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Encouraging young people to ponder ethical issues, to discuss these with them, and to encourage them to be ethically active – those are the aims of the „Wertebündnis Bayern. Gemeinsam stark für Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene“ (Values Alliance Bavaria. Strength in unity for children, adolescents, and young adults). Initiated in 2010, the alliance – Read More...

The Connected Solar Clinic is the first structure of its kind, enabling a superior level of medical services in off-grid settings. On Wednesday, 18 January 2017, it was officially inaugurated by a representative of the Jordanian Ministry of Health in the Mafraq Governorate. This adds to the capacities of the Ministry of Health in the Read More...

Foundations have selected around 40 schools from all states for the workshop “schulentwicklung.digital” to enable them to pool their experience as pioneers of digital education which in turn can be harnessed for other schools.   The foundations in the Forum Bildung Digitalisierung (Education and Digitalization Forum) have selected 38 schools from across the whole of Read More...

“We want to prepare the youth of today to change the world of tomorrow” – is the goal set by the Mandela School of Science & Technology, which opened its doors in January 2014 as the first high school in the underresourced region of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The focus has always been Read More...

We live in brimming times: the explosion of knowledge and disruptive power of new technologies, a world growing closer together at ever-quickening pace, paradigm change. But all this would have already been familiar to Werner von Siemens in the 19th century. He took a close look at these developments and understood the opportunity and necessity Read More...

Siemens Stiftung was shortlisted with its “Safe Water Enterprises” project (SWE) as one of six organization engaged in the Kenyan WASH sector for the 2016 Maji Performance and Innovation Award (MaPIA).   The award recognizes exemplary performance and innovations geared towards increasing access, improving quality, and promoting conservation and governance in the water and sanitation Read More...

How can teachers prepare science and technology topics in a realistic and exciting manner for inclusive classrooms? Siemens Stiftung and their cooperation partners offer an answer through the development and supply of exemplary inclusive experimentation units for the fifth through tenth grade. The materials are freely available as Open Educational Resources (OER) on the Siemens Read More...

With the conference “STEM and Values – How Values Can Be Taught in Schools,” the Siemens Stiftung will underscore the need for STEM and values development, call for the issue to be added to the political agenda and intensify the application of the pedagogical/didactic practice. The Siemens Stiftung will hold the conference on March 27, Read More...

The Safe Water Enterprises (SWE) of Siemens Stiftung and SkyJuice Foundation provide safe drinking water to people in remote areas in East Africa. They are implemented together with local partners and selected community groups, who run the kiosks as social enterprises within their communities. Ownership of the kiosk is transferred to them when the social Read More...

An international jury of experts has selected the top three most promising projects. First prize is awarded to BEMPU Health from India for a small bracelet which alerts caregivers to the signs of life-threatening hypothermia and therefore helping to save the lives of babies: the Bempu Hypothermia Bracelet. Second prize goes to Indonesia Medika for Read More...