News

October 2008: Please consider our message from the board concerning the future of the Eritrea project.

There is a new travel report from Nepal (August/September 2008).

Regrettably, the visit to Eritrea scheduled for May had to be cancelled for reasons related to the NUEW.

In 2007, the Eritrean Women's Union allocated 1601 donkeys: 1303 female donkeys to single mothers and 298 midwife taxis. In Eritrea, female donkeys with a water container currently cost on average about 100 EUR, midwife taxis about 80 EUR. The Women's Union was the only large buyer in 2007, so prices were low.

In total, 7904 donkeys have been allocated in Eritrea to date. The Women's Union has already started selecting new villages for new allocations.

The travelling photo exhibition has been updated and is available for hire.

Donation receipts for the second half of 2007 will be sent out with the two travel reports from 2007 by the end of January 2008. Donation receipts for the first six months of 2008 will probably be sent out in October 2008, together with the 2008 travel reports. .

On Oct. 4th, 2006, Stefanie Christmann, the founder of Eritrea Donkeys was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the Federal President of Germany, Horst Köhler.

We celebrated our 10th birthday on June 24th, 2005, 4 - 6 pm, at the photo exhibition!

Stefanie Christmann's second children's book, "Askalu and her donkey Senait" (in German), was published in September 2004 by Horlemann (6.90 €, ISBN 3-89502-148-2). As the first book by Stefanie Christmann "Askalu wants a donkey", the illustrations are by Srefani Schwingen.

A children's play based on the children's book has been completed. Interested schools and groups are welcome to contact us.