As part of a worldwide campaign week, Würth Group has supported the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF by making a donation of €405,000 to an aid programme providing children in Sudan with access to safe learning spaces and safeguarding their future.
In Berlin, Germany, on 14th June 2024, Würth Group presented a donation cheque to UNICEF for the seventh time from the Group’s annual RW WORKOUT Week – a worldwide sales campaign running for over 34 years, in which staff team up in ‘ride-alongs’ where inside employees accompany sales representatives on their daily customer visits.
“Millions of children around the world cannot go to school. With this donation for safe learning spaces in Sudan, we want to restore access to education for children in the midst of the deep education crisis, so that they can not only go to school, but also be kids despite the difficult situation,” reports Bettina Würth, chairwoman of the advisory board of Würth Group and member of the UNICEF Committee for Germany.
The donation will be used for the UNICEF aid programme and aims to provide safe learning spaces for children in the midst of the brutal conflict in Sudan. Even before the outbreak of the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan, around 8.5 million children needed humanitarian aid. Today, the country faces one of the largest displacement and education crises in the world. Around 14 million children need humanitarian aid and 19 million children are no longer able to attend school due to the closure of 18,000 schools in conflict areas.
The donation will serve to set-up safe learning spaces, providing children and adolescents with access to protection, social contacts and education. UNICEF equips the learning spaces with learning materials and toys and sees to the psychological and psychosocial support of children. If the safety situation does not permit for children to attend school in person, they can learn at home using an eLearning program on solar powered tablets. The UNICEF facilities also support family members by providing them with access to water and healthcare.
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