Annual Fund Campaign 'For Each Other' 23/24
The Annual Fund Campaign For Each Other 23/24: Durable innovations for a better society is live! The University Fund Limburg kindly asks the UM community for a financial contribution to four unique projects, all characterised by a desire for equal opportunities and a healthy future.
The four projects
- Vitality research programmes for seniors;
- Scholarships for underprivileged youth;
- Art therapy for heart patients;
- Energy poverty relief in the region.
In recent years, the University Fund has seen an increasing interest from our community, including alumni, to ‘give back’ to the university. Through the Annual Fund Campaign, it has become a tradition to join forces at the end of each year and support important societal projects. Are you there For Each Other too?
Give to... vitality research programmes for seniors
Thanks to advances in healthcare, we are getting older. Life expectancy is increasing worldwide, but with more chronic conditions. Consider, for example, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Nowadays, having multiple chronic conditions at the same time is more the rule than the exception among the elderly. This multimorbidity has consequences for vitality and quality of life. Read more.
Give to... scholarships for underprivileged youth
Studying is far from a given for everyone, and the opportunity gap seems to be widening due to current crises. An educational degree largely determines one's chances in the labor market and often affects one's health and housing. In order to study, some young people run into financial and social barriers. This certainly plays out in Limburg as well. The new Equal Opportunities Program offers scholarships to young people from the Limburg region, because access to education should be possible for everyone. Read more.
Give to… an art therapy for cardiac patients
Did you know that each year in the Netherlands 15.000 people have a cardiac arrest? And that an ICD can prevent a sudden cardiac arrest by administering a shock? Unfortunately, 33% of the patients after an ICD-shock camp with serious psychological complaints including anxiety and stress, which again increases the chance of developing serious heart rhythm disorders. Art therapy has proven beneficial effect on the psychological wellbeing and could perhaps be the best weapon against anxiety and stress. Read more.
Give to... energy poverty relief in the region
In the Netherlands, more than 600,000 households suffer from energy poverty. More and more vulnerable families are struggling with sky-high energy bills, in part because their homes are poorly insulated. They often lack the knowledge and financial resources to solve the problem. Energy poverty also plays a major role in Limburg. Read more.
Also read
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Sid Penders is helping childcare organisations across Zuid-Limburg to implement healthy practices. As a Health Sciences/Global Health alumnus and PhD candidate, Sid monitors and evaluates a learning network of childcare organisations. The member organisations join forces and learn from each other regarding healthy practices and policies. These best practices are implemented in childcare organisations to benefit the quality of care for children in their earliest development years.
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This year, the total number of students at Maastricht University will probably still increase slightly to more than 23,000. Due to an estimated 3% decrease in the number of new students, this growth will level off. The ratio of Dutch to international students is also stabilising: among the new cohort, the proportion of Dutch students is increasing slightly. A large proportion of students still come from within Maastricht’s Euregion; over 50% of students come from within a 100-kilometre radius of Maastricht.
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Professor Rob Bauer, Professor of Finance at the Maastricht School of Business and Economics and holder of the Peter Elverding Chair, is the winner of the Greening Finance Prize 2024. This prestigious prize is awarded by the University of Oxford.
