Construction of the additional school building is completed
The inspection of the new school building by the school authorities went well and so it was successfully accepted.After a small inauguration ceremony, classes began in the new classrooms.
Reopening
On October 4, after a long time, the doors of Piece of ‘Stückchen Himmel’ again. Since April 2020, the daycare center and school had been closed due to the corona pandemic. We are very happy that more than 100 students from the kindergarten groups and 1st to 3rd grade can be served on site again. …
Sewing machine donation
German Consulate donates 18 sewing machinesWe were able to apply to the German Consulate in Recife for funds for 18 sewing machines, which Consul Sebastian Werther personally handed over on September 10. In the near future we want to start sewing and fashion courses, both for students and for interested parents, to enable them to …
Food packages
We kept in touch with families despite the restrictions during the pandemic and regularly distributed food packages (rice, beans, powdered milk, corn flakes, sugar, coffee, oil, etc.). In addition, we tried to help where families told us of their need (for example, where a stove or kitchen gas was missing). We also had breathing masks …
General meeting 12.11.2021
On Friday, November 12, 2021, the annual general meeting of the sponsoring association ‘Stückchen Himmel’ took place at 7 p.m. at the Hainbuch company in Marbach. Numerous members accepted the invitation to participate in the board elections and to hear the current situation report from Brazil by Thomas Zettler. Thomas Zettler and his wife Júnia …
Obituary
On Thursday, March 25, 2021, Dona Cinira, mother of Júnia Zettler, passed away at the age of 83 from the consequences of a Covid19 disease in the presence of Júnia in a hospital Aracajus. Our thoughts and prayers are with Júnia & Thomas Zettler and all the relatives in these difficult hours, especially since just …