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ABURY from the beginning until today<\/em><\/h1>\n[\/nectar_highlighted_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” top_padding_tablet=”0px” top_padding_phone=”0px” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” min_width_tablet=”0px” min_width_phone=”0px” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” min_width=”47vh”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-9-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true”][vc_column_text]An incredible journey lies behind us. We take you with us and show you our biggest milestones.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.5″ width=”3\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” min_width_desktop=”75vw” min_width_tablet=”50vw” min_width_phone=”50vw” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ background_image=”777″ background_image_position=”center center” background_image_stacking=”default” enable_bg_scale=”true” background_image_loading=”default” column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” enable_gradient=”true” color_overlay=”#ffffff” color_overlay_2=”rgba(0,0,0,0.01)” advanced_gradient_angle=”270″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.5″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”ro-reveal-from-bottom” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”85vh” custom_height_tablet=”80vh”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”]\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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2011<\/div><\/div>
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First intercultural education project<\/div>
\"Andrea<\/a><\/div>

Women and children in the sometimes isolated Berber villages in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains lack access to education and exchange. Together with the organization PENCILS FOR KIDS, the ABURY Foundation is launching an intercultural project week at the school in the Douar Anzal community: workshops, painting, photography and playing together are on the agenda. A library of donated children’s books, school supplies, notebooks and pencils is established.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2011<\/div><\/div>
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Establishment of the ABURY Foundation<\/div>
\"Andrea<\/a><\/div>

Andrea is confronted in Marrakech with the challenges of the country, such as the high illiteracy rate and unemployment rate among women, as well as the cheap imports that lead to a drop in the prices of handicrafts. With the aim of strengthening the role of women, she founded the ABURY Foundation gGmbH and the ABURY Collection GmbH.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2012<\/div><\/div>
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Training Center Leather Embroidery<\/div>
\"Nahaufnahem<\/a><\/div>

To combat the high youth unemployment in Morocco, the ABURY Foundation is setting up a training center for young women, where a tailor couple teaches them traditional leather embroidery. In 2011 and 2012, 20 girls and young women will be given the opportunity to acquire the basics for long-term employment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2013<\/div><\/div>
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Literacy programme for women<\/div>
\"Marokkanische<\/a><\/div>

A self-conducted study shows: 80 percent of the women in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains are illiterate. The ABURY Foundation is establishing a literacy program for them in the village of Douar Anzal. With the help of the LABDOO project, which provides education in this important area to people without access to computers, the women can practice what they have learned on the computer and connect with new technologies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2013<\/div><\/div>
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Foundation of a preschool<\/div>
\"Ein<\/a><\/div>

Since there is no preschool education in the Atlas Mountains, many children start school unprepared and leave after only six years to work. Therefore, the ABURY Foundation establishes a preschool, initially with 12 children – only a few years later, dozens of children from neighboring villages are on the waiting list.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2014<\/div><\/div>
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First environmental project<\/div>
\"Kinder<\/a><\/div>

Growing mountains of plastic waste and a lack of disposal systems are a real problem in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. The ABURY Foundation launches the environmental initiative “Keep your village clean!” to create awareness for the topics of environmental protection and sustainability already among children: both in the classroom and during joint waste collection activities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2014<\/div><\/div>
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Chairs for school<\/div>
\"Ein<\/a><\/div>

More and more parents are enrolling their children in school, so seating is becoming scarce. Through a fundraising campaign, the school receives new chairs, which are colorfully painted by the children and labeled with the names of the donors. True to the motto: sit colorfully and learn cheerfully for a bright start into a better future!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2015<\/div><\/div>
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Inauguration of a well<\/div>
\"Solarpanel<\/a><\/div>

Due to the low water table and the difficult drinking water supply, women and children in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains sometimes walk up to five kilometers a day to the nearest drinking water source. In cooperation with INGENIEURE OHNE GRENZEN, the ABURY Foundation is building a well with an environmentally friendly solar pump in the village of Douar Anzal.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2015<\/div><\/div>
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School visits by dentists<\/div>
\"Kinder<\/a><\/div>

In Morocco, 42.2% of children aged 12 already suffer from periodontitis. Heike and Holger Janssen, who is a dentist, visit the ABURY Foundation School in Douar Anzal with their children and bring 180 toothbrushes, as many tubes of toothpaste, a tooth crocodile, education and lots of fun.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2016<\/div><\/div>
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School backpacks full of hope<\/div>
\"Gruppenfoto<\/a><\/div>

The ABURY Foundation is launching the #givebackPACKS initiative through Betterplace. Thanks to the generous donations, 30 proud children of the Berber village Douar Anzal start the school year 2016 with a colorful backpack.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2016<\/div><\/div>
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Street art meets tradition<\/div>
\"Eine<\/a><\/div>

Morocco’s cultural heritage, of which every handmade Berber bag is a symbol, is threatened by consumerism. Andrea collaborates with MB6 STREET ARTISTS and Vestalia Chilton, founder of Kensington + Chelsea Art Week, for the art project “Pass on the Flame”: six street artists each work on a Berberbag on the theme of cultural identity. The unique pieces will be exhibited at the Marrakech Biennale and then auctioned off to benefit the ABURY Foundation. The artists also transform the school in Douar Anzal into a work of art<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2016<\/div><\/div>
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Visit from Eva Padberg<\/div>
\"Andrea<\/a><\/div>
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Top model and designer Eva Padberg and Andrea Bury get to know each other and realize they share the view that fashion should be ethically produced. Eva accepts Andrea’s invitation to see the work of the ABURY Foundation on site. With the aim of promoting exchange and understanding, the village festival involves singing, laughing, dancing, eating and talking together.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2016<\/div><\/div>
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Cycling for a good cause<\/div>
\"Gruppenfoto<\/a><\/div>

Marcus Lehman, a Berlin-based sports therapist, rides his bicycle to Douar Anzal and collects donations for the village’s children along the way. It enables the construction of a sports field and brings sports equipment and clothing. With the goal of incorporating physical education classes into the curriculum, he even teaches the school’s teacher.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2017<\/div><\/div>
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Dorothee Schumacher and the Berber carpets<\/div>
\"Einmodernes<\/a><\/div>

To enable the women in Douar Anzal to use their weaving tradition to start their own businesses and become self-sufficient and independent, designer Dorothee Schumacher supports them with her expertise and a donation for a weaving frame. Her designs are transformed by Moroccans into traditionally hand-woven Berber rugs, which henceforth adorn the designer’s showrooms.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2018<\/div><\/div>
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Namika’s music school<\/div>
\"Erwachsene<\/a><\/div>

The development of artistic talent is unfortunately denied to many children in Morocco. Together with Namika, a well-known German rapper with Moroccan roots, the ABURY Foundation is founding a music school. Namika visits the village, the children are beside themselves and sing and dance with her. In her video ALLES WAS Z\u00c4HLT – BONUSFOLGE – GUTES TUN<\/a> Namika reports from her visit.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2019<\/div><\/div>
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Women Power with She’s Mercedes: Intercultural exchange<\/div>
\"Gruppenfoto<\/a><\/div>

To promote the idea of a globalized world in which intercultural understanding leads to the release of potential and the strengthening of solidarity, the ABURY Foundation is organizing a trip for women to Marrakech together with She’s Mercedes. The highlight: a visit to Douar Anzal with Moroccan Olympic champion and Laureus World Sport Award ambassador Nawal El Moutawakel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2020<\/div><\/div>
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Protection against Covid-19<\/div>
\"Ein<\/a><\/div>

Morocco is in a “sanitary state of emergency”. In order to protect the children of the ABURY school in Douar Anzal from COVID-19 at the beginning of the global CORONA pandemic, ABURY ensures the implementation of Moroccan hygiene rules: Masks are distributed, donated fever monitors are used at the entrance of the school, as well as a disinfection column.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2020<\/div><\/div>
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New in the team<\/div>
\"Das<\/a><\/div>

The team will be joined in 2020 by Britt He\u00df and Heike Janssen. Heike accompanied the establishment of the Tribute to Bambi Foundation for Hubert Burda Media, where she gained valuable experience and contacts. Britt worked as a communications and project manager for the Tribute to Bambi charity event. In 2019, she became a freelance entrepreneur, brand ambassador and mentor for a green lifestyle brand, creating a network for sustainability.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2023<\/div><\/div>
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PortrAid – Photography connects<\/div>
\"Ein<\/a><\/div>

Together with the famous advertising photographer Thomas Rusch, the ABURY Foundation launches the art charity project PortrAID. The idea: A well-known photographer takes a portrait of a person in need, the ABURY Foundation sells the unique piece and uses the proceeds to help the portrayed person directly solve his or her problem. Proceeds from the first edition will provide free surgeries to artisans suffering from cataracts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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