This is how giving makes fun

15. December 2015

“When gifts are so well received, it is really fun to donate”, said ALFOTEC Managing Director Michael Hackländer happily after his visit to the refugee accommodation in Dabringhausen, where 177 refugees are currently accommodated and looked after by the German Red Cross (DRK).

150 toy packages for refugee children
Never before had Michael Hackländer been in a refugee shelter, and he admits to having been really curious during the visit. How would the children react to him, and how would they react to his well-meant gifts? Would the fate of the refugee children possibly be reflected in their behaviour? All questions were quickly answered when Michael Hackländer and his staff started to distribute the gifts: The children received the gifts almost incredulously and at first somewhat hesitantly. This was followed by great joy and eager preoccupation with the surprising toys.

The gift handover

In a cramped collective accommodation like Dabringhausen, having your own toys is anything but a matter of course: “Is this really only for me, for me alone? In fact, many refugee children received their very own personal toy for the first time from Michael Hackländer. Various dolls, badminton sets, Matchbox cars, street crayon, footballs, rubber twist, loom tapes, skipping ropes in the four-figure Euro range … no, not Santa Claus, because he does not exist in Muslim countries. The presents came from a company in Wermelskirchen, which was primarily motivated by humanitarian reasons and not by political considerations. Michael Hackländer: “We acted completely in accordance with Humboldt’s motto, which is also the motto of the German Red Cross: ‘Basically, it is always the connections with people that give life its value.

This is how giving makes fun

15. December 2015

The gift handover

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