With high logistical effort, relief supplies without direct detours via Florida reached directly by ship Grand Bahamas and especially Abaco – those regions of the archipelago that hit hurricane “Dorian” about four weeks ago with destructive force and enormous amounts of water. More than 70,000 people there continue to suffer from the high damage caused…
Children in eastern Greece still need urgent help
Children and families are still suffering from the catastrophic fire that struck the eastern Greek region of Attica last year, causing over 100 deaths and destruction in villages and housing estates. Following an immediate delivery of aid in 2018, a Wings of Help / Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen e.V. team returned to the affected area east…
“Citizen Award 2019” to Wings of Help
“Our society would be much poorer if there were no volunteer engagements,” said the laudatory speech at Wings of Help / Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen e.V. as the charitable aid organization for its many years of service to people in need around the world received a high award: The “Citizen Award 2019 Heroes of everyday Life”…
Humanitarian aid for Mozambique continues
Wings of Help/Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen e.V. brings special nutrition for malnourished children as well as sportswear and computers for teenagers to Maputo A large supply of children’s special food and sportswear as well as shoes for needy young people brought the German aid organization Wings of Help / Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen e.V. these days in…
Twelve tons of medicines for Mozambique
Wings of Help/Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen organizes medical assistance for 7,000 people in the cyclone areas of Beira and Pemba Trucks carrying 12 tonnes of medicines for about 7,000 people have just arrived from South Africa in the cyclone-hit Beira and Pemba areas of eastern and northern Mozambique. Medical assistance is specifically intended to curb the…
Aid on the ground in devastated Mozambique
On Easter Sunday, Wings of Help / Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen returned from Beira, the epicentre of cyclone “Idai.” They encountered a picture of destruction. Cholera is battering the area. People are at risk of malaria and famine has broken out. Wings of Help / Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen has handed over medicine against Cholera to the…
Cyclone in Mozambique – Aid workers warn of disease outbreak
After the Cyclone “Idai” devastated the country in South-eastern Africa, the outbreak of diseases is now looming. In the flooded areas, the number of diarrhoea cases is rising and the outbreak of cholera is expected. Clean drinking water is almost nowhere to be obtained. The disaster area stretches for hundreds of kilometres from Mozambique to…
Help against the Cold
Winter reigns in the Kurdistan refugee camps. Especially the children suffer, whose winter equipment is completely inadequate. There is a lack of blankets, warm winter clothing and even kerosene for the small ovens. As recently in January, Wings of Help had carried out another transport and has now continued this aid. After nine days and…