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The Rottendorf Foundation
spirituality & philanthropy
The founding couple lived in the Catholic Münsterland region. They knew the Jesuit order and wanted to support the work of the Jesuits with their foundation.
spirituality
The Jesuits are essentially engaged in four fields:
- With young people: Accompanying adolescents and young adults in building a hopeful future.
- At the side of the disadvantaged: to be on the way together with the poor, the rejected of the world, those who have been wounded in their dignity, sent to reconciliation and justice.
- For Creation: Working Together in Care for the Common Home.
- A Path to God: Helping to Find God through Discernment and Spiritual Exercises.
These activities of the Jesuit Order are supported by the Rottendorf Foundation. Some current examples of where and how the support is received are presented here.
philanthropy
The Rottendorf Foundation also promotes charitable causes independently of any church affiliation when people are in need and require the support of society. The recipients of the Foundation’s support are preferably charitable legal entities and organizations. The most recent recipients of aid were people who had fled the war in Ukraine and earthquake victims in eastern Turkey.
It was a particular concern of the founder couple to improve healthcare in developing countries through donations to Catholic missions, primarily by supplying medicines. The foundation fulfills this mission through a cooperation project with action medeor e.V., which focuses on
Construction of a medicine storehouse in Kibaha, Tanzania
is. The cooperation agreement was concluded in December 2024; the medicine warehouse was officially opened on 12 June 2025.
Dr Lilian Klewitz-Haas, Deputy Chairwoman of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, attended the opening ceremony on behalf of the Foundation.
With this building project, action medeor and the Rottendorf Foundation are helping to improve healthcare for a growing population. The aim is to ensure that vital medicines and medical products are available at all times. The new warehouse on the outskirts of the capital Dar es Salaam will make it possible to supply healthcare facilities in Tanzania and the neighbouring countries of Malawi, Burundi and Rwanda. The GDP (Good Distribution Practices) standards of the World Health Organisation are also being taken into account in the planning.
© by action medeor Tanzania International Healthcare
With the construction of the medicine storehouse, action medeor and the Rottendorf Foundation are actively supporting the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) ‘Good Health and Well-being’.
The project includes
- the construction and equipping of the pharmaceutical warehouse
- the creation of a QM system
- the training of warehouse staff
- the extension of the upper floor
- the installation of a solar system
The duration of the project is 2024 – 2027.
The funding amounts to around € 2 million
Rottendorf Foundation and action medeor: a strong team for health – action medeor
© by action medeor Tanzania International Healthcare
Our most recent funding projects:
2022: Support of the association “be-Ukraine e.V.” in Beckum (donation of medicine to Ukraine)
2023: Support of the association “be-Ukraine e.V.” in Beckum (earthquake victim aid in Turkey)
2023: Support for earthquake victim relief in northern Syria
2025: Förderung eines Diabetes Projekt Proposal sowie eines Solarprojekts am St. Walburg’s Nyangao Referral Hospital, Lindi District, Tanzania