Dominik Bartsch
Chairman
Leads the association and keeps the relationship with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Uganda. He makes sure that every decision serves our statutory purpose: the schooling of girls in Adjumani.
About us
Seven friends. One responsibility.
Frido’s Friends e.V. was founded on 15 August 2025 by seven friends — five of them from the 1985 graduating class of Kolleg St. Blasien. What connects us is not only our shared school years, but a personal bond with Father Frido Pflüger SJ and with everything he lived for: education as a service to human dignity.
We have deliberately stayed small — no large NGO structure, but a lean, transparent and efficient association. Who we are is easy to grasp; what we want to achieve is not. It is precisely this clarity that lets us make a promise larger organisations can rarely give.
Our promise
100 % of your donation go directly into scholarships.
Administrative costs are covered privately by the founding members — anchored in our statutes.
- Registered charity
- Tax receipt
- Partner JRS
The board
Three people, one volunteer mandate.
Martin Hirt
Deputy Chairman
Deputises for the chairman and supports the strategic work of the board. He brings in the perspective of the founding members and helps keep the association transparent and run entirely by volunteers.
Lorenz Dietsche
Treasurer
Looks after finances, membership contributions and donation receipts. He guards the 100% promise — that every euro donated flows into scholarships and that administration stays privately funded.
Other founding members
- Iara Behs
- Hartmut Müller-Gerbes
- Robert Schnekenbühl
- Dorothee Thum
Seven friends, five of them from the 1985 graduating class of Kolleg St. Blasien. The board works on a voluntary basis; administrative costs are covered privately.
Transparency & legal
What we promise, you can verify.
Once a year we publish an accountability report — open, comprehensible and without gloss. Our statutory purpose is the promotion of schooling for children and young people in need in developing countries, in particular in Uganda. By that, we ask to be measured.
- Founded
- 15 August 2025
- Registered office
- Cologne
- Court of registration
- Amtsgericht Köln
- Register number
- VR 22446
- Status
- Recognised charitable association (gemeinnützig)
- Statutory purpose
- Promoting the schooling of children and young people in need in developing countries, in particular Uganda
Our work on the ground does not happen alone. We carry forward Father Frido’s legacy with an experienced partner — the Jesuit Refugee Service, which knows the families in the Adjumani district and accompanies the scholarships.
Get involved
Become part of this responsibility.
As a member you give a girl the security of a whole school year — €800 covers it in full.