Germany

A container of needed school supplies, sport equipment and water tanks was delivered to San Jacinto Village in Nicaragua in June 2009. Gift packages, schoolbags, stationery, notebooks, bicycles, baseball sets, first-aid boxes and water tanks were distributed among children, school staff and village residents during the beautiful one day ceremony.

More than 40 years of civil war in Angola came to an end in April 2002 with the historic signing of a peace agreement. Soon after, an urgent request to The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles was made to help strengthen the peace by sending humanitarian assistance to the country. Immediately The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles world-wide began sending large amounts of pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical supplies, food, clothing and more to Angola.

One of our most successful international projects was the Drawings of Love, through which 22,000 children from 30 countries send drawings and messages of affection, which were distributed to the thousands of children orphaned by the tsunami 2005 in Banda Aceh.

After the earthquake in May, 2006 we delivered thousands of Kids to Kids packs to the affected area in Yogyakarta, Bantul and Klaten. Ten thousand school packs with school supplies were distributed in partnership with Khalsa Aid bringing great joy to the children.

During the winter of 1990, when the Russian people were suffering severely from food shortage and economic hardships due to the political changes, the German people wished to express their gratitude for what President Gorbachev had done for them in helping reunite their country. The German, Swiss and Austrian branches of The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles began sending trucks with urgently needed food and clothing to Russia. This is how our worldwide humanitarian service began.

In September 2005 a German medical relief organisation brought 3 large boxes with sutures and suture needles (value 31,000 US$) to the Al-Thawrah Hospital in city of Taiz, Yemen.

The German branch of the Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles was happy to provide this relief organisation with the suture material, which is sending specialised German doctors on a regular base to Yemen to operate mainly children for free.

The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles organisation has worked closely with an organisation in Maputo, Mozambique which is seeking to increase literacy and schooling and giving people the tools and skills they require to raise themselves out of poverty.

A second 20-foot sea container with medical equipment and supplies was sent in June 2004 from Germany, and most recently a 20-foot container including many thousands of school books was sent from Great Britain.

Air shipments of toys, clothes and school supplies were delivered from Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the United States in 2003.

One 20-foot sea container from Germany included water pumps, agricultural equipment, school supplies as well as 12 hydraulic hospital beds, computers and monitors from Austria.

In August 2006 a German relief organisation received a large box with sutures and suture needles (value 13,643 US$) from the German branch of The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles.

The suture material went to the Mekane Hiwot Hospital in city of Asmara, Eritrea. 100 -150 specialised German doctors per year go on a regular base to the Mekane Hiwotto Hospital operate children - many with burns - for free.