CHARITABLE Donations

We might be experiencing one of the most notable signs of inflation, but that is all the more reason to help organisations that are donating their time and efforts for selfless causes. 

I have three recommendations here:

The first doesn't actual require you to donate your own money, but rather that of the business whom you're purchasing from. 

Buy your my Deutsche Bahn tickets through the following link, and the Deutsche Bahn then passes on a donation of €0,90 up to €4,50 depending on the type of fare. Ikea also have an arrangement of donating 9% of your purchase, and there are many many more businesses with this arrangement. 

This specific page supports Samojden Nothile - a nordic breed dog rescue organisation.

https://www.wecanhelp.de/485113001/shopsearch

An organisation that I have been very involved with actively assisting, is one that has unfortunately come about because of the war in Ukraine. Partners in both Germany and Ukraine are helping stray dogs (often born in the city dump, or left at the market square to die) to have medical assistance, be sterilised, and re-homed. The organisation is looking to expand, but is currently reliant on direct GO-FUND-ME contributions:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-for-stray-and-disabled-ukrainian-animals

And finally particularly those in the UK, a friend is "Hiking against Hunger", raising money for two charities who are combatting UK food Poverty - “Magic Breakfast” for kids who start school hungry and also the Tri Services Veterans Centre who supply emergency food parcels to Ex Armed Forces, on hard times. His hike is the 3 peaks of Yorkshire this Wednesday (17. May)!

£25 feeds a whole classroom of kids for 3 days.... £55 provides one child with breakfasts for a WHOLE YEAR. You can donate by clicking on the link below:  

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/get-up-give-back-2023---hike-against-hunger-11

So the next time you are needing to make an online purchase and like the idea of helping out a charity directly, use the links and see the donations and good work grow!

Donate to charities via online shopping

Charities are obviously a great and necessary thing.

But with so many organisations, persons and things needing assistance, sometimes the pressure surrounding our own life prevents us even contemplating how to help out on a volunteer basis. 

We have recently become involved with a Charity called "Samjoden- Nothilfe" - which is a charity that fosters and adopts the nordic dog breeds into Germany. Their dedication to ensuring the dogs are fostered correctly and appropriately is admirable, and it seems that most of the people running the organisation are volunteers themselves. 

https://www.facebook.com/Samojeden.Nothilfe/

While we plan to foster and eventually adopt another husky, I have been supporting the charity through a really fantastic link, which enables one to donate through online purchases. It doesn't come directly from you, but rather the business has an arrangement, which then passes the donation on from your purchase. It is called "we can help" and the link for the Samojden Nothilfe is directly here:

https://www.wecanhelp.de/485113001/shopsearch

For example, I now buy all my Deutsche Bahn tickets through the link, and the Deutsche Bahn then passes on a donation of €0,90 up to €4,50 depending on the type of fare. Ikea also have an arrangement of donating 9% of your purchase, and there are many many more businesses with this arrangement.  

So the next time you are needing to make an online purchase and like the idea of helping out a charity directly, use the link and see the donations grow!

MJT