Since 24 February, there has been a state 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 thousands of people.
Fundraising campaign for the Ukraine
WIKA would like to help these people and therefore started a fundraising campaign. During this, employees all over the world collected about ? 80,000 of aid funding which the company topped up to total of ? 150,000. Part of this amount was already 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 area of the donation has been reserve 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 initial group soon found its way to this accommodation via 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 to allow them to use. The neighborhood bicycle shop, ? Spirited ? in Obernburg, got involved with this by assisting to measure people up for the right bike, by providing personal instruction in how to use them and by giving everyone a free helmet.
Note
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