Transparency
Transparency matters to us. That is why we would like to sign the self-commitment declaration of the Transparent Civil Society Initiative (ITZ) and have applied to be added to the list of signatories. We commit to making the following ten pieces of information available to the public and keeping them up to date.
Last updated: 3 October 2026
Name, registered office, address and year founded
- Name
- Children of Lesotho e.V.
- Registered office and address
- Hirschenweg 6, 79252 Stegen
- Year founded
- 2015
- ITZ contact person
- Dr. Peter Krimmel
transparenz@children-of-lesotho.org
Articles of association and aims
Tax-exempt status
- Tax office
- Finanzamt Freiburg-Land
- Tax number
- 07031/58327
- Type of notice
- Exemption notice (Freistellungsbescheid)
- Date of notice
- 11.12.2024
- Assessment period
- 2020–2022
Names and roles of key decision-makers
- Dr. Peter KrimmelChair
- Vacant – to be elected at the next general meetingDeputy chair
- Petra OrtliebTreasurer
- Leif HabermannOfficer for volunteers
Activity report
Period: Financial year 2025 (1 Jan – 31 Dec 2025)
Activity report 2025 (PDF, German), pages 1–5Staff structure
Period: Financial year 2025 (1 Jan – 31 Dec 2025)
- Employees
- 0
- Freelancers
- 0
- Mini-jobbers
- 0
- Volunteers in voluntary service
- 2
- Unpaid volunteers
- 3
Sources and use of funds
Period: Financial year 2025 (1 Jan – 31 Dec 2025)
| Cash donations | €40,562.90 |
|---|---|
| Donations in kind | €0.00 |
| Legacies | €0.00 |
| Membership fees | €0.00 |
| Public funding | €13,553.08 |
| Grants from other organisations | €26,000.00 |
| Revenue from services | €0.00 |
| Asset management | €0.00 |
| Total income | €80,115.98 |
| Project expenditure | €79,511.64 |
|---|---|
| Advertising | €0.00 |
| Administration | €4,562.54 |
| Total expenditure | €84,074.18 |
Result (surplus / deficit)-€3,958.20
| Bank account Sparkasse Hochschwarzwald (donations) | €7,204.54 |
|---|---|
| Savings account Sparkasse Hochschwarzwald | €3,033.82 |
| Total assets | €10,238.36 |
Corporate affiliations with third parties
- Children of Lesotho (CoL), LesothoUnabhängiger Verein, der vom Vorstand von Children of Lesotho e.V. geleitet wird
Names of persons whose annual contributions exceed ten per cent of our total annual income
Period: Financial year 2025 (1 Jan – 31 Dec 2025)
Legal entities
- Clongowes Wood College, Clane (Irland)
- Jugendhaus Düsseldorf e.V., Düsseldorf (Weiterleitung von weltwärts-Fördermitteln des BMZ)
Major donations from private individuals
One private individual; their donations amounted to 30–40 % of annual income