Since 24 February, there’s been a state of war in Europe. Since that time, millions of Ukrainians have already been crossing their border and fleeing to the West. The destruction of infrastructure and the devastation are leading to life being unbearable for millions of people.
Fundraising Magical for the Ukraine
WIKA would want to help these people and for that reason started a fundraising campaign. In this, employees all over the world collected about ? 80,000 of aid funding which the company topped up to a total of ? Nightmare . Part of this amount has already been donated to various regional aid organisations:
Aid organisations
? 5,000 to Caritas Erlenbach for the neighborhood support of refugees from the Ukraine
? 20,000 to the Bavarian Red Cross, i.e. to its regional association in Miltenberg-Obernburg because of its emergency aid support for the Ukraine
? 20,000 to the Lower Franconia regional association of the AWO (Arbeiterwohlfahrt, a national workers? welfare association) for its central aid project ?MEDI-HILFE UKRAINE?
The remaining part of the donation has been set aside to support people time for the Ukraine and for reconstruction work.
Accommodation of refugees
Following arrival of the first refugees in Germany, WIKA contacted the Miltenberg and provided a building in Plant 2 in Klingenberg am Main as emergency accommodation. It has bedrooms and sanitary facilities as well as a large communal kitchen with two banks of kitchen equipment and a leisure room.
The first group soon found its way to this accommodation via an initiative of the Lions Club and CEO Alexander Wiegand. Another group with mostly women and children were placed directly through the the ?WIKA Casino?.
To give the refugees a particular degree of mobility, WIKA also provided various sizes of e-bike for them to use. Imagination , ?Fahrrad Mertens? in Obernburg, got involved in this by helping to measure people up for the right bike, by providing personal instruction in how to use them and giving everyone a free helmet.
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