A Social Logistics Initiative from Hamburg – with an international impact
A project from Hanseatic Help e.V. in Hamburg, Germany
Hanseatic Help is a charitable social logistics initiative in Hamburg, Germany. We collect, sort and deliver donations in kind to refugees, homeless and other fellow humans in need and distribute them worldwide. Simply helping where help is needed!
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About this project
Johannes Tomczak from Hanseatic Help e.V. is responsible for this project
Simply helping where help is needed.
Since 2015, Hanseatic Help e.V. has stood for a humane attitude and efficient commitment. In Hamburg, for Hamburg and with Hamburg.
What began in 2015 as a clothing store run by a citizens' initiative for refugees has now become a social logistics company with permanent employees and many volunteers based at Grosse Elbstrasse 264 in the Port of Hamburg.
#givingwarmth is campaign for a warm Hamburg in winter. Together, we can help to ensure that fewer people have to freeze on Hamburg's streets. To this end, we are collecting donations in kind and need cash donations for the purchase of sleeping bags, sleeping mats, (thermal) underwear, warm socks and hygiene products.
Hanseatic Help provides and supports refugees, homeless people, women and children in institutions and other people in need with clothing and other everyday items free of charge and provides logistical support for over 300 social organizations and initiatives in Hamburg and other federal states.
Anyone who knows our location at Grosse Elbstrasse 264 knows that an enormous amount happens every day in this 2,300 square meter space. In the last nine years, we have collected and distributed over 10 million donations in kind. We have been able to support over 100,000 people in need in Hamburg with donations in kind. We send what is not needed in Hamburg to crisis regions; we have organized around 300 aid shipments since 2015. Our work is the classic form of sustainable use of resources: reusing instead of throwing away.
We are also an incubator for integration: we help people who have been looking for work for a long time or who have just arrived in the country to (re)enter the job market. We offer work placements, language and application training, help with finding accommodation or dealing with the authorities. We believe that social participation is a benefit for everyone and the key to an open and democratic society.
Our everyday heroes are our powerhouse: Our helpers, heroes in our hall and our financial supporters. Help us to help!
What began in 2015 as a clothing store run by a citizens' initiative for refugees has now become a social logistics company with permanent employees and many volunteers based at Grosse Elbstrasse 264 in the Port of Hamburg.
#givingwarmth is campaign for a warm Hamburg in winter. Together, we can help to ensure that fewer people have to freeze on Hamburg's streets. To this end, we are collecting donations in kind and need cash donations for the purchase of sleeping bags, sleeping mats, (thermal) underwear, warm socks and hygiene products.
Hanseatic Help provides and supports refugees, homeless people, women and children in institutions and other people in need with clothing and other everyday items free of charge and provides logistical support for over 300 social organizations and initiatives in Hamburg and other federal states.
Anyone who knows our location at Grosse Elbstrasse 264 knows that an enormous amount happens every day in this 2,300 square meter space. In the last nine years, we have collected and distributed over 10 million donations in kind. We have been able to support over 100,000 people in need in Hamburg with donations in kind. We send what is not needed in Hamburg to crisis regions; we have organized around 300 aid shipments since 2015. Our work is the classic form of sustainable use of resources: reusing instead of throwing away.
We are also an incubator for integration: we help people who have been looking for work for a long time or who have just arrived in the country to (re)enter the job market. We offer work placements, language and application training, help with finding accommodation or dealing with the authorities. We believe that social participation is a benefit for everyone and the key to an open and democratic society.
Our everyday heroes are our powerhouse: Our helpers, heroes in our hall and our financial supporters. Help us to help!
Make the life of others easier! Help us to help :-)
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