Sign of Hope is a Christian-motivated organization for human rights, humanitarian assistance and development cooperation. Based in Constance and Berlin, Sign of Hope is committed to helping oppressed and exploited people worldwide.

Sign of Hope will turn 40. Millions of people around the world have so far benefited from our work and built a life with dignity. This year, we are taking a special look at the work we have done.

Sign of Hope with the help of our supporters, we have been able to reach millions of people around the world over the 40 years. In our reporting year 2021 alone, we have together given more than 1.5 million people hope as well as a perspective for a better life in dignity.

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Article 1 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany states: The dignity of the human being is inviolable. In 2023, there are still countless people around the world who live in need or distress and whose dignity is violated. In particular, the ongoing Corona pandemic, wars and the increasingly noticeable effects of climate change have exacerbated the situation in recent years.

To this end, we provide humanitarian assistance in the form of emergency and disaster relief, development cooperation, and human rights work. Learn more about the highlights from 40 years of work for more human dignity.

With many years of experience and an international network, we continue to tackle challenges and work towards our vision. Today, around 100 employees from many different nations are active in our aid projects in more than 20 countries.

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During the occasion of the persecution of Christians behind the Iron Curtain during the “Cold War”, the international, Christian human rights organisation “Christian Solidarity International” (CSI) was founded in Switzerland. On December 21, 1983, the independent German association was founded in Bonn under the name “CSI-Deutschland e.V.”.

Seven Christian-motivated founding members, including a reformed pastor from Switzerland, met on this date for the constituent meeting and elected a three-member board. The aim of the association was initially to work for human rights, especially religious freedom.

In the first few years, the organisation’s work was initially carried out on a voluntary basis from the association’s headquarters in Bonn. During the missions, the team became aware that where human rights are violated, there is usually also humanitarian need. This led to an expansion of the field of activity to include humanitarian assistance. Thus, the organisation CSI-Germany became a human rights and aid organisation.

In 1993, the headquarters of CSI-Germany were moved from Bonn to Singen (Hohentwiel). With the hiring of a part-time employee and a temporary employee, the activities of the association, which had been voluntary until then, were revitalised and professionally strengthened.

The regions and countries where the first humanitarian projects were carried out from Singen were:

• Nagorno-Karabakh
• Latvia
• Romania
• Russia
• South Sudan (formerly Sudan)

In April 1994, the volunteer executive board hired Reimund Reubelt, the managing director, and instructed him to build up the organisation professionally, both financially and in terms of personnel, in order to effectively manage the organisation’s project work. At the end of the calendar year, five employees were already working in the association in the areas of fundraising, donor administration, managing human rights, humanitarian assistance and development cooperation.

At the very beginning of the genocide in Rwanda in April 1994, the association became intensively involved in helping victims of this catastrophe and organised aid projects directly on site and in neighboring countries such as Kenya in the areas of food, water, hygiene, medical care for wounded persons, support for orphans, and placement of orphans in Rwandan families.