This spe­cial fund­ing part­ner has its headquar­ters very close to the Aumund Found­ation. Friedens­dorf (“Peace Vil­lage”) Inter­national, based in Dinslaken, provides med­ical aid and after­care for sick and injured chil­dren from war­zones and con­flict regions, who can­not be treated in their home coun­tries. Dur­ing a site visit back in 2020 we were able to gain an insight into the organ­isa­tion’s work and to see how around 90 chil­dren are cared for and looked after in a peace­ful envir­onment until they are fully recovered.

Since 2025, the Aumund Found­ation has been con­trib­uting to the costs of indi­vidual case assist­ance provided by the Peace Vil­lage in Ger­many: we sup­port the per­form­ance of sur­ger­ies at the Depart­ment of Oral and Max­illo­facial Sur­gery at uni­ver­sity hos­pit­als. These sur­ger­ies are per­formed on chil­dren from war zones and crisis regions with severe facial injur­ies, con­gen­ital mal­form­ations, or tumors, whose treat­ment is not pos­sible in their home coun­tries.

To reach more chil­dren from the Peace Vil­lage’s pro­ject coun­tries and to relieve the bur­den on cooper­ating Ger­man hos­pit­als, the Peace Vil­lage has oper­ated its own out­patient pro­ced­ure room since 2022. This room provides after­care fol­low­ing major sur­ger­ies and allows for minor pro­ced­ures to be per­formed. The Aumund Found­ation also provides fund­ing for this facil­ity.