What do we do?

Cumulative years of experience and specialisation in ophthalmology must be passed to the next generation in order to enable steady progress at an advanced level. One prerequisite for this is that knowledge gathered over many years is shared. This was the motivation behind establishing the Dr Silvia Bopp Foundation.

We have set ourselves the objective of supporting the basic and continuing education of tomorrow's ophthalmologists and encouraging them to specialise. This applies particularly to regions in which access to highly qualified ophthalmology is still limited. Our current region of focus is East Africa.

Our aid efforts include the admission of scholarship students for specialist training, teaching at suitable clinical facilities in the region of support, operational coaching and knowledge transfer through academic conferences.

OUR MOTIVATION, OUR GOALS AND TASKS

MOTIVATION

Cumulative years of experience and specialisation in ophthalmology must be passed on to the next generation in order to enable steady progress at an advanced level. One prerequisite for this is that knowledge gathered over many years is shared. This was the motivation behind the establishment of the DSB Foundation.

OBJECTIVES

We have set ourselves the objective of supporting the basic and continuing education of tomorrow's ophthalmologists and encouraging them to specialise. This applies particularly to regions where access to highly qualified ophthalmology is still limited. Our current region of focus is East Africa.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Persons in charge of THE FOUNDATION

PD Dr. med. Silvia Bopp

Chair of the Advisory Board

… is an ophthalmologist with many years of surgical experience who possesses a broad operational range and specialises in retinal and vitreous surgery. Teaching and research represent other activities.

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Dr. rer. pol. Dorothee Lotz (CFPR)

Chair of the Foundation Board

… is an economics graduate and financial economist who has worked for many years as an independent financial consultant specialising in family offices.

How can you support us?

Donate at:
Bremische Volksbank
IBAN DE08 2919 0024 0064 8450 00
BIC GENODEF1HB1

As a charitable foundation, we will be happy to issue you a charitable donation certificate.

PARTNER & SUPPORTER

We are pleased to have the support of our partners.

"Our collaboration with the Dr.Bopp Foundation moves and accomplishes so much! Urgently needed ophthalmologists in Africa receive their professional training and the so essential ophthalmic care for children is improved. The eyesight of so many people is saved and a barrier-free life in everyday life is made possible. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for the tireless and valuable efforts of the Dr. Bopp Foundation."

Sabine Rehbichler – Director Programmes Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships LIGHT FOR THE WORLD

EXCERPT FROM THE BYLAWS OF THE DR. SILVIA BOPP FOUNDATION

OUR WORK AND OUR OBJECTIVES

The founder, Dr Silvia Bopp, MD, established the "Dr Silvia Bopp Foundation" with its registered office in Bremen on 12 December 2008. The Foundation and its bylaws were recognised in accordance with § 80 of the Civil Code in conjunction with § 4 of the Bremen Foundation Act. It is a charitable foundation. This entitles us to issue charitable donation certificates.

Chair of the Foundation Board is Dr Dorothee Lotz. This authorises her to manage the foundation and to publicly represent it.

The purpose of the Foundation is to promote vocational training in Germany and abroad in the field of ophthalmology and to promote charitable purposes as well as to raise funds for the promotion of this type of vocational training and welfare by another tax-privileged corporation or by a corporation under public law.