The Esel-Initiative is a charitable organization recognized by the German charity monitoring institution DZI. Every year, the DZI examines whether our organisation fulfills its commitments to transfer all donations in full to our project partners on location.

We thank our many new members who - with their generous donations - enable us to continue to meet our commitments. In Germany, donations to the Esel-Initiative are tax-deductible.

In Eritrea, a female donkey with water container for single mothers costs 100 EUR at present. The NUEW is trying to locate more reasonable sources for the containers to reduce costs.

A male donkey used as midwive taxi in Eritrea currently costs 80 EUR.

We will be able to inform you about the average cost of the animals purchased in the Himalayas once we issue the first allocation report. As soon as possible we will inform you on the possible costs at least for some regions.

Your donations go to: From outside Germany: IBAN: DE02 3705 0198 0010 6575 75 Swift-BIC: COLSDE33 Sparkasse KölnBonn (Bank Address: Sertürner Str. 41, D-53127 Bonn) As foreign currency checks accrue high banking fees, we ask all our donors from abroad to transfer their donations to our account with charges prepaid. From Germany: Account: 106 57575 Sparkasse KölnBonn German Bank Code: 370 501 98

Please ensure to include your address in the transfer form, so we can send you a tax-deduction receipt (in Germany) and information.