History

RobinAid‘s initators in the background of Dr. Matthias Angrés use the experiences which they have made within the last years by plenty of medical missions in Kabul. With the constitution of the RobinAid – Foundation we pursue our engagement to an adequate extent which corresponds to the complexity of the targets with regard to adequate structure, quality, transparency and responsibility.

Facts and figures regarding the development of RobinAid:

• Middle of 2004: The Mülheim registered association „Children need us“ approaches the medical director of the Hamburg Albertinen Hospital, Dr. Matthias Angrés, to support cardiac children from Afghanistan.
• Until the middle of 2008 more than 40 Afghan children have been successfully operated by PD Dr. Rieß, head of the Albertinen Heart Center, within the scope of the project „Heart bridge“ by the Albertinen – Foundation.
• April 2007: For the first time Dr. Angrés flies to an emergency mission to Kabul; overwhelmed by the degree of suffering which he comes across, he decides to regularly fly to Afghanistan in order to support there as medical scientist. He joins the work of the association „Children need us“.
• October 2007: The first „Airlift Hamburg-Kabul“ is operated as a charter flight after an intensive medical preparation phase of 3 months; 59 seriously ill and injured children are flown to Hamburg (partly under intensive medical monitoring) and distributed to clinics nationwide for further medical treatment.
• November 2007: The German „Burda media“ awarded the president of the association „Children need us“, namely Mr. Dewender and the representative of the team of the „Airlift Hamburg-Kabul“ Dr. Angrés, with the „Bambi“ within the category „Social Engagement“.
• December 2007: The news magazine „Der Spiegel“ discovers that Mr. Dewender has gained his two PHD titles illegally. And the magazine raises further accusations against the association.
• January 2008: Dr. Angrés and three other medical colleagues have been elected to be the new management board after presenting a profound concept to professionalising and changing the association „Children need us“.
• February 2008: 60 recovered children have been taken back to their home country with the second „Airlift Hamburg – Kabul“. On the return flight to Hamburg, 69 seriously ill and injured children arrive and they have been distributed to the nationwide clinic network for further treatment.
• Juli 2008: Dr. Angrés and his management board colleagues resign as members and leave „Children need us“. They had realised that the necessary requirements in form and content could not be implemented in the Mülheim association.
• August – December 2008: Dr. Angrés and his team are in the course of formation with the RobinAid – Foundation. And they had found the French medical aid organisation „La chaîne de l´espoir“ as international partner for a long-term partnership.
• February 2009: RobinAid has been offically acknowledged by the foundation inspection of the legal department in Hamburg.