Germany Scholarship 2025/2026 at LMU
Since 2012, our club has regularly supported particularly talented and socially committed female students at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) with the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship. Teanwhile, there are eight young women from the subjects of ethnology, physics, theology, medicine, book sciences, law, psychology and dentistry.
The scholarship holders receive 300 euros per month through the Deutschlandstipendium, of which 150 euros come from the scholarship providers and 150 euros are paid by the German state.
LMU carries out the pre-selection in terms of eligibility and our selection criteria. It also organizes the official
award ceremonies, as well as networking opportunities for students among themselves and with the scholarship providers. Since 2023, LMU has been awarding a tree sponsorship in the form of an exclusive tree in the LMU forest near Landshut as a thank you for the donors' commitment. This is intended to honour the idea of sustainability, as a tree seedling is an investment in the future, just like the support of a young person through the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship.
The scholarship holders have the opportunity to take part in our club evenings at any time and thus familiarise themselves with Soroptimist International's commitment to women.
Supporting young, talented people who are socially engaged is a great pleasure and enrichment for our club -
and in our opinion also
a good investment in the future.
All over the world, women and girls are denied their right to education, either entirely or in part. Illiteracy is a female issue: two out of every three people who cannot read or write are women.
The Audiopedia Foundation is campaigning for a world in which every woman has barrier-free access to essential basic knowledge, enabling her to shape and change her life – and that of her family – for the better. It offers a free, open resource for audio-based learning, with content tailored to the needs of women and girls in the Global South, whilst also addressing the problem that many of the languages spoken there have no written form at all. Hundreds of simple yet vital questions and answers on topics such as health, family planning, employment opportunities, agriculture and many other topics are now available in over 80 languages in an audio format.
In collaboration with organisations around the world, Audiopedia is already improving the lives of millions of women today through the use of digital technology (solar-powered audio players, mobile apps, etc.) by making knowledge accessible everywhere and to everyone.
A heart for pensioners
Many older people have worked all their lives, yet their pensions are barely enough to cover their basic needs. Women are particularly affected by this due to the time they spend raising children and providing care throughout their lives. For them, poverty in old age means not only financial restrictions, but often also social isolation and having to forego the little moments of happiness that make our lives worth living. A cup of coffee in their favourite café, a trip to the cinema, an ice cream or a visit to the zoo with their grandchildren, or the daily newspaper – for many senior citizens, none of this is possible anymore.
With a monthly sponsorship of £38, we can make such moments and others possible again and give a pensioner enjoyment of life and social participation.
Ein Herz für Rentner e.V. (A Heart for Pensioners) has made it its mission to help precisely such pensioners. The SI Club München-Schwabing would like to support this work this year and has therefore taken on a monthly sponsorship for a pensioner.
Our small contribution ensures that a pensioner can treat herself again and feel seen and valued. The ‘pocket money’ is not counted towards social benefits.
Mirembe – a housing project for traumatised migrant women in Munich
By the way, ‘Mirembe’ is an East African greeting meaning ‘independence, joy, peace, freedom’. This is what we wish for the women in their new home.
As an ‘anniversary project’ to mark our club’s 50th anniversary, we chose the Mirembe project, which we were able to support with a substantial sum raised through the sale of our club chronicle and a grant from the SI Germany relief fund.
Mirembe is the first housing project in Bavaria specifically for particularly vulnerable refugee women and their children. The scheme is aimed at women who are currently going through or have gone through the asylum process and who are severely traumatised or suffer from mental health issues (e.g. as a result of human trafficking, sexual abuse, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, etc.).
This pilot project offers 45 places and provides accommodation with privacy as well as individual support. The aim is to stabilise the women and children, integrate them into German society, prepare them for an independent life in Germany (vocational training, university studies) and thus ultimately enable them to leave the sheltered accommodation.
The women are cared for by Imma e.V. Mirembe’s interdisciplinary team consists of female specialists trained in social pedagogy, trauma therapy and development policy, as well as a psychologist, who offer, amongst other things: women-specific and intercultural one-to-one support as primary care and group work, support with child-rearing and crisis intervention. In addition, there are open therapeutic and recreational educational programmes.
SI Club München-Schwabing supports financially and ideally the goals of
medica mondiale
medica mondiale
We support medica mondiale financially because we are convinced that medica mondiale does meaningful and important work worldwide to help women in war and crisis areas. This is more important than ever in the current situation.
medica mondiale e.V. has been supporting women and girls in war and crisis zones who have experienced gender based violence during war for over 28 years. This non-profit organisation is currently working in 14 project countries in Africa, Asia and Europe and provides on-site help - medical, psychological, legal and economic. It also works politically to promote equality, justice and sustainable change in society.
Information on medica mondiale's work can be found on their website and on social media:
Webseite: www.medicamondiale.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/medicamondiale/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medicamondiale/?hl=de
Twitter: https://twitter.com/medicamondiale?lang=de
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/medicamondialeorg
LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/company/medica-mondiale
Donator’s link:
https://www.medicamondiale.org/spenden
How do men become our allies? SI supports the move away from patriarchy and a history of violence
HEROES/PEERS Munich
AWO Munich
Young men from honor-based cultures explore topics such as honour, identity, gender roles and human rights in workshops. As well as gaining specialist knowledge, they develop greater awareness and empathy, strengthen their attitudes and are able to share personal experiences.
Objective: once they have completed their training, they will be able to act as PEER multipliers, running role-play-based workshops for other young people in school classes or youth centres: peer-to-peer.
MIM e.V. – Munich Information Centre for Men
Member of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband
MIM is a ‘flagship project’ well known within professional circles: amongst other things, it offers a wide range of services for men who wish to refrain from using violence, such as anti-aggression training, ‘coolness’ workshops and programmes for perpetrators of domestic violence.
The objective: successful violence prevention must begin long before violence escalates, in order to break the cycles of violence that often persist across generations.
As Soroptimists, we support these projects because we believe in a society where everyone has equal rights – regardless of gender or socio-cultural background.
Kifafa e.V.
SI Club Munich -Schwabing supports the Kifafa AIDS orphanage in Kendu Bay , Kenya
For many years we have been supporting Kifafa e.V. with a sponsorship.
Kifafa e.V. was originally founded by a club sister to provide vital medical care for people with epilepsy in Kenya. Many people with epilepsy live there without any medication or other medical care. Left alone and stigmatised, they vegetate with their families in the slums of Nairobi and in rural areas.
It soon became apparent, however, that although the supply of medication was improving, the living conditions and, above all, the children's chances for a better future were not.
So the idea of sponsorship was born and in 1995 the society Kifafa e.V.. was founded.
Over the years, the work of the society changed. In addition to the individual care of the sponsored children and the support of the sick people with medication, the construction of an orphanage for epileptic girls and female AIDS orphans in Kendu Bay on Lake Victoria was started in 2004..
Additionally, to contribute against hunger in the Kendu Bay community, a food programme for hungry children was launched in May 2009.
Today, Kifafa e.V. continues to support seven epilepsy outpatient clinics in Kenya with deliveries of free anti-epileptic drugs. The main focus of the work, however, will be Kendu Bay, where 22 sick girls are currently cared for in the orphanage and 40 children are currently fed five days a week with the additional food programme for 50 cents per lunch.
Kendu Bay will remain the centre of work in the future. Kifafa, which now employs 9 people, is one of the major employers in the region and an economically important factor for Kendu Bay.
Club sisters who have visited Kendo Bay/Kifafa were convinced and enthusiastic about the work that is done there for the girls. Even if we only make a small contribution, it helps the girls to lead a more self-determined life.