Hammer Forum e.V.. Aktion Deutschland Hilft

Ein Kind und ein Mann an einer Waschstelle

Medical care is unstable in many refugee camps. The Hammer Forum is on site to treat illnesses and support the infrastructure.

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In addition, the organization distributes aid supplies to refugees.

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Help for malnourished children (archive photo)

Malnourished children are increasingly being brought to consultations. Fortified milk helps with recovery.

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A woman examining a child (archive photo)

The children are examined and treated regularly, and they also receive health education.

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a man holds a small child in his arms

Educating and raising awareness among the population is also part of the work of the Hammer Forum, which happened, during the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Visitors to an awareness campaign (archive photo)

Knowledge is power: The Hammer Forum initiates educational campaigns for schoolchildren and mothers.

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A banner from Aktion Deutschland Hilft and the Hammer Forum announcing the construction of a hospital (archive photo)

One of the goals of the Hammer Forum is to establish medical infrastructure in various countries around the world.

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An aid worker hands relief supplies to a young girl

Thanks to its aid measures, the organization reaches children in numerous project countries worldwide.

Hammer Forum e.V. (HFO) is a non-profit organisation, which provides medical aid for children in countries of crisis and conflict. Medical doctors and citizens of Hamm established the organisation in 1991 in order to offer medical aid for the most innocent victims of war – the children.

The activities can be divided in two main sectors:

1. Medical projects on the ground to improve the health infrastructure in partner countries such as establishing health centres and conducting health awareness campaigns in cooperation with local organisations.

2. Medical voluntary expat teams, which are sent to the partner country on a regular basis to train medical staff, equip and establish specialised wards (e.g. burn unit or neonatal department) and conduct specialised surgeries. In cases where children cannot be treated in their home country they will be referred to hospitals in Germany for specialised treatment and will return to their country of origin as soon as the treatment is finished.

Currently HFO is running projects in Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Guinea, Yemen, DR Kongo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Syria. HFO is financed by private donations and public funds from the European Union (ECHO), German Ministry of foreign Affairs (AA), Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), WHO and UNICEF.

Relief organisations Hammer Forum e.V. (HFO)