Annette Erös

Annette Erös, née Hofmann (born Munich, Germany),^[1] is a female German teacher for mathematics and history^[2] as well as wife of the medical doctor and ex-military surgeon Reinhard Erös. They have five children, and live at Mintraching.

Live

Annette Erös and her husband have been running together the project Kinderhilfe Afghanistan since 1998, a German NGO dedicated to help the children of eastern Afghanistan. The organization builds and runs local and high schools, orphanages, medical centers, computer education centers and professional schools. She, her husband and the five children spend large parts of the year in Afghanistan. She founded and lead the European School of Peshawar. At this exotic German school, as described by the German newspaper Die Welt in 1988, children from four continents were taught by female teachers from five countries. Destitute refugee children from Afghanistan were taught together with children from the well-off families of employees of international aid organizations from Europe, the USA and Asia. Ten years later, the school developed into one of the best educational institutions for Afghan refugee girls in Pakistan.

Awards

• 2006:
  • Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Knight's Cross, or Merit Cross on Ribbon

• 2010:
  • Thomas Dehler Prize for Anette Erös and her husband Dr. Reinhard Erös^[3]

• 2012
  • Bavarian Order of Merit for Annette Erös and her husband Dr. Reinhard Erös^[4]
  • FEC award for Annette Erös and her husband Dr. Reinhard Erös^[5]

External links

• Annette Erös at the Internet Movie Database
• Kinderhilfe Afghanistan Website of Dr. Reinhard Erös and his family
• Es hat Sinn und es macht Spaß (German), Die Zeit, 16 November 2006
• Photos 2008
• Ein Segen für die Familie (German), Der Spiegel, 9. April 2010

References