Who is Rupert Neudeck?

Rupert Neudeck was born in 1939 in Danzig (Germany), which is now Gdanks in Poland. His family was expelled from Danzig first to Saxonia (Koethen) and went to West-Germany. He studied law, catholic theology and philosophy and also learnt different languages. Rupert Neudeck was a correspondent and journalist in the political department of the Deutschlandfunk (German Radio, nationwide service).

In 1978, Rupert Neudeck founded CAP ANAMUR a German Emergency Doctors Organization.

Rupert Neudeck, radio journalist then, and a colleague collected the signatures of people ready to charter a German ship to rescue refugees. In 1979, the ship "Cape Anamur" (giving the organization its name) weighed anchor at Kobe Japan. The organization saved 11,488 Vietnamese lives.

CAP ANAMUR has developed projects in more than 30 countries: Uganda, Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique, Sudan, South Africa, Ghana, Somalia, Tchad, Japan and Vietnam, Cambodia, Irak, Siberia/Russia and Afghanistan, Colombia, Haïti,

In 2003, Rupert Neudeck founded another non-governmental organization : GRUENHELME (Green helmets).

The association is working as a humanitarian agency. The main interest is the reconstruction of villages, schools and ambulances in destroyed regions. The organizations always collaborates with the local population. Greenhelmets want to revive John F. Kennedy's idea of a Peace Corps and we aim to unite young christian and muslim Germans as well as other people with the same understanding and the intention to work together and create something.

The first mission started in IRAK: in the slums of Baghdad (Shishan) where a school for 2.300 children is being constructed.

The second mission is an project in AFGHANISTAN where another school is constructed in the village Totechi (100 km. from Herat). In this village and region Turkmen, Pashtun and Tajik people are living and working peacefully together. In the same time, we help the local population to improve the infrastucture of the village, watersupply.

Why do I support Eyep ?

"Protection of the environment is now a part of our everyday life. From sorting our waste to turning off lights, every day is a chance to avoid wasting our natural resources and to take action at home or close to home. Protection of the environment is not some far-off ideal, but is achieved through concrete action. However, to ensure that everyone feels involved and is able to act, it is important to understand why we need to act and to ensure that everyone shares in our effort. In doing some activities together on this level, we are protecting our future, the future of our generation as well as the future of our children (if we get any). The present time is touched by many intensions and obligations but we do not see that we can avoid the collapse of our ecological system and environment.

Education enables us to understand and to develop our independence. Action transforms us into responsible people. Solidarity and Responsibility are the two faces of one coin. The reason I have chosen to support the European Youth Eco-Parliament is precisely because it has that spirit of action, participation and solidarity that encourages a greater sense of responsibility in everyone, as the Earth is our common property that we must all protect."