L&R Charity – We connect: This is the name of our Corporate Social Sponsoring programme, and we have been supporting international projects that bring different generations together under this title since 2015.
The special thing about this is that we are supporting projects close to our colleagues’ hearts. And bringing old and young together is a primary focus here. As a group of companies that understands the values of a family business, this is extremely important for us.
Our CSS projects in 2023
The forest kindergarten group at the Anhausen kindergarten in Rhineland-Palatinate is regularly visited by local pensioners. They do handicrafts, cook and bake together.
When the weather was bad, the forest kindergarten group children found shelter in an outdated, discarded portacabin. It was no longer safe for young and old and a new shelter was needed.
This request gave rise to our L&R colleague's project of heart: In place of the old portacabin, a yurt was to become the new shelter for the children and senior citizens.
With his well-founded CSS project submission and his commitment, he was able to convince the entire L&R CSS committee and secure the purchase of a new yurt with 9,000 euros
Cancer can affect anyone. It is just as important as the medical treatment that affected women and girls regain self-confidence and a good feeling for their own body and appearance during and after the therapies.
The non-profit organization “feel again”(https://www.feelagain.at/) from Austria offers free make-up courses to girls and women suffering from cancer.
In order to be able to offer participants a comfortable space, they also rent premises. Our L&R colleague is passionate about the association's concept. She championed the idea of the association. Her commitment was supported by L&R with 5,000 euros.
Product Donations 2023
In 2023, the world was unfortunately confronted with numerous different natural disasters at different places - including Turkey/Syria or Morocco - and wars, such as in Ukraine, Israel/Gaza. Together with its partner organizations, L&R supports the victims of these terrible events as well as people in other places of need with extensive product donations.
In total, more than 800 pallets were handed over to 19 organizations for distribution in 31 countries in 2023. Our subsidiary L&R Croatia, in particular, was once again exceptionally involved in providing aid to Ukraine after 2022.
Our CSS projects in 2022
At the beginning of 2022, we received a project submission from a colleague in Germany. He is a dedicated volunteer firefighter in Damscheid. In March, L&R supported the generation weekend of the three ages sections of the fire brigade with 3,000 euros. During the weekend, the fire pond was cleared of dead wood and new signage was installed for the forest nature trail.
In spring also the project of a colleague from France was completed. The intention of his project was to facilitate contact between nursing home residents and their relatives in times of pandemic, when face2face visits are/were not possible. To improve exchange, iPads were purchased. L&R supported this project of heart with 1,500 euros.
The kindergarten in Bad Hönnigen / Germany regularly visits the nearby centre for senior citizens to make music together. Unfortunately, a few musical instruments were missing. A colleague took this as an opportunity to submit his project idea. With L&R's support, musical instruments worth 500 euros could be bought.
Productdonations: For the victims of the Ukraine war and beyond!
Never before in the history of L&R we have donated as many products as in 2022! The all-dominant conflict in 2022 and therefore the target country for most donated items was Ukraine. This year, a total of more than 450 pallets of medical products were donated - almost 300 of them went to Ukraine and its neighbouring countries. Above all, our subsidiary L&R Croatia was extraordinarily committed to helping the victims of the Ukraine war. Summing up all donations to Ukraine, our commitment is worth more than 835,000 euros!
Read more about L&R's support for Ukraine here.
The other donation products were handed to our fixed partner organisations, that supported victims of wars, natural disasters or disadvantaged people in 32 countries around the world.
Our CSS projects in 2021
- In early 2021, we were able to provide support for a colleague from France with 1,000 euros for her Project in the Congo in Africa. This provided financing towards building accommodation for homeless people and orphans there.
- An idea from a colleague from our site in Germany was financed too. He was working to ensure that the multi-generational house in Neuwied was able to obtain plants and other materials for its Generation Garden, and make it blossom. A lot could be bought with 7,000 euros.
- Again in the first months of the year, we were able to provide Neuwied Zoo with 6,000 euros of support for purchasing plants - support that was very important, especially in the wake of those difficult months when the zoo was unable to welcome any visitors. A committed colleague of ours from Rengsdorf submitted the project and secured our support.
- An entire L&R team from Austria was heavily involved in organising games and craft afternoons for multiple generations in the SenaCura Group's retirement homes. Of course, it is important to have the right materials, such as games and craft materials that can be used by young and old alike. L&R rewarded this idea with 2,500 euros.
- Residents of St. Joseph Home in the Czech Republic (who are sufferers of multiple sclerosis) will be given the opportunity to attend cultural and experience events. This was the heartfelt desire of our Czech colleagues. L&R fulfilled this wish by offering 5,000 euros. The residents already enjoyed one trip in autumn with more to follow.
- The Freundeskreis der Lebensmittelretter e.V. association in Germany urgently needed a new cold store for food donated to both the young and the old. Two committed colleagues submitted their marvellous project idea and received a sponsorship payment of 3,000 euros towards it.
- Another of our German colleagues felt it was important to encourage acceptance between generations. He was promised 5,000 euros for the revival of the sports club NDKV in Niederdürenbach. The funds will be used to purchase various types of gymnastics equipment for intergenerational gymnastics groups.
- Under the title “Poor & Rich”, an exhibition at the Dom Museum in Vienna deals with the contrasts between poverty and wealth. A Viennese colleague was looking to support special guided tours, where seniors and children can learn from one another. An amount of 5,100 euros was allocated to make it possible to provide suitable accompanying material for the exhibition visitors.
L&R product donations and special donations
For many years the L&R Group has been donating products via our partner organisations (e.g. Humedica e. V., Human Plus e. V., Caritas Wien, Hilfswerk Wien, Partenariat 57, Diospi Suyana) to regions and people in need. More than 200 pallets in total were delivered from our logistics centres in Germany, Austria and France in 2021! Our donated products are being used in more than 30 countries.
What’s more, we are also there to help at very short notice when tragic events occur in countries where L&R is present. This is what happened this year, for example, following the natural disasters in Germany (floods), the Czech Republic (tornadoes) and Algeria (forest fires). Here L&R supported aid organisations, institutions, communities or people directly on the ground with special donations.
L&R commitment after the floods in Germany
Shortly after the terrible events in July of this year, an emergency relief team was formed at L&R. The L&R Executive Board provided the team with 75,000 euros in order to provide fast, bureaucracy-free help in the affected areas in the Ahr valley. In order to give our international colleagues the opportunity to donate as well, an L&R donation account was set up for the campaign for the first time. A total of 11,000 euros was paid into this account. In addition, colleagues donated a team bonus worth 15,000 euros.
All in all, L&R was able to provide support where help was needed most, with a total donation of over 100,000 euros. This sum was used to finance a wide range of things, such as first aid kits for those assisting on scene, purchasing food for the soup kitchen to help provide supplies for affected people and those helping on the ground, procuring working materials (shovels, wheelbarrows, work gloves, for organisations and private teams of aid staff), overnight accommodation in a nearby hotel for people suddenly made homeless, buying toys and ice cream to support a holiday camp for affected children, playground equipment for the completely destroyed outdoor area of the DRK specialist clinic for children and young people with psychiatric disorders in Bad Neuenahr, and a monetary donation to 21 families from Dernau whose houses were so badly damaged that complete renovation was necessary.
L&R’s commitment after the tornado in the Czech Republic
On the evening of 24 June 2021, a tornado with wind speeds of up to 400 km/h left a path of devastation 26 kilometres long and up to 700 metres wide in the south-east of the Czech Republic. 6 people lost their lives, 200 were injured. More than 1200 houses were damaged.
As a company in the healthcare sector and a provider of medical devices, it was immediately clear how L&R could initially help the victims of the tornado. We donated medical devices for acute care to the hospitals in Břeclav and Hodonín. Our employees also started collecting money for the victims of the tornado the day after the disaster, and soon after that they were also able to make a monetary donation through their pay slips. L&R Czech Republic and the Executive Board of the L&R group quickly decided to provide additional help to the affected region and the people living there. L&R donated a total of CZK 1 million to the three badly-affected villages of Moravská Nová Ves, Lužice and Hrušky. By making this contribution, we are providing long-term support for the reconstruction works, and are trying to do our bit to help secure a future for these people and villages.
星光闪闪2.0
Rumpelstil乐队在德国高本斯(Koblenz)举办的手电筒音乐会是一个老少咸宜的露天活动。2016年,这个由 'Bunter Kreis Rheinland e.V.' 发起及组织的慈善活动首次来到高本斯。应项目赞助人Petra Butter的要求,L&R成为主要赞助商之一。同时,L&R 在 2017年再次加入赞助商行列。活动场地座落莱茵河畔的德国角落前,从面部彩绘到气球大赛等多项娱乐节目让超过二千名游客宾至如归。当然,随后的手电筒音乐会更是光芒四射,点亮了整个晚上。像过去一样,这活动的所有收益将会拨捐重病儿童家庭。我们非常自豪能够在社会和各企业的支持下继续支持这一无与伦比的慈善活动。
Neunerhaus的伤口护理咨询服务
我们与奥地利维也纳的Neunerhaus携手合作定期捐赠产品,至今已经有一段时间了。因此,我们能够为无家可归者及他们的爱宠的医疗保健做出宝贵贡献。由于我们员工Ivana Augustinovic的个人承诺,让我们现在可以在这件相当不平凡的事情上做出进一步贡献,并继续支持Neunerhaus。 今时今日,每个人似乎都在四处迁移,我们国家也正经历持续的移民潮,于是处理无家可归者的新挑战就出现了。这就是说,有些人可能听不懂或不会说德语,例如,医疗保健的沟通和咨询就会变得极具挑战性。为了改善沟通,增加理解,Neunerhaus 投资了一个视频翻译工具。我们向这个项目提供资金,我们非常自豪能够成为一个如此伟大的计划的一分子。2017年,得益于这个翻译工具,超过700个咨询视频已经成功翻译成22种语言。
在需要家园的地方安家立户-刚果
由于我们在全球运营,因此我们不会把企业的社会责任局限于某些国家或地区内,而是不分国界地承担着社会责任。当法国站点的员工Sonia Hamdi带着她的项目到我们面前时,我们都被她的承诺和勇气深深打动。她是姆布吉马伊(Mbuji-Mayi)地区的孤儿的教母,并支持着位于法国塞尔翁附近的 “Chemins d’Arc en Ciel” 协会。他们照顾着非洲刚果25所学校、孤儿院、产科诊所及医疗中心。除了经济援助外,该协会极度需要书籍、笔、衣服、营养品及医疗产品(用于其医疗中心)的捐赠。目前,他们需要财政支持,以保护并进一步为刚果姆布吉马伊(Mbuji-Mayi)地区的孤儿及处于不同年龄层的无家可归者建造新的住房。所以,我们抓住这个机遇,向Sonia Hamdi在这项目中的感人参与做出贡献。
为有需要人员而设的家品店
座落在伦斯多夫(Rengsdorf)L&R总部的拐角处,一家面积非常小但五脏俱全的商店为贫困人士提供家庭基本用品。该商店由当地的社区工会经营,我们的员工和项目赞助人Fabian Jacobi亦积极参与经营事宜。他趁机接触“L&R慈善机构-we connect”以取得财务支持,让他们可以在商店内建立一个会面角。建立会面角后,相关人员之间的沟通和支持都将会得到提升。我们愉快地加入这个项目之中,并帮助会面角的建立成为现实。值得注意的是,该商店的所有利益全数用于社会项目中。因此,该商店不仅为贫困人员提供价格相宜的产品和货品,如餐具、眼镜等,还可以通过投资更多项目以获得更多利益。受到这个伟大的社会社区工作范例的启发,我们正在考虑在伦斯多夫(Rengsdorf)组织一些称为“捐赠日”的活动。在这些活动中,每个人都可以送出他/她们用不着的多余物品,然后我们会将这些物品转交给当地商店,以便他们向有需要人员发放。
学校和养老院之间充满活力的交流
2016年年初,德国柏林市Elisabethstift学校萌发与学校附近养老院共同举办音乐和创意活动的创意,由学生和养老院居民们参加的活动安排在下午的时间进行,L&R为购置乐器以及创意材料提供了资金。在此期间,在下午举行音乐和创意活动已经成为学校和养老院社会生活的一个组成部分,每一个学年都有活动安排。学校手工制作小组为养老院老人们制作各种各样小礼品,在养老院定期举办小型音乐会,学生和老人们之间建立帮助关系,养老院的老人们还会参加学校的活动,例如夏日节或者圣诞礼拜。在项目教母Eva Ebert的帮助下,这项由L&R启动的项目已经有了很强的自身活力,即使不依赖L&R资助,项目仍能得以继续。
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