KIDS & CO e.V. in Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf has been empowering children, adolescents, and families since 1992 through leisure and educational projects, career orientation, and social group work. The association promotes self-help, community, and sustainable development in a family-friendly environment.
KIDS & CO e.V. is a non-profit organization based in Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf, founded in 1992 by a parents' initiative. The organization is dedicated to empowering children, adolescents, and families in their daily lives, in school, training, and on their way there.
The main mission of KIDS & CO is to encourage materially and socially disadvantaged children and adolescents and to open up perspectives for them. The organization firmly believes in young people and gives them strength and support so that they can be independent and motivated contributors to society. The values of the organization include promoting self-help, strengthening the community, and supporting the overcoming of challenges[2][4].
KIDS & CO is committed to a sustainable and family-friendly environment. The organization operates a corporate culture with flat hierarchies, short decision-making paths, and diverse design options. Great importance is placed on the compatibility of family and work through flexible working time models and family-friendly working conditions. Additionally, attention is paid to the ecological orientation of projects and infrastructure to promote environmentally friendly and sustainable development[5].
Over the past decades, the organization has developed into an important partner for children, adolescents, and families in Marzahn-Hellersdorf. Despite the changes in the region, high unemployment remains one of the main challenges the organization faces. KIDS & CO operates three larger facilities in the district and offers extensive programs for leisure, career orientation, and social group work. The organization relies on donations and the support of socially engaged companies to continue and expand its successful projects and offerings[2][4].
