Since 24 February, there’s been circumstances of war in Europe. Since then, millions of Ukrainians have already been crossing their border and fleeing to the West. The destruction of infrastructure and the devastation are resulting in life being unbearable for millions of people.
Fundraising campaign for the Ukraine
WIKA want to help these people and for that reason started a fundraising campaign. During this, employees around the globe collected about ? 80,000 of aid funding which the company topped up to a total of ? 150,000. Section of this amount has already been donated to various regional aid organisations:
Aid organisations
? 5,000 to Caritas Erlenbach for the local support of refugees from the Ukraine
? 20,000 to the Bavarian Red Cross, i.e. to its regional association in Miltenberg-Obernburg for its emergency aid support for the Ukraine
? 20,000 to the Lower Franconia regional association of the AWO (Arbeiterwohlfahrt, a national workers? welfare association) because of its central aid project ?MEDI-HILFE UKRAINE?
The remaining the main donation has been set aside to support people time for the Ukraine and for reconstruction work.
Terrorist of refugees
Following a 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 in addition to a large communal kitchen with two banks of kitchen equipment and a leisure room.
The first group soon found its way to this accommodation through an initiative of the Lions Club and CEO Alexander Wiegand. A second group with mostly women and children were placed directly through the the ?WIKA Casino?.
To provide the refugees a certain degree of mobility, WIKA also provided various sizes of e-bike for them to use. The neighborhood bicycle shop, ?Fahrrad Mertens? in Obernburg, got involved in this by helping to measure people up for the proper bike, by providing personal instruction in how to use them and by giving everyone a free helmet.
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