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Every project starts with people who have ideas and the drive to realise them. You can meet these people on KfW Stories: movers and shakers, visionaries and scientists – people who seize opportunities and get involved.

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On our website, pictures taken, among others, by the following photographers/photo agencies are used:

Agentur photothek.net, Deutsche Messe Hannover, Andreas Arnold, Jörg Böthling, Dominik Butzmann, Carsten Costard, Susanne Esche, Charlie Fawell, Rendel Freude, Torsten George, Gaby Gerster, David Greedy, Peter Himsel, Barbara Högner, Frank Homann, Fred Hoogervorst, Steffen Jagenburg (BRANSCH EUROPE), Thomas Klewar, Studio Kohlmeier , Florian Kopp, Georg Lopata, Jürgen Lösel, Kirsten Milhahn, Rüdiger Nehmzow, Rolf Obertreis, Rubén Arnaldo Farina Ortiz, Holger Peters, Joachim Röttgers, Mika Schmidt, Bernhard Schurian, Jens Steingässer, Pietro Sutera, Uwe Tölle, Jan Zappner.

Fotolia.com: amandare, Yuri Arcurs, Kitch Bain, Ingo Bartussek, Sergio Donà, drizzd, Dmitry Ersler, eyewave, Zoltán Futó, Eric Gevaert, Fotolia XXV, Friedberg, goodluz, Dirk Hoffmann, imageteam, Christian Jung, Abdelhamid Kalai, Sergej Khakimullin, Vladimir Kolobov, krizz7, Kzenon, lumen-digital, marog-pixcells, Mindwalker, Miredi, mirpic, Nebuto, Tino Neitz, Christian Pedant, Franz Pfluegl, prognone, Gina Sanders, Henry Schmitt, spree berlin, SVLuma, Kheng Guan Toh, tom, Torbz, typomaniac, VRD, Joachim Wendler, Sreedhar Yedlapati.

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Thomas Koch in his garden

Leading by example

Global warming requires immediate action. Thomas Koch, who works for German development finance institution DEG, has assumed responsibility and reduced his carbon footprint to a minimum. How did he get to that point? It all started with a visitor to his home.

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A beautiful dance in Yugoslavia

War in Croatia, dancing in socialism, “Wind of Change” as your favourite song: author Saša Stanišić describes his life as a teenager.

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Equality march Kiew

“My job and my life”

In the Ukraine, if you are not a heterosexual, you risk being harassed. To help her country become more tolerant, Ruslana Panukhnyk is organising the Equality March. Our author attended the event in Kiev – and experienced both rage and courage first-hand.

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The Facilitator

Dr Dieter Rexroth is the artistic director of the international Young Euro Classic youth orchestra festival, which he co-founded 20 years ago. Get to know the renowned musicologist who calls our attention to the hidden warning in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in our video interview.

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The photographer Sebastião Salgado

The Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado receives the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2019. See our video interview and a selection of his world-famous pictures on KfW Stories.

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Portrait of a man in a suit

Our channel to Brussels

Europe’s promotional banks are joining forces to overcome the major challenges of our time – a mission best accomplished with direct interactions on a day-to-day basis in the EU’s political and administrative capital. David Denzer-Speck runs the KfW office at the heart of the EU.

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How Europe works

The Irish benefit from KfW’s expertise, a German start-up founder uses European funds for a learning portal, and the EU Commission is a strong partner in the fight for better conditions at the gateway to Europe – three field reports.

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Portrait Lenna Koszarny

”I am a rarity“

Private equity has traditionally been a male domain. Only one in ten leading positions in the industry worldwide is filled by a woman. Lenna Koszarny is one of them.

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Jacqueline Grundner using make-up to transform a woman into a man

Instilling courage

Self-help groups and public relations work for gender diversity: Many people feel alien in their own bodies. Jacqueline Grundner wants to support them with her start-up business.

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Beach Palestine

Clean water in the Gaza Strip

Gaza is an overpopulated coastal region blighted by conflicts, water shortages and poverty. KfW is promoting water supply projects and the construction of wastewater treatment plants.

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They prepare for the future

A refugee nurses the sick, a manager ensures that his city has modern infrastructure, a moringa farmer's wife adopts organic farming practices. Three examples of people around the world who are working for sustainable development.

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Five men stand in front of the monument of crossed swords, Iraq.

”Shlonak Habibi“

Three KfW employees plan to clarify the details of investment packages to rebuild public infrastructure in the destroyed areas of Iraq. A riveting report on their mission in bulletproof vests and armoured cars.

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Jobs to bring about peace

Many people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo know nothing but a life afflicted by armed conflict and threats to their lives. The KfW Peace Fund is helping to build up a functioning civil society, offering alternatives to combat and crime.

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Demonstration in Burundi

Security training for KfW employees

KfW carefully prepares its employees for their work in crisis regions. Eight examples of every-day life in dangerous regions show how important this is.

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Gang members in Central America pose for the camera

Gangs in Central America

Many adults leave the countries of Central America in search of work. The young people left behind in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras often slip into crime. A programme supported by KfW is successfully offering alternatives.

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Illustrated portraits of the three people reporting from Nepal, Mexico and Malawi

New ideas lead to success

Repair service for medical equipment in Nepal, unbureaucratic financial aid in Mexico, tablet computers for primary schools in Malawi – three reports show how people benefit from these projects abroad.

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