We Support

Kolmar supports A New Way in Ramla, a mixed city in Israel. For over 25 years, A New Way has been committed to building a shared society in Israel through multicultural educational processes. It acts as a unifying force and challenges the existing rifts in Israeli Jewish-Arab relations.

The ASJ Scholarship coordinators and students send Kolmar a heartfelt ‘Thank You’ for supporting the needy and marginalized women students in Gaza through providing the Kolmar Scholarship Program. Kolmar’s generous financial support has clearly reflected on the success and well-being of the students as it allowed them to focus on their academic performance, and to avoid any possible distracting financial pressure that they or their families would have faced otherwise.  The Scholarship’s support of students’ extracurricular activities (such as the semester-end gatherings, the English Club and the graduation ceremonies) provides a unique bond among the Kolmarians who share fun memories and positive experiences, resulting in long-term friendships lasting beyond the completion of their studies.

BluePath is a nonprofit organization that transforms lives by providing expertly trained service dogs for children with autism and their families – free of charge. A well-trained service dog makes a profound difference in the life of an individual with a disability – an impact that becomes exponential as an entire family experiences freedom and reconnects with their community

Since 2006, Building Homes for Heroes has been at the forefront in making a significant difference to the lives of wounded American service members.  The organization builds or modifies homes, and gifts them, mortgage-free, to injured veterans and their families, while providing support services to enable them to build better lives.

The Center for Family Justice provides crisis and supportive services to victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and child abuse.  They provide cutting-edge prevention education and training in communities to create social change. Their goal is to break the cycle of violence by building healthy relationships, empowering communities and mobilizing bystanders to speak out about abuse and violence.

Fellowship Place’s mission is to serve adults living with mental health conditions by offering a full range of therapeutic support and rehabilitation services that promote independence, wellness and a meaningful life.  The services that are provided are designed to increase stability, self-sufficiency, and help function at the highest level possible, including help with basic needs, meals, socialization, skill-building groups, case management, job training and career development services, expressive arts programs, computer classes, physical recreation and much more.

Kolmar is sponsoring the secondary education of two students in Tanzania so they can have a brighter future and to help them on the way to making their dreams come true.  The aim of the school is to raise the education level of girls in Tanzania.  By helping these students, Kolmar is not only changing the girls’ lives, but also making a meaningful contribution to the empowerment of women in Tanzania.

Kolmar continues to support the educational program Il Papavero in Ferrara, Italy, which helps children with learning difficulties by giving them extra tuition in subjects such as Italian and maths outside of school hours.  Learning Italian in particular is very important for emigrant children so they can become integrated.

Kolmar has donated to the fund for Joshua, an 11-year-old English boy who has an aggressive form of cancer called Ewing Sarcoma.  Joshua’s family have started a Gofundme campaign to raise funds.

Joshua went through a lot of chemotherapy and treatments, and was given the all-clear but the cancer has returned and his family are raising funds so they can get the best treatment for Joshua and also make the time he has special.

Junior Achievement is an organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their futures and make smart academic and economic choices.  Junior Achievement’s programs include work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy.  The goal is to ignite the spark in young people to experience and realize the opportunities and realities of work and life in the 21^st century as well as inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy.

The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra is Switzerland’s oldest symphony orchestra, founded in 1805/06.  With its 200-year history, the Orchestra successfully combines tradition and innovation.  It actively promotes new music through the commissioning of works from composers, and the Orchestra is committed to fostering young talent, with its own orchestra academy and a comprehensive outreach programme.

For 20 years, Pacifique has been defending the values of human solidarity and environmental awareness in favour of people and the oceans.  Kolmar is supporting Pacifique’s Jeunes En Mer program, which gives young people in troubled situations the opportunity to spend some time at sea on a sailing boat as part of the crew, learning new skills and integrating as a team.

The Eric M. Suhl Foundation was created in memory of Eric Matthew Suhl who passed away aged 28 in 2016.  The mission of the Foundation is to enjoy the company of family and friends while positively impacting and supporting causes Eric loved and issues he faced in his life. One of the Eric M. Suhl Foundation’s founding principles is to help raise awareness for all types of mental health initiatives.