Here are a group of people that everyone should know about when the question is asked, “where in the world does air cargo reach out and help others asking for nothing in return?”
     This recent snapshot includes some folks serving on the board of Cargo Human Care (CHC).
     They are (from left) Dr. Thomas Berger, Gerhard Meyke, Dr. Wolf Cyran, Fokko Doyen, Sieglinde Reinhard, and Arno Pfeiffer.
     Cargo Human Care was founded in 2007 by Lufthansa Cargo employees in cooperation with doctors from all over Germany.
     Today, and non-stop for nearly 18 years, CHC has supported humanitarian and medical aid projects in Kenya, primarily around the Nairobi area.
     The CHC Association, based in Germany, focuses on providing direct medical assistance in Africa to impoverished, sick, and suffering people, and giving destitute and disadvantaged orphans a home and a future.
     “Today working together with local institutions, Cargo Human Care delivers practical help directly to where it is needed,” said Fokko Doyen, CHC Founder and President, adding at once:
     “Lufthansa Cargo has generously supported the project from the very beginning.”
     Fokko, a hero in every sense of that word and “Captain of the Clouds,” who sat in the left seat at Lufthansa Cargo for more than 40 years, founded CHC, while still piloting his MD11 freighter all over the place.
     Here, in the greatly relaxed and wonderfully welcoming picture, we meet as we move from left to right—the CHC Board.
     Dr. Thomas Berger is a specialist for children adolescent medicine, organizes and oversees CHC Medical Center.
     Dr. Berger exclaimed:
     “My great enthusiasm for Africa and solving medical challenges is supported by well-trained Kenyan nurses, delivering good, basic medical care for the local population in our CHC effort.”
     Next Geyharde Meyke, who started his professional life as a bank clerk and ended that career as director of the bank and today uses his great skill to the advantage of CHC, shares some emotion, rare perhaps elsewhere talking to a bean counter:
     “While we live in abundance, there is a great deal of poverty and misery all over the world. Those most affected are always those who are least able to defend themselves— children.
     “We cannot change the world, but we can give a few people new hope and perspectives, and every effort is worthwhile!”
     Next is Dr. Wolf Cyran, who organizes CHC medical missions together with Dr. Berger.
     In 2025 he celebrates a decade of living and working in East Africa (Tz/Ken) in various assignments, including practical work in rural hospitals, and in the CHC Medical Center, health project management.
     Standing next to Fokko in the middle of all the men is Sieglinde Reinhard, whose CHC Board duties include Secretarial work and Member Management.
     A team leader for IT projects at Lufthansa Cargo, Sieglinde delivers an even hand and also some passion here:
     “I have great respect for what has been achieved so far and much joy in continuing the work here.
     “CHC is expanding in such a way that a reliable and lasting improvement in basic medical care for a large number of children and adults is happening.”
Finally Arno Pfeifer whose background in economics has been a driving force for CHC success during the past decade shares some further thought here
     “In vocational training and school sponsorships, CHC is a small association that has had long-term success in the areas of education and medical care for many years thanks to its exclusively voluntary commitment.
     “Education in particular is a cornerstone of a stable, future-oriented society.
     “Very happy that CHC can make a small contribution to this effort,” Arno Pfeifer concluded.
     You Can Help. From anywhere in the world you can help with a one-time donation or regular membership to join air cargo hands around the world supporting this most worthwhile air cargo charity effort.
     Sieglinde Reinhard is available to answer any questions you may have. Contact her here.
A postscript . . . Recall meeting Fokko several years ago in Frankfurt, once upon a time in between flights.
     Glad to see these great people and this most admirable constant outreach charity that deserves support from all of air cargo, continuing with its spirited and dedicated leadership in 2025.
     Cargo Human Care makes everybody in our industry look good.
Geoffrey