Enabling education: with personal commitment and heart
By establishing an effective educational infrastructure, building networks between the right people and targeted cooperation with schools, administrations, and associations, we enable further development for disadvantaged people.
We promote IT skills, offer vocational training programs, and support people locally. A special feature of our work is that AEB employees can actively contribute to our projects during their working hours. As a company-owned foundation, we can rely on the commitment and broad support of our employees – and it is particularly important to us to actively take on board and implement their suggestions.
In this way, we create educational facilities that are more than just rooms – they are places of encounter, learning, and hope.
Responsibility grows from ideas – the AEB-Stiftung
The AEB-Stiftung is more than an institution – it is a living promise. Born from the vision of our shareholders and supported by the people who work at AEB, it combines entrepreneurial values with personal commitment.
It is not just company shares that flow into it, but above all the lifeblood, time, and passion of our employees. More and more of them are getting involved, are contributing ideas, and are helping to shape the future – for a fairer society, for a future worth living, and for the community that supports us all.
What employees say about their work at the foundation ...
InterviewJanuary 31, 2023How the foundation changed my life – Interview with Matthias
"Being close to what matters and seeing what you do has an impact. With personal commitment. That's nice."
InterviewJanuary 31, 2023How the foundation changed my life – Interview with Jens
"Bringing so much joy and smiles to people with 'small' means through the AEB-Stiftung. It's just great to experience and achieve this."
InterviewJanuary 31, 2023How the foundation changed my life – Interview with Eric
"Being able to pass on experience is close to my heart and it's also a lot of fun. In addition, the realization that nothing can be taken for granted makes you grateful."
InterviewNovember 08, 2022How the foundation changed my life – Interview with Sabine
"Providing support in a tangible way and seeing first-hand how much good the foundation does – that's simply a wonderful feeling."
From ideas to impact: milestones of the AEB-Stiftung
2016
The resolution officially initiated the establishment of the AEB-Stiftung.2017
The AEB-Stiftung is legally registered as a charitable foundation.2018
In May, the AEB-Stiftung launched the project "Preschool in Crackland" in São Paulo, Brazil. Another important initiative followed in September with the "Children's Heroes Day" at the AEB headquarters in Stuttgart.2019
In January, the AEB-Stiftung began an intensive search for suitable projects based on employee suggestions, which resulted in several one-off grants and a first long-term project. This was followed in June by the "Children's Heroes Day" at the AEB headquarters in Stuttgart, before the project to set up an IT profile at a secondary school in Masaka, Uganda, was launched in September.2020
In the year of the pandemic, all projects came to a standstill, meaning that only emergency support could be provided.2021
The AEB-Stiftung entered into a partnership with the Stay foundation as part of the "Education Campaign for Uganda". In September, it also took part in "Well.Come.Back", a joint initiative of the Stuttgart-based foundations to support schoolchildren.2022
The AEB-Stiftung welcomed a delegation of teachers from Uganda. This was followed by a visit from a youth group from Brazil and the launch of the project "Vocational training for young people from Crackland" in São Paulo in July.2023
In January, the project "Learning English as a compulsory language at school" was launched in Yundum, Gambia, based on the first proposal from AEB UK. In July, representatives of the AEB-Stiftung traveled to Uganda to focus on IT training on site. September saw the start of the project "Codechecker mit Herz" in cooperation with the Codechecker Lab in Stuttgart, followed by the launch of the "Fit for Five" project in October together with our partner KinderHelden gGmbH.2024
In May, representatives of the AEB-Stiftung traveled to Brazil to focus on local vocational training. This was followed in August by a trip to Uganda with a focus on IT training. In September, a scholarship was awarded to an IT talent in cooperation with Asante e.V. in Tiwi, Kenya, while the project "E-mobility as an opportunity for women in technical professions" was launched in Khirbet Khanafar, Lebanon. In October, another IT talent from the sponsorship program in Masaka, Uganda, received a scholarship.2025
In May, representatives of the AEB-Stiftung traveled to Lebanon with a focus on vocational training, and at the same time, the AEB-Stiftung received a delegation of teachers from Uganda.
Your direct contact at the AEB-Stiftung
Silke Barthelmes . Member of the Foundation Council