Avicenna Kultur- und Hilfswerk e.V.
More and more people are living in need. It’s our choose, either to close our eyes and our ears or to open our hearts and our hands.
Since its foundation in 1989 by Dr. Djavad Kermani, Avicenna’s work has focused on supporting people and institutions in needy countries. With the increase in the influx of refugees in 2015, Dr. Bita and Dr. Khalil Kermani have taken over the board. In 2024 Leif Lupp joined the bord. Together with our family members and friends we try to help people living in inhumane conditions at the borders of Europe as well as in the Middle East or other crisis regions.
We work together with local or German aid organizations. Since the fire in Moria and especially since the beginning of the Ukraine war, we also work as a member of the Netzwerk Ziviler Krisenstab.
The journey of our family member Navid Kermani in April 2023 on behalf of the german magazine “Die Zeit” has made us aware of the many problems of afrikan people, like victims of the draught in Madagaslar or the terrible civil war in northern Ethiopia and we have started some projects there. We also founded Miara, a network for African aid, together with members of the crisis team.
You can find our projects on our german page on the blog and below the projects.
People on the way
In the fall of 2015, we wanted to go on vacation to Crete. When we learned about the conditions on the island of Lesvos, we immediately took the next plane to Lesvos.
Since then, we are aware of our preferred living situation with a new view and try to help “people on the way” as much as we can.
We meet people who have lost or left their homes and hope for a safe, dignified and just present and future. We also meet people who find joy and fulfillment in helping others. All these encounters have changed our lives and never let us go.
You can see film impressions of the first days of our work on Lesbos in the WDR film by Menschen hautnah:
TV report about our work in Lesbos
Part 2 her and Part 3 her
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Donations are used solely for the relief projects specified on this website.
Avicenna Kultur- und Hilfswerk e.V.
Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank – apoBank
IBAN: DE 55 3006 0601 0005 0195 00
BIC: DAAEDEDDXXX
Keyword: refugee relief
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