The PATRIZIA Foundation 1999-2024:
25 YEARS of building better futures
Wolfgang Egger founds PATRIZIA, regularly supporting social causes, including The Bunter Kreis e.V. (Colourful Circle) which provides aftercare for children in Germany with severe illnesses. The Bunter Kreis’s work ends up inspiring change in the German healthcare system
The PATRIZIA KinderHaus-Stiftung (PATRIZIA Children’s Foundation) is founded by Wolfgang Egger
First project: PATRIZIA Children’s Hospital Peramiho, Tanzania
First dormitory: PATRIZIA Vocational Training Centre Ntarama, Rwanda
10th anniversary charity dinner with German celebrity chef Holger Stromberg and art auction, with works by Romero Britto
First school: PATRIZIA School Buyamba, Uganda
Opening of PATRIZIA Vocational Training Center Alego, Kenya, with Dr Auma Obama – the founder of partner organisation Sauti Kuu Foundation – and her brother Barack Obama – the 44th President of the United States
First Foundation Talk with Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, Queen Mother of Bhutan
FIFA World Cup winner Mario Götze and his wife Ann-Kathrin become Ambassadors of the Foundation
PATRIZIA School Dhoksan in Nepal honoured with the Hans Sauer Award
Corona Fund Education Healthcare is launched to support the KinderHaus projects (children’s educational, care and health facilities) during times of crisis
PATRIZIA School Harare, Zimbabwe, is honoured with the Balthasar Neumann Prize’s Rising Star Initiative award
First hiking challenge launched by PATRIZIA employees to support KinderHaus projects
Start of the long-term initiative ‘Ready for the Future’ to ensure access to digital educational opportunities
The PATRIZIA impact model is developed with the NPO Competence Centre of the Vienna University of Economics and Business
An ex-post evaluation confirms the long-term impact of the KinderHaus projects in Songea and Peramiho, Tanzania
The EduCare Europe Fund is set up to help traumatised children from Ukraine who had become refugees after the invasion of the country by Russia
Successful completion of the 5-year partner programme with the PATRIZIA Vocational Training Centre, Rwanda, transforming it into a sustainable and solar-powered school
The international Hearts4Change campaign is launched with an innovative ambassador approach
Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber become global Ambassadors
The PATRIZIA Foundation expands its global impact with the launch of the PATRIZIA Foundation UK and its first UK-based cooperation with MiSST (Music in Secondary Schools Trust)
Launch of Prime25 Alliance in cooperation with brand eins magazine to create a network of influential leaders who will take responsibility for the creation of further KinderHaus projects