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ENABLERechenschaftsbericht 2016

ENABLEAnnual Report 2016

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PROJECTS WORLDWIDE 201651,821 beneficiaries

in 63 projects in 28 countries

with expenditure of around EUR 1.9 million

AFRICA 11,676 BENEFICIARIES

16 PROJECTS EUR 735,446 EXPENDITURE

ASIA 25,565 BENEFICIARIES

18 PROJECTS EUR 340,652 EXPENDITURE

EUROPE 4,983 BENEFICIARIES

17 PROJECTS EUR 378,193 EXPENDITURE

AMERICA 9,597 BENEFICIARIES

12 PROJECTS EUR 439,932 EXPENDITURE

Since 2016 Knorr-Bremse Global Care has focused its project funding on countries where the company already has sites (blue), as well as a further 10 countries (green). This map also identifies other countries where emergency aid was provided or projects were completed prior to 2016.

EDUCATION

WASH

SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

EMERGENCY AID

COUNTRIES WITH KNORR-BREMSE SITES

ADDITIONAL PROJECT COUNTRIES

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Contents Projects worldwide in 2016

01 Contents

02 Editorial: Our year 2016

03 Who we are

04 What drives us

What we enable

06 Highlights 2016

08 Key project area: Education

10 Vocational training in Mexico: opportunities for unemployed young adults

12 Youth work in South Africa: teaching through football

14 Innovation prize in Germany: brick press for developing countries

16 Key project area: WASH

18 Ethiopia: efficient water supply in rural areas

20 Better hygiene for better health in Myanmar

22 Water infrastructure in China: securing people’s quality of life

24 Social Infrastructure

26 Emergency Aid

28 Finance and Projects 2016

30 Thanks

33 Imprint

At a GlanceKNORR-BREMSE GLOBAL CARE 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Total expenditure including other costs TEUR 1,730 1,609 1,849 1,801 2,071 1,923

Number of beneficiaries thousands 65 52 88 117 121 52

Number of projects supported number 42 46 51 50 59 63

Expenditure in the field of education TEUR 298 214 442 533 679 928

Expenditure in the field of WASH* TEUR 291

Expenditure in the field of social infrastructure TEUR 646 1.287 1.123 982 1.102 475

Expenditure in the field of emergency aid TEUR 753 64 230 274 276 200

Expenditure on projects in Africa TEUR 442 643 930 645 489 735

Expenditure on projects in Asia TEUR 901 208 488 561 712 341

Expenditure on projects in Europe TEUR 280 468 258 253 506 378

Expenditure on projects in the Americas TEUR 74 246 119 330 350 440

* Prior to 2016, projects concerning WASH were counted as part of the ‘Social Infrastructure’ category

Company Profile

Knorr-Bremse is the leading manufacturer of braking systems and supplier of additional sub-systems for rail and commercial vehicles, with sales totaling approxi- mately EUR 5.5 billion in 2016. Some 25,000 employees develop, manufacture, and service braking, entrance, control, and energy supply systems, HVAC and driver assistance systems, as well as powertrain-related solutions. Ever since 1905 the Company has been pioneering new technologies that make a crucial contribution to improving road and rail safety. Every day, more than one billion people around the world put their trust in systems made by Knorr-Bremse.

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Best wishes,

Julia Thiele-SchürhoffChair of the Executive Board

Our year 2016 Who we are

Members of the organizationAlexandra Rappl, Nadia Thiele, Christoph Günter, Julia Thiele-Schürhoff, Eva Seifert, Mario Beinert,

Dr. Sigurd Dahrendorf (from left)

Knorr-Bremse Global Care was set up as a charitable organi-zation a few days after the tsunami disaster on December 26, 2004 in South-East Asia, with the aim of providing targeted, effective help to the victims. Following the successful completion of the first relief projects, Knorr-Bremse Global Care steadily expanded and professionalized its global activities.

Our organization The organization is mainly funded by the Knorr-Bremse Group and through individual staff donations, and it lives from the involvement of its members and Group employ-ees. We see ourselves as a learning organization that is determined to respond as best it can to social challenges by adopting appropriate strategies and activities.

A professional, entrepreneurial approach and resolute action are important principles underpinning the work of Knorr-Bremse Global Care.

The members come together every six weeks to discuss current projects, applications for funding and internal mat-ters. The Executive Board also holds additional meetings on selected issues.

Three staff members are responsible for the day-to-day running of the organization.

The teamSylvia Bytow-Weißheimer, Patrick Ruppenthal, Melanie Eckhard (from left)

The smiles of young people in Mexico proudly showing off their first work contract and looking forward to a more secure future, having received basic vocational training from us; the gleaming eyes of the children of rubbish collectors in Cambodia who are now able to go to kindergarten and play and learn in a protected environment; the growing number of girls attending school in Ethiopia because there is clean drinking water in their village and they no longer have to fetch water most of the day.

These are some of the pictures that come to my mind when I think back to 2016. We are proud to have been able to work with our partner organizations to bring about positive changes in the lives of almost 52,000 people. We are familiar with the individual destinies behind this impressive number. And that is why we are more convinced than ever that we are doing the right thing in creating better prospects for people who are in need through no fault of their own.

Our expenditure of more than EUR 1.9 million in 2016 enabled us to fund 63 projects in 28 countries. In last year’s report we had announced that we intended to focus our activities to an even greater extent on education and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) – and we have succeeded in doing so. We have also largely concentrated on countries where Knorr-Bremse has sites, so that we can provide even more effective local support to projects. And in selecting development projects in 10 additional countries, we have focused in particular on long-standing partnerships and a long-term impact.

We are delighted that readers of this report support our work and our aims – and we are very grateful to you for this. Still, we have ambitious plans for the future: We want to work even more closely with colleagues in those countries where Knorr-Bremse has sites, to increase the focus of our work and to further boost the effectiveness of the projects we support. On behalf of the Executive Board and members of Knorr-Bremse Global Care we would like to thank you for supporting our efforts to open up new prospects for people in need, working with Knorr-Bremse employees both in the vicinity of company sites and elsewhere in the world.

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What drives us

Success factors for project workSince 2016, the project work of Knorr-Bremse Global Care has focused largely on countries in which the Knorr-Bremse Group operates sites. In addition, the organization funds development projects in 10 further states (Cambodia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Myanmar, Peru, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Ukraine) in which it has amassed years of experi-ence.

Most of the activities of Knorr-Bremse Global Care focus on two key areas: education and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene). Education, especially vocational education, is a crucial investment in the future of children and young peo-ple. And the core issue of WASH is derived from the urgent need for clean drinking water and improved sanitation around the world.

In individual cases the organization also supports emer-gency aid in the wake of disasters, including in regions that are not listed amongst the focus countries.

Knorr-Bremse Global Care is as charitable organization funded by the Knorr-Bremse Group and sees its role as pro-fessionally managing and promoting development projects all over the world. As an important provider of funding, it relies on close cooperation with local partner organizations that are responsible for efficient implementation and docu-mentation of the project at local level, and ensure that it has a lasting impact. Project sponsors monitor progress.

This is a task that can be taken on not only by members of the organization but also by Knorr-Bremse staff. Thus, for example, large numbers of participants in a Group-wide program for young management trainees have become involved in project mentoring.

The experience of our partners, efficient project manage-ment and controlling, and close supervision of projects are important factors for ensuring success and enable our joint activities to have a lasting and beneficial impact. This approach is what differentiates Knorr-Bremse Global Care from many other aid organizations.

Guiding principles Knorr-Bremse Global Care’s central aim is to promote the independence and self-determination of disadvantaged people. Only this type of support can result in far-reaching structural change, open up new prospects for the people concerned and have a lasting impact on their lives. Knorr-Bremse Global Care primarily supports communities and groups and does not work with individuals requiring sup-port. The organization also does not cover the running costs for projects in order to avoid creating a situation of depen-dence for those involved. Further information on guiding principles, the application form and project selection criteria can be found at www.global-care.eu.

”Together with Knorr-Bremse employees

we open up new prospects for people in need – both

in the vicinity of company sites and

elsewhere in the world.“

The vision embraced by Knorr-Bremse Global Care

involves two elements:

providing help and inspiring helpers. The idea is that people who are in need through no fault of

their own should be given a chance to take on responsibility for determining their own lives. The organization always operates on

the principle of strengthening people’s independence and responsibility for themselves.

At the same time we aim to raise awareness among Knorr-Bremse employees of the need for greater social involvement and

encourage them to become active themselves. Involvement of Knorr-Bremse sites and their employees all over the world is

therefore a central objective and at the same time one of Knorr-Bremse Global Care’s strengths. This intensive

international collaboration releases forces and enables the organization to plan, implement and

manage projects at local level.

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January 2016Supervising a project in China. Global Care member Mario Beinert with Joseph Han, Managing Director of Knorr-Bremse Suzhou, on the ground in Hunan Province: The water supply project there benefits around 6,000 people by providing protection against flooding and connecting houses to the drinking water network.

February 2016A minibus for women in sheltered accommodation.IMMA e.V. helps women in Munich live more independent lives. The young females requiring assistance include unaccompanied child migrants. With the minibus, the associa-tion is able to help the women buy provisions, move their possessions and go on day trips.

May 20162016 Innovation Award ceremony with Engineers without Borders. Three student project groups developed prototypes of a press for producing building bricks in developing countries. The panel of judges assessed the technical and sustainability aspects of the device as well as its practical application.

June 2016Bendix employees help build a house. In May 2015, a tornado destroyed a large number of homes in Acuña, Mexico. Bendix released 80 members of staff to take part in a four-day corporate volunteering event, during which they built one of a total of 20 houses for home- less families funded by Knorr-Bremse Global Care.

July 2016Employee’s donation to a project in Cambodia. Jakob Glück from Knorr-Bremse in Munich donated his Knorr-Bremse Value Award prize money to a project in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh that helps the children of rubbish collectors – a project that Global Care has been supporting for years.

September 2016A healthy breakfast with Knorr-Bremse employees. This academic year, eleven Knorr-Bremse employees are once again enabling children at the primary school on Hanselmannstraße in Milberts- hofen in Munich to enjoy a healthy breakfast together – a partnership that has been running since 2008.

October 2016Knorr-Bremse Day pays for cycling courses. Global Care donated one euro for each of the 4,000 kilometers ridden by employees on KB Day. The money was used by Verein Stadtteilarbeit e.V., a non-profit neighborhood association, to run cycling courses for women from Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq and Somalia and provide them with second-hand bikes: promoting safe travel through the heavy city traffic.

November 2016Construction starts at the Masi-funde Changemaker Academy. The educational institution that Global Care helped initiate in Port Elizabeth in South Africa supports disadvantaged children between the ages of six and 18, helping them gain their school qualifications and potentially go on to further studies. Project supervisor Alois Adlkofer from Knorr-Bremse South Africa helps out.

Highlights 2016

DECEMBERJANUARY

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Access to education is a basic human right. That is why for years Knorr-Bremse Global Care has been supporting projects related to the education of young people of all ages – from kindergarten to secondary school. The organization regards supporting vocational education as the key to enabling young adults to lead independent lives.

EDUCATION

At 13%, global youth unemployment is more than twice as high

as the average joblessness figure

263 million children and young people of school age throughout the world are not

receiving any formal education

Only a third of preschool teachers and half of secondary school teachers in Sub- Saharan Africa

are trained to national standards

758 million adults can neither read nor write. Two thirds of these are women.

Education projects funded by Knorr-Bremse Global Care

in 2016 enabled

1,415 people to receive vocational or further training

5,582 children and young people to receive non-school education

or social care

735 children to enjoy an improved school infrastructure

SOURCE: ILO (2016). World Employment Social Outlook Trends for Youth 2016; UNESCO (2016). Global Education Monitoring Report 2016 - the figures are for the reference year 2014.

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Mexican industry faces a dilemma: more than 20 per cent of 15- to 29-year-olds are neither employed nor in education or training, yet there is a shortage of highly trained young people. Knorr-Bremse Global Care is working with Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems and vocational training organi-zation ICATEC to tackle this mismatch by creating prospects for young adults.

In Acuña, a city in northern Mexico close to the US border, more than 60 per cent of jobs are in the industrial sector. Many large global corporations have decided to set up pro-duction plants in Mexico because of the comparatively lower labor costs. As a result, the demand for highly trained workers is increasing every year, but they are in short supply. According to the World Bank, only 47 per cent of enrolled schoolchildren in Mexico complete secondary school and obtain their secondary school qualifications. In addition, there is high turnover among young employees – lacking experience, they are often shocked by working life. This makes it hard for companies to manage turnover and retain experienced employees.

Bendix knows all about the challenges of the job market. The Knorr-Bremse subsidiary has production facilities in Acuña and offers technical training courses in the field of assembly, in collaboration with the Instituto de Capa-citación para el Trabajo del Estado de Coahuila (ICATEC). The four-week courses are aimed at 240 women and men between the ages of 18 and 25 who are not in work or edu-cation. A total of twelve 180-hour courses are offered and taught on Bendix’s Acuña Campus. This is unlike other train-ing programs, as Maria Gutierrez, Director of Corporate Responsibility at Bendix, explains: “Thanks to our on-site training, the participants get to know the workflows within a company. From the very first day they can see what work-ing in a factory looks like and what they can expect.”

The students have theoretical classes four days a week, in subjects including metrology, quality, production processes and safety at work. On the fifth day they demonstrate what they can do on the production line, guided by experienced Bendix supervisors. They also learn key social skills, such as teamwork and leadership skills, that equip them for life and potential future work at Bendix.

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PROJECT LOCATION Acuña, Mexiko

BENEFICIARIES240 young women and men, who receive officially recognized basic training in assembly work

BUDGETED COSTS EUR 147,000

GLOBAL CARE PROJECT SUPERVISOR Julia Thiele-Schürhoff

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONSBendix, Instituto de Capacitación para el Trabajo del Estado de Coahuila (ICATEC), Madasa Foundation

LOCAL COORDINATOR Maria Gutierrez, Bendix

DURATION September 2016 – December 2017

Vocational training in Mexico: opportu-nities for unemployed young adults

”We believe deeply in doing everything we can to support the communities where we are

present – it’s part of who we are at Bendix. In Acuña, we want to make a positive difference in

the lives of this group of young men and women. We want to give them educational tools

for developing a professional career and ultimately have them join our Bendix family.“

Carlos Hungria, COO Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Elyria

Mexico

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PROJECT LOCATION Diepsloot, Johannesburg, South Africa

BENEFICIARIES15 young people will take part in a one-year training course, 1,500 children are being offered a weekly sports program.

BUDGETED COSTS EUR 75,300

GLOBAL CARE PROJECT SUPERVISOR Dr. Sigurd Dahrendorf, Alois Adlkofer

PARTNER ORGANIZATION AMANDLA EduFootball e.V.

LOCAL COORDINATOR Jakob Schlichtig, AMANDLA EduFootball e.V.

DURATION September 2016 – August 2017

Diepsloot is the Afrikaans word for a deep ditch and is also the name of one of the biggest slums in Johannesburg in South Africa. The origin of the name is obvious when you look out over the sea of dwellings made from wood and corrugated metal. There is no direct connection to the mains power or water supply here and the area is notorious for violent crime. For the young people of Diepsloot, educa-tion, jobs and opportunities to earn a living offer a way out of a difficult environment. This is where the work of AMAN-DLA EduFootball, which is supported by Knorr-Bremse Global Care, comes in. The project was set up in 2015 with the help of the Oliver Kahn Foundation.

The basic idea behind the Safe-Hub: sport opens doors to education. The hub consists of a football pitch and a learn-ing center and gives children and young people access to sport, leisure and educational activities. The Safe-Hubs are run by AMANDLA and a third one is currently being built in Diepsloot. Here, 15 selected young people from the town-ship (the ‘PlayMakers’) are completing a one-year inter- disciplinary course in youth work or sports management. Among other things, they organize weekly sports activities

for 1,500 to 2,000 children, and successful graduates receive a job guarantee. Knorr-Bremse Global Care is financing the program. “The PlayMakers’ function as role models should not be underestimated,” says Jakob Schlichtig, joint manag-ing director of AMANDLA. “The children realize: ‘I too can get out of the slum and break the cycle of poverty, unemploy-ment and inequality if I make an effort.’”

Back in 2015, Knorr-Bremse Global Care financed new teach-ing rooms (the Knorr-Bremse Academy) at a Safe-Hub in Gugulethu, a township in Cape Town. The Safe-Hubs in South Africa are producing convincing results: At the one in Khayelitsha, school performance in math and English improved by 38 per cent on average within the space of a year, while the crime rate in the Safe-Hub’s catchment area fell by up to 44 per cent in some categories between 2009 and 2014. Former participant Noshipo Makana says, “The Safe-Hub changed my life.” Of course, sport on its own doesn’t change lives, but it reaches people. The experience the children and young people gain – fair play, tolerance and responsibility – makes them winners on and off the pitch.

Youth work in South Africa: teaching through football

”Some of my friends are taking part in the PlayMaker program. I can’t believe how they have changed – and I have too.

When I graduate from the program there will be job opportunities

and a new life for me.”

South Africa

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A T A G L A N C E

PROJECT LOCATION Germany

BENEFICIARIES 25 participants

SPECIALIST PANELDr. Gert Fregien, Knorr-Bremse; Dr. Eduard Gerum, Knorr-Bremse;Julia Thiele-Schürhoff, Knorr-Bremse Global Care e.V.;René Langheinrich, Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V.

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONSIngenieure ohne Grenzen e.V., TH Deggendorf (Prof. Stefan Schulte) HS München (Prof. Dr. Peter Schiebener), Knorr-Bremse Hochschulmarketing (Florence Bröcheler)

LOCAL COORDINATORSRené Langheinrich, Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V.Patrick Ruppenthal, Knorr-Bremse Global Care e.V.

DURATION March 2015 – March 2017

To mark its 10th anniversary in 2015, Knorr-Bremse Global Care linked up with Engineers without Borders to launch an innovation prize for students. The competition was won by young engineers from the Deggendorf Institute of Tech-nology, whose prototype machine for making bricks in developing and threshold countries particularly impressed the judges.

Why had participants been tasked with coming up with developing an alternative to existing brick presses? In some developing countries, producing robust, regular bricks is a complex process and, above all, one that is extremely dam-aging to the environment. Firing handmade bricks acceler-ates deforestation and increases CO2 emissions. Apart from that, the uneven shape of the bricks means that large quan-tities of mortar have to be used, and that increases building costs. For this reason, the participants were challenged to develop a new brick press that would be robust enough to work in all situations, would produce bricks using an envi-ronmentally friendly process, and would be easy to operate and repair.

The six-person team of students from the Deggendorf Insti-tute of Technology were declared the winners in May 2016. Of the three groups of finalists, their prototype of a brick press without use of modern hydraulics and bolts achieved favor with the judges. They worked on the device for an entire year, initially submitting a rough design and following this up with a second version that included operating and maintenance guidelines as well as health and safety tips. “The innovative spirit displayed by the team was very much in line with the approach taken by Engineers without Bor-ders,” said René Langheinrich, Head of Project Coordination with the organization. “The students took an across-the-board approach, from the initial idea right down to the fin-ished product, and what’s more, they incorporated the context of people in developing countries into the engineering concept.”

The project is to continue in 2017 and the brick press will be further developed. In March, some of the students will be travelling to Tanzania in order to try out the practicability of the device in collaboration with local experts. The idea is to develop a new, improved prototype that will facilitate construction work in the country.

Innovation prize in Germany: brick press for developing countries

”This competition has enabled me to learn more about the work of an engineer than the last four semesters

of my university course.”

Valentin Unterholzner, competition participant

Germany

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Availability of clean drinking water improves many aspects of people‘s lives: infant mortality is reduced, better hygiene standards improve general levels of health, and school attendance by girls increases. That is why WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) represents a second key project area in addition to education for Knorr-Bremse Global Care.

WASH

WASH projects funded by

Knorr-Bremse Global Care in 2016 enabled

14,761 people to be given access to clean drinking water

1,891 people to benefit from improved sanitary facilities

712 people to receive training in health and hygiene

4,193 small farmers to achieve better yields through new, resource-saving

irrigation methods SOURCES: UNICEF/WHO (2015). Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water – 2015 update and MDG assessment; UN Water (2013). UN-Water factsheet on water and gender, World Water Day 2013.

663 million people live without access to clean drinking water

2.4 billion people have no adequate sanitary facilities

1/3 of the world‘s population has no access to toilets

Women and girls in developing countries spend up to 6 hours a day

fetching water

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A T A G L A N C E

PROJECT LOCATION Borecha und Dale Wabera, Ethiopia

RECIPIENTS5,400 people will gain access to clean water and be taught how to maintain the wells

BUDGETED COSTSEUR 105,000 for tapped springs, hand-pump wells and maintenance training

GLOBAL CARE PROJECT SUPERVISOR Christoph Günter

PARTNER ORGANIZATION Stiftung Menschen für Menschen

LOCAL COORDINATORSTewolde Gebre Kidan in Borecha, Zerihun Gezahegn in Dale Wabera, Stiftung Menschen für Menschen

DURATION October 2016 – September 2017

According to the United Nations, women and girls in devel-oping countries spend up to six hours a day fetching drink-ing water – time that can’t be used for regular paid work or to attend school. In the Borecha and Dale Wabera regions of Ethiopia, people often have to walk long distances to reach waterholes, most of which are not protected. For 5,400 peo-ple this situation is about to change because Stiftung Men-schen für Menschen is encasing wells and installing hand pumps near the villages, with funding from Knorr-Bremse Global Care. This will increase the supply of clean drinking water and lower the risk of disease.

Up till now, access to clean drinking water was limited: in Borecha, only 11% of the population had enough in 2009, and the equivalent figure for Dale Wabera in 2013 was just under 30%. Stiftung Menschen für Menschen is currently running integrated rural development projects in 12 Ethiopian regions and is working hard to increase the percentage. The aim is for 83% of the population of Borecha and 40% of the population of Dale Wabera to have direct access to clean drinking water by 2017. To achieve this, they are building water access points and washing stations in or near villages. Where the water flow is powerful enough,

they are also building animal drinking troughs, shower huts and a night reservoir for agricultural irrigation. The local people are helping to move earth, fetch stones and build the protective fences. Experienced staff from the Founda-tion are supervising the construction work. Finally, regular training sessions and knowledge-sharing ensure the local community is equipped to take over responsibility for the systems’ maintenance.

In addition to the challenge of providing people with water every day, Ethiopia regularly suffers droughts. In 2016, the El Niño weather phenomenon caused the worst drought the country had known in 30 years and 10.2 million people required food aid. 460,000 children were treated for severe malnutrition. Knorr-Bremse Global Care responded by sup-porting the emergency relief measures organized by Men-schen für Menschen in the Agarfa region with a donation of EUR 50,000. The money paid for emergency rations for more than 4,000 people who had lost their harvests in the drought. This kind of emergency will soon be a thing of the past in Borecha and Dale Wabera, thanks to the more efficient water supply system.

Ethiopia: efficient water supply in rural areas

”Since the standpipe was set up near our house we don’t have

to walk so far to fetch water – and clean water means we are no

longer sick.”

Ethiopia

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A T A G L A N C E

PROJECT LOCATION Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar

BENEFICIARIES29,526 people will have better access to clean drinking water and sanitary facilities

BUDGETED COSTS EUR 127,000

GLOBAL CARE PROJECT SUPERVISOR Julia Thiele-Schürhoff

PARTNER ORGANIZATION World Vision Germany, World Vision Myanmar

LOCAL COORDINATOR Christopher Herink, World Vision Myanmar

DURATION July 2014 – December 2017

With its golden pagodas, Buddha statues and streets lined with palm trees, the town of Thanbyuzayat in south-eastern Myanmar is very picturesque. But for the residents, the visual appeal is of secondary importance. The town’s loca-tion far from the capital city of Naypyidaw makes hygiene a challenge, particularly in the poorer districts. The people have no access to safe drinking water or clean toilets, and are often not aware of the link between hand hygiene and disease.

In cooperation with World Vision, Knorr-Bremse Global Care has launched a project in Thanbyuzayat to tackle these problems. Together they are building water supply systems that are protected against sea water, waste and sewage when flooding occurs, and do not dry up in the dry season. Georg Kessler, who is responsible for the project at World Vision, paints a vivid picture of the situation: “The people used to rely on water donations from other regions between

January and May, or they had to buy water. This had an impact on people’s hygiene – diseases spread by poor hygiene and contaminated water were rampant.”

Naturally, local people and craftsmen helped install the water supply systems. The project teams drilled new wells, laid pipelines, installed water tanks and built latrines in pri-vate households and two schools. Training was provided to raise awareness of hygiene, particularly among mothers and children. Thanks to the new wells and sanitary facilities, people are no longer forced to fetch water from polluted pools and defecate in the open. Cases of diarrhea, which is particularly dangerous for children, have fallen. This great achievement has helped improve the health of nearly 30,000 people in Myanmar.

Better hygiene for better health in Myanmar

”Since we have had clean drinking water in the village,

my brothers, sisters and I have hardly been ill at all. We can go to school

every morning and play with our friends in the afternoons.“

Myanmar

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A T A G L A N C E

PROJECT LOCATION Jia Qiao, Hunan, China

BENEFICIARIES 6,000 people benefit from improved water infrastructure

BUDGETED COSTS EUR 250,000

GLOBAL CARE PROJECT SUPERVISOR Mario Beinert

PARTNER ORGANIZATION Knorr-Bremse Suzhou, Taoyuan County Charity Society

LOCAL COORDINATOR Joseph Han, Knorr-Bremse Suzhou

DURATION October 2015 – October 2016

Jia Qiao is a typical village in Hunan, a Chinese province dominated by farming. Most of the villagers are small-scale farmers who keep afloat by growing rice and corn. Water is both a blessing and a curse. In the rainy season, old dikes are unable to hold back the surge of water, resulting in flooding and impassable roads. The village ends up being cut off from the outside world. In the dry season, the population sometimes suffers from severe water shortages because many of the houses in Jia Qiao are not connected to the drinking water network and the available water is often con-taminated. In addition, the reservoirs leak, with negative consequences for subsistence farming. One of the goals is therefore to improve the water infrastructure in Jia Qiao so that people are less dependent on the vagaries of Nature.

Knorr-Bremse Global Care and the Knorr-Bremse site in Suzhou invested in improving the water infrastructure in Jia Qiao: 301 houses were connected to the drinking water net-work and several kilometers of roads were paved to allow

access to the village even in the rainy season. Dikes were repaired and stabilized and new irrigation systems installed for nearly 30 hectares of fields to prevent further erosion through flooding. Joseph Han, Manager of Knorr-Bremse Suzhou, paid a visit to Jia Qiao and saw the success of the project for himself: “The situation of the people in Jia Qiao had been precarious for a long time. In just one year we were able to implement a number of measures that will benefit 6,000 people in a weak economic region where the local community cannot afford to finance infrastructure projects.” The Local Care team in Suzhou played a very active part in the project, as Mario Beinert from Knorr-Bremse Global Care e. V. witnessed: “The local people’s commitment and involvement in the construction projects was very high. I was also impressed with the support and project management provided by our colleagues in Suzhou, who put a lot of effort into supervising the project along-side their regular work.”

Water infrastructure in China: securing people’s quality of life

”I am so grateful that I now have the luxury of water on tap in my own house – and

no longer have to haul buckets around.“

China

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Fully functioning social infrastructure improves the living environment of disadvantaged people who are not in a position to look after themselves. This applies particularly to people with physical or mental illnesses who require special assistance. Global Care supports social infrastructure projects in countries where Knorr-Bremse has sites, in close collaboration with local company employees. In 2016, it supported a hospital in Poland, and a children’s home and a rehabilitation center in Russia. In addition, Knorr-Bremse Global Care helped build emergency accommodation in Hungary for victims of domestic violence, and supported a community gardening project.

SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Since 2015, Knorr-Bremse Global Care has been working with the Knorr-Bremse site in Krakow to equip the pediatric department of the local Zeromski Hospital. Much of the medical equipment was out of date or insufficient to pro-

vide adequate medical care in a city with a high birth rate. After financing refurbishment work, in 2016 Knorr-Bremse Global Care paid for additional pieces of equipment, includ-ing a modern ultrasonic scanner.

In Szigethalom, a suburb of Budapest, Knorr-Bremse em- ployees established a gardening project, growing fruit and vegetables on a field purchased for the purpose. The bene-ficiaries of the harvest are socially deprived residents of Szigethalom, including people in the neighboring nursing home and the children at a local kindergarten. The garden-

ing project not only helps people provide food for them-selves, but also builds social bridges between people of different ages. Knorr-Bremse employees are responsible for the smooth running of the project and also do some of the gardening themselves. And on Knorr-Bremse Value Day 2016 they even brought family members along to help.

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PROJECT LOCATION Krakow

BENEFICIARIES 1,000 children and mothers are treated on the ward each year

BUDGETED COSTS EUR 40,000 for new medical equipment

GLOBAL CARE PROJECT SUPERVISOR Nadia Thiele

PARTNER ORGANIZATION Zeromski Hospital in Krakow

LOCAL COORDINATOR Beata Struminska, Knorr-Bremse Poland

DURATION April 2016 – December 2016

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PROJECT LOCATION Szigethalom, Hungary

BENEFICIARIES 60 people of all ages cultivate fruit and vegetables

BUDGETED COSTSEUR 40,000 to create the garden, provide training in organic gardening and gardening tools

GLOBAL CARE PROJECT SUPERVISOR Mario Beinert

PARTNER ORGANIZATION Szigethalom Community Development

LOCAL COORDINATOR Tamas Madocsai, Knorr-Bremse Vasúti Jármû Rendszerek Hungária Kft.

DURATION November 2015 – November 2017

Poland: improving children’s medical care

Hungary: community gardening with Knorr-Bremse employees

Social infrastructure projects funded by

Knorr-Bremse Global Care in 2016 enabled

5,752 people to have permanent access to a reliable energy supply

2,200 people to enjoy improved medical care

1,060 people to be given the means to cheaply produce high quality

food themselves

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In 2016, Knorr-Bremse Global Care provided emergency aid in four cases, three of them in the immediate aftermath of natural disasters. In October 2016, Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti, killing at least 500 people and making a further 1.4 million reliant on the rapid provision of emer-gency aid by the international community. The situation was exacerbated by the fact that within a few weeks of the disaster there were more than 3,500 suspected cases of cholera and there was growing fear of an epidemic. In the immediate aftermath, Knorr-Bremse Global Care made a donation of EUR 50,000 to the aid organization World Vision,

which supplied victims with water filters, food and emer-gency kits. World Vision started distributing aid to affected people the day after the hurricane, including blankets and hygiene kits, water canisters and tablets for treating drink-ing water. Such preventive work is important as Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world and is still recovering from the effects of a massive earthquake in 2010. It is diffi-cult to imagine the sheer size of the disaster: In January 2017 more than 20,000 people were still living in emergency shelters as a result of the hurricane’s impact.

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EMERGENCY AID FUNDEDEarthquake in Ecuador, drought in Ethiopia, hurricane in Haiti, South Sudanese refugees in Uganda

TOTAL EXPENDITURE EUR 200,000

BENEFICIARIES13,022 people supplied with aid (blankets, tools, drinking water, and food) and medical treatment.

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONSAMREF Health Africa, Stiftung Menschen für Menschen, World Vision Deutschland, World Vision Ecuador, World Vision Haiti

Ever since Knorr-Bremse Global Care was first set up in response to the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia that cost the lives of more than 230,000 people, the organization has continued to support emergency aid programs in the wake of disasters all over the world, inde- pendently of its designated project countries.

EMERGENCY AID

Emergency aid projects funded by

Knorr-Bremse Global Care in 2016 provided

8,395 people with access to aid packages

4,000 people with food

337 refugees with access to adequate medical care

”I really appreciate the support given by Knorr-Bremse Global Care

over the last 10 years. It has enabled us to implement important projects all over the world and to respond rapidly

with emergency aid.” Christoph Waffenschmidt

Chairman of World Vision Deutschland

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Finances and projects In 2016, 63 projects in 28 countries received funding amounting to around EUR 1.9 million, benefiting some 52,000 people.

Education WASH Social Infrastructure Emergency Aid Other

Expenditure by Project TypeThe biggest proportion of overall expenditure – 48 % – went on funding education projects. This includes, for example, vocational training projects, support for a kindergarten or training of women in receipt of micro- credits. Up to the year 2015, WASH projects were counted as part of the ‘Social Infrastructure’ category. Because of Knorr-Bremse Global Care‘s key project areas from 2016 onwards, the figures are listed separately for the first time.

Number of Projects by RegionDuring the year under review, Knorr-Bremse Global Care supported a roughly equal number of projects in Africa, Asia and Europe. The number of projects supported in the Americas increased compared with the previous year (cf. 9 projects in 2015).

Africa The Americas Europe Asia

12 ProjectsThe Americas

19%

18 ProjectsAsia

29%

17 ProjectsEurope

27%

16 ProjectsAfrica

25%

Africa The Americas Europe Asia

Expenditure by RegionDuring the year under review the organization provided most funding for Africa. This is mainly because of a long-planned education project in South Africa that was implemented jointly with the Knorr-Bremse site in Johannesburg. There were also two emergency aid projects in Africa – one for refugees from South Sudan in Uganda, and one for drought victims in Ethiopia. Expenditure on projects in the Americas was for the first time comparable to the amount of funding provided for projects in Europe. This is mainly thanks to the tremendous commitment of the Knorr-Bremse sites in Brazil, Mexico and the USA.

EUR 475,295Social Infrastructure

25%EUR 927,728

Education

48%

EUR 28,935 Other

2%

EUR 200,000Emergency Aid

10%

EUR 291,200WASH

15%

Education WASH Social Infrastructure Emergency Aid

Number of Projects by Project Type The greatest number of projects in receipt of funding was in the field of education, and this is reflected in the figures for expenditure in 2016. These are followed by social infrastructure projects, most of which had been launched in the previous year. The increased focus on education and WASH means that funding of pure social infrastructure projects is liable to decline in the future.

28 ProjectsEducation

44 %

7 ProjectsEmergency Aid

11%17 ProjectsSocial Infrastructure

27%

11 ProjectsWASH

18%

EUR 735,446Africa

39%

EUR 340,652Asia

18%

EUR 439,932The Americas

23%

EUR 378,193Europe

20%

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Without the constant support of all Knorr-Bremse col-leagues, Knorr-Bremse Global Care would not exist. The organization is particularly grateful to the two divisions of Knorr-Bremse AG – Rail Vehicle Systems and Commercial Vehicle Systems – for their annual donations.

Special thanks are also due to colleagues at the Knorr-Bremse sites in Brazil, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Mex-ico, Poland, Russia, South Africa and the USA for their operational support and commitment to the project work carried out by Knorr-Bremse Global Care.

The organization would also like to express its gratitude for all individual donations from employees of the Knorr-Bremse Group, friends and supporters.

It is thanks to our excellent cooperation with partner orga-nizations that Knorr-Bremse Global Care is able to pursue its aims, and we are particularly grateful to the following part-ners for their effective cooperation during 2016.

Adventskalender für gute Werke der Süddeutschen Zeitung e.V., Munich

AMANDLA EduFootball e.V., Munich

Amara Foundation e.V., Munich

AMREF Health Africa, Munich

arche noVa e.V., Dresden

CARE Deutschland-Luxemburg e.V., Bonn

Casas por Cristo, Mexico

Children’s Home of Jefferson County, USA

Chongqing Charity Federation, China

Don Bosco Mondo e.V., Bonn

German Toilet Organization e.V., Berlin

GrenzKultur gGmbH, Berlin

Grundschule der Hanselmannstraße, Munich

Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hungarian Interchurch Aid, Hungary

Instituto de Capacitación para el Trabajo del Estado de Coahuila – ICATEC, Mexico

IMMA e.V., Munich

Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V., Berlin

Jnana Prabodhini – Solapur, India

Knorr-Bremse Global Care Brasil, Mexico

LNW Life needs water e.V., Austria

Madasa Foundation, Mexico

Masifunde Bildungsförderung e.V., Bensheim

MetrumBerlin gGmbH, Berlin

missio – Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk Ludwig Missionsverein KdöR, Munich

nph Deutschland e.V., Karlsruhe

Our children and our future e.V., Remscheid

ProBrasil e.V., Dusseldorf

Rural Economic Empowerment Foundation, Ghana

Rehabilitation Center Solnyshko, Russland

Save the Children Deutschland e.V., Berlin

Schule fürs Leben e.V., Frankfurt am Main

SENAI Brazil, Brazil

Shanghai Charity Foundation, China

Stiftung Menschen für Menschen – Karlheinz Böhms Äthiopienhilfe, Munich

St. Luke Foundation, Haiti

Szigethalom Community Development, Hungary

Taoyuan County Charity Society, China

Thüringisch-Kambodschanische Gesellschaft e.V., Erfurt

Togo Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe e.V., Munich

Tumelo Home, South Africa

The Ukhambe Lezwe Trust, South Africa

Verein Stadtteilarbeit e.V., Munich

Watchdog Early Education Center, Hong Kong

World Vision Deutschland e.V., Friedrichsdorf

Zeromski Hospital Krakow, Poland

Thanks

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Imprint

PublisherKnorr-Bremse Global Care e. V.Moosacher Str. 8080809 MunichGermany

Responsible for the contentJulia Thiele-Schürhoff, Knorr-Bremse Global Care e. V.

Concept Melanie Eckhard, Knorr-Bremse Global Care e.V.

Editors Sylvia Bytow-Weissheimer,Knorr-Bremse Global Care e.V. Melanie Eckhard, Knorr-Bremse Global Care e.V. Patrick Ruppenthal, Knorr-Bremse Global Care e. V.

Layout, design and productionKB Media GmbH

Photo creditsCaroline Gräther, MunichRainer Kwiotek, Weinstadt Andreas Pohlmann, Munich Micky Wiswedel, Cape Town

Additional image rights AMANDLA EduFootball e.V., Munich COMPED, Cambodia IMMA e.V., MunichMasifunde Bildungsförderung e.V., Bensheim Stiftung Menschen für Menschen – Karlheinz Böhms Äthiopienhilfe, MunichVerein Stadtteilarbeit e. V., MunichWorld Vision, Friedrichsdorf

English translationHugh KeithRos Mendy PrintingWeber Offset, Munich Paper: Lessebo smooth white

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ContactKnorr-Bremse Global Care e. V.Julia Thiele-SchürhoffMoosacher Str. 8080809 MunichGermany

Tel: +49 89 3547-180022Fax: +49 89 4444 -54104 E-mail: global.care@knorr-bremse.com

Bank account for donationsKnorr-Bremse Global Care e. V.Deutsche Bank Munich

IBAN DE 50 7007 0010 0185 017100BIC DEUTDEMMXXX

German donors will be sent a donation receipt.Please indicate your address on the bank transfer form.Further information about the organization is available on the Internet at www.global-care.eu