World Vision Micro – a great credit
Lots of people in developing countries have excellent ideas on how to earn an income, but they still can’t escape poverty without the collateral needed to access credit necessary to put their plans into action. Microcredit programmes are an ideal way of bridging the gap in a jump start for sustainably improving the lives of business founders.

Sustainability and transparency
We opted for WV Micro as it supports entrepreneurs with training and assistance from the start-up phase onwards; repayment rates of 97% have shown how well this system works. But World Vision takes it a step further, promoting opportunities to meet the people behind the credit and follow business development.

Here’s how it works
A donation of €25 gives employees, customers and business associates access to a dedicated platform to help put together the credit amount needed. And even better – we will double every donation.

Together with Malteser International since 2012
Malteser International provides rescue services, disaster relief and addiction care in the spirit of solidarity and altruism. The charity has a programme where employees from companies support young people with disabilities on tours and activities on a regular basis for two years, and we provide ten to fifteen people to volunteer their services at each event. Active social commitment from companies creates quality of life, forges new contacts and provides integration for disabled young people in Frankfurt.

Support with friends
We at cosnova work with Malteser International and Viktor Frankl School in Frankfurt, where special-needs students are trained in the high-priority area of physical and motor development. The programme includes four joint excursions and activities a year for students to meet and catch up with each other.

From outdoor activities to baking biscuits
Trips to the Lochmühle amusement park, Hanau zoo or the Halli Galli adventure park in Kelkheim give everyone involved something to remember. Playing and exploring together provides new inspiration and memories of an awesome time; the annual year-end seasonal baking sessions at school are a particular highlight.

Support for Lithuania’s orphans since 1997
Kinderdörfer in Litauen eV children’s villages in Lithuania is a nonprofit organisation that has been supporting two vaiko tėviškės namai children’s villages in Lithuanian Marijampolė and Kaunas since 1997. The support is dedicated to children in these two children’s villages until they reach adulthood, and takes the form of sponsorships, project support and assistance in financial emergencies.

School and vocational training sponsorships
We have been supporting children’s village educational project even after leaving school to give young people a realistic chance of good vocational training. The organisation has entered special training sponsorships to support young people towards setting up their own businesses and gaining more independence. The programme provides financial assistance in scholarships and targeted counselling by PATRIA, a Lithuanian youth welfare organisation.

Plans for the future
The end of 2015 saw around twenty-five young people take part in the association’s training programme, and future expansion plans to address the growing need for support in young adulthood that outstrips the possibilities of the organisation in its current capacity. Children’s villages and cosnova are jointly planning to extend on their support for young orphans and before and after reaching adulthood to give young people from other facilities a sporting chance at a good career start.

Beauty is for everyone!
One of our fundamental tenets defining our approach to what we do at cosnova is our wish to make our products available to every woman on the planet. This abstract guiding principle in our everyday business reflects in our beauty sessions at women’s shelters.

The beauty initiative
We organise five-hour cosmetic seminars a week for and with women’s shelters. The workshop involves individual beauty treatment for each woman taking part together with additional braiding workshops. Each seminar ends in a group photo shoot capturing the results of the day – not just as mementos, but also as professional job application photos.

Aims of beauty seminars
We at cosnova see cosmetics not only in terms of market volume and the fun of studying trends; we hold that emphasising your own beauty can empower you as a woman, giving you a sense of self-confidence in everyday life and at work. That’s why we work with women’s shelters across the world in sharing knowledge on makeup and strategies to cope with daily challenges, all in a relaxed atmosphere. An attractive job application photo at the end of each seminar is a good place to start into the future.