord, Germany.
The aim of ZAC is to build a children’s village including infrastructure and training workshops for impaired children in Tanzania. The forecast for the overall project, which only refers to the mere construction costs, requires capital needs in the amount of approximately EUR 300,000, which should be collected by means of donations from medium-sized businesses and the industry. These costs have been estimated on the basis of a reference project in Tanzania.
In a first step, all administration matters, which make operational handling possible, starting with building an Internet web space, printing letterheads have been performed by volunteers.
In the next step, meetings were held with the Freundeskreis Bagamoyo Ahlen (so-called circle of friends) with which a friendly and consulting cooperation could be concluded. The circle of friends is charitable organisation and works in Tanzania itself and has valuable experience regarding building planning and building in the country. Thanks to the circle of friends, we got in touch with the wife of the administrative head of the Lutindi Mental Hospital, Si-yeun Hammerbacher, who has now become a valuable member, helping us on site in Tanzania. Si-yeun helped us to get the site transferred to ZAC e.V. free of charge. Si-yeun got in touch with the biggest and regional Tanzanian employer MeTL-Group. MeTL-Group has been so kind to transfer a 45,000 m² site for building the children’s village in an area of the Usambara mountains at an altitude of 1,240 meters above sea level, free of charge. The final, legally binding transfer could not take place earlier than 2017 once a Tanzanian NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) had been established. This had been completed in the first quarter of 2017.
For the initial funding, a dinner night was held where legends (former MSV Duisburg players from the team that started in the newly established Bundesliga in 1963) were auctioned on behalf of the project (turnover approximately EUR 2,800) and PR as started as well. The ZAC web space was enriched by further information and some well-known individuals from Duisburg started talking about the ZAC project.
The largest costs (900 Euros) were accrued in 2016 for printing and sending flyers to about 1,000 regional medium-sized businesses to make them more acquainted with ZAC e.V. and its project and to receive donations and to obtain new members. The result has been more or less convincing. The so-called ZAC handout, a very sophisticatedly designed information brochure for potential object godparenthoods and large sponsors, was created and printed by members of ZAC, free of charge. We obtained some donations, among which are large donations for some of the offered object godparenthoods. In 2016, we obtained the first sixteen (16) members and two (2) supporting members, only a small step towards the 150 required members. Member fees and supporting member fees are intended to finance the operating costs of the children’s village in future. A total of EUR 25,500 could be achieved in 2016. Fiscal advice has been given to ZAC e.V. thanks to the voluntary help of Angelika R. Liening (tax consultant).
The 2016 annual account can be taken from the section underneath the annual report 2016. One of our highest esteemed principle is to make our work as transparent as possible. This is so that our members, supporters and donators have a clear view on how we source and apply our funds. Transparency means trust.
Duisburg, 30.03.2017
Holger Glücks
Chairperson
