“Transparency is part of our credo"

Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen/Wings of Help joins the ITZ Transparent Civil Society Initiative

Absolute transparency is an important challenge for the continued existence and development of an aid organization: clarity about the structure, the targeted use of donations, the secure implementation of missions and actions at home and abroad are essential. Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen/Wings of Help (LOG/WoH), which has been a member of the German Donation Council for many years, has now also joined the Transparent Civil Society Initiative (ITZ), to which around 2000 organizations are now voluntarily members. ITZ was launched in 2010 by Transparency International and is supported by the Federal Association of German Foundations, the German Central Institute for Social Issues (DZI), the German Cultural Council and the German Donation Council, among others.

The sponsoring group ensures that the initiative is disseminated and carries out random checks to ensure that the requirements are met. The signatories of the initiative undertake to make relevant information about their organization easily accessible to the general public in a specific format. At LOG/WoH, this can be found at www.wingsofhelp.org/transparency. LOG/WoH says: “Transparency has been part of our organization’s credo since LOG/WoH was founded 22 years ago. This is demonstrated by the long-term support from companies and private individuals who value our work, which is primarily supported by volunteers. The ITZ logo can be found on the first page of the homepage www.wingsofhelp.org, and it leads directly to the requirements that ITZ also places on us.”

“We won’t leave Valencia alone"

ASF Spain Crew unloads goods and equipment from Germany / A church near Valencia stores LOG/WoH aid

Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen/Wings of Help (LOG/WoH) is bringing construction dryers and high-pressure cleaners to the Spanish flood area in a second aid operation

It is becoming increasingly clear what the people in the Valencia region immediately need after the massive storm and flood disaster: In addition to drinking water, hygiene paper, power generators, construction dryers, and high-pressure cleaners are urgently needed – and also rubber boots, which are in great demand in this region of Spain. After the overwhelming solidarity of the German population in helping the Valencia region, and after a strong willingness to donate, (LOG/WoH) has launched another transport for Valencia and its 80 affected neighboring towns and is also accompanying this itself: LOG/WoH President Frank Franke: “The collaboration with local partners motivates us to provide further help and the thought: We will not leave Valencia alone in these difficult times. We have found a second storage house for relief supplies from Germany. Also a church helps us to story our aid. This shows how well and quickly the cooperation with our Iberian partner organization Aviaciòn sin Fronteras (ASF Spain) is developing.” Both aid organizations belong to the umbrella organization ASF International (Aviation sans Frontières) at the international level.

LOG/WoH has a lot of experience from operations following the flood disaster in the Ahr Valley in the summer of 2021, which is now benefiting the people in the Valencia region. Even more: a relief team from the Ahr region, consisting mainly of firefighters, has now arrived in the affected area. The fire departments from the Ahr Valley know LOG/WoH well and had taken over the distribution of aid equipment to the population that LOG/WoH delivered to the Ahr at the time after the flood 2021. The disaster relief workers from the Ahr confirm: The damage in northeastern Spain is several times bigger than in the Ahr Valley disaster at the time, with well over 100 fatalities and damage running into the billions.

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