Founded in 1992 with the aim of carrying out pediatric medical and psycho-social projects in the Balkan states. Registered with headquarters in Stuttgart in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1993, donation seal of the DZI (German Central Institute for Social Issues) and implementing partner of the UNHCR since 1998, registered with U.S.A.I.D. (United States Agency for International Development). Donation income from 1992 to 2000: 14,5 million DM (of which 90% were private donations). Number of medical advisory institutions: 2 (Olgahospital Stadt Stuttgart, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital N.Y.) Humanitarian aid projects in Afghanistan since 2002