Families in Need – find help

...is eight years old and loves playing football. His mother is raising him by herself after the divorce. She has a part-time job and a huge amount of debts. FiN helps her to control her issues and finds her a debt counselling. FiN takes over the costs for the football club of Johannes.

...is twelve years old and has three siblings. Her youngest brother is severely disabled. The parents care a lot about their children. Lena goes to high school and is very musical, but the parents are lacking the time, energy and means to foster her talent. FiN supports the family and provides regular piano lessons for Lena.

...is 16 years old and in 10th grade of comprehensive school. Her parents don't notice that she has false friends. Only when problems at school arise, they are alerted. FiN encourages the family to get into talks, supports Jasmin choosing a career, and provides her with an internship at a partner company.

...is now 21 years old. After graduating from high school, she just wanted to leave home. There was constant stress. She moved into a shared flat, wanted to go partying and have fun. She just didn't have the money for that. After two years, she had enough and wanted to leave the scene. Her parents took her back in. Then Ariane found out that she was pregnant. Because of all the different issues, the parents turned to FiN. FiN offered support during the pregnancy, livelihood, debt counselling, and in the long term a traineeship.

...is a single mom of Lars and Miriam. She had her life well under control. Until a water damage destroyed her whole kitchen facilities. Without insurance, Maria had to use the money she had been putting away for a modest family vacation to buy new furniture and equipment. The children were sad and disappointed. Maria didn't know what to do. She turned to FiN. After they dealt with the existential questions, FiN organized and subsidized a family vacation.

...lives with its seven children in an old farmhouse in the county. Mister K. did a lot of the work in the house himself. Then he got cancer. It was followed by an operation and many treatments. Since then, the single earner gets sick pay. The family is lacking in every corner. The means and medication that the health insurance doesn't cover cost a lot of money. That is why there is almost nothing left for the children. FiN helps the family in their daily life and provides support and leisure activities for the children.