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ThyssenKrupp Presents Concept for Miniapolis On-Site Daycare Center
09/20/2011 - ThyssenKrupp will soon present the concept behind “Miniapolis”, a new company daycare center the Group is planning to open on the campus of the ThyssenKrupp Quarter in August 2012.
ThyssenKrupp is organizing a children’s party and employee information event to present the concept behind “Miniapolis”, a new company daycare center the Group is planning to open on the campus of the ThyssenKrupp Quarter in August 2012. Building work for the new center is currently underway.
The daycare center will be run by the nonprofit organization “Betreuungsgesellschaft für soziale Einrichtungen” (BsE), which is part of the German Red Cross, North Rhine branch. It will follow the principles of the Reggio Emilia approach to pre-school education, which centers on nurturing children’s natural curiosity and thirst for knowledge. While not neglecting other educational areas, one particular focus will be on awakening their interest in technology and science – something to which ThyssenKrupp as an industrial group attaches great importance.
“The Miniapolis child daycare center will help our employees balance family and work commitments. We will offer high-quality and dependable care for their children. Together with the German Red Cross we will also be demonstrating our commitment to the community in the area of early childhood education,” said Ralph Labonte, member of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG on the motivation behind the Group’s decision to build a child daycare center.
ThyssenKrupp values the German Red Cross as a trusting partner whose dedicated and well-trained staff will provide a high-quality learning environment.
“The German Red Cross runs over 120 child daycare centers in the Rhineland area and is an experienced provider of pre-school education,” said Detlev Schmidt, Managing Director of the German Red Cross, North Rhine branch. “We have been applying the Reggio Emilia approach since 1985. Our goal is to take children’s natural curiosity and nurture it carefully. We want to teach humanitarian values and in so doing make an important contribution to the future of our society”.
Miniapolis will offer places for 105 children from four months to school age, including places for Essen children whose parents do not work for ThyssenKrupp.
ThyssenKrupp, a diversified industrial group, has around 180,000 employees in over 80 countries. In fiscal year 2009/2010 ThyssenKrupp generated sales of more than €42 billion.
