STEPHAN JENTGENS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADVENIAT
›SAFEGUARDING PROGRESS‹
Adveniat is dedicated to helping the church in Latin America to combat poverty and help children and young people at local level. Adveniat uses donations and collection monies from members of the Catholic church to help people in Latin America help themselves by implementing their own projects.
»The principle of sustainability plays a role in each of these projects, which are designed to permanently tackle poverty and improve people’s living conditions,« explains Stephan Jentgens, Deputy Director of Adveniat. All of the initiatives are also geared towards achieving ecological goals such as preventing the clearing of the rainforest. »However, we have to make sure that we have the support of local people when it comes to ecological issues and that we aren’t trying to run before we can walk,« he emphasises.
As a non-profit organisation, Adveniat is very careful to use its own limited means and resources as sparingly and efficiently as possible. »Everything we buy – from energy to office supplies – has to fulfil exacting ecological requirements, which helps us to save more money,« Jentgens explains. His personal definition of sustainability is linked to the question: ‘what do I really need?’. »In my day-to-day life, I often realise that I don’t actually need some of the things I use or buy.«
›SAFEGUARDING PROGRESS‹
Adveniat is dedicated to helping the church in Latin America to combat poverty and help children and young people at local level. Adveniat uses donations and collection monies from members of the Catholic church to help people in Latin America help themselves by implementing their own projects.
»The principle of sustainability plays a role in each of these projects, which are designed to permanently tackle poverty and improve people’s living conditions,« explains Stephan Jentgens, Deputy Director of Adveniat. All of the initiatives are also geared towards achieving ecological goals such as preventing the clearing of the rainforest. »However, we have to make sure that we have the support of local people when it comes to ecological issues and that we aren’t trying to run before we can walk,« he emphasises.
As a non-profit organisation, Adveniat is very careful to use its own limited means and resources as sparingly and efficiently as possible. »Everything we buy – from energy to office supplies – has to fulfil exacting ecological requirements, which helps us to save more money,« Jentgens explains. His personal definition of sustainability is linked to the question: ‘what do I really need?’. »In my day-to-day life, I often realise that I don’t actually need some of the things I use or buy.«
