Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen / Wings of Help e.V. ...
based at Frankfurt Airport spreads its wings worldwide to help people in need. The areas of responsibility are the immediate care of needy children and families after natural and humanitarian catastrophes as well as the transport of medical emergencies from all over the world for medical treatment to Germany.
In addition to numerous aid projects worldwide, including in Haiti / Pakistan (earthquake), Myanmar / Indonesia / Japan (tsunami), Syria / Iraq / Greece (refugees) and Mozambique (current cyclone disasters) Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen / Wings of Help e.V. builds for Children and adolescents computer schools, such as in Myanmar, Nepal, Puerto Rico and Kurdistan. Our credo: Education is the sustainable basis of young generations who receive new perspectives and opportunities via electronic media and thus have access to the rest of the world.
Our organization, founded in 2003, works together with airlines, logistics companies and a large number of renowned German and globally engaged companies. In the 16 years since its founding, we have quickly and non-bureaucratically delivered supplies, food and much-needed pharmaceuticals worth more than 120 million euros and a volume of more than 6,000 tons to needy people on every continent. This is done on site in cooperation with local and global aid organizations.
Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen / Wings of Help e.V. as a charitable recognized aid organization issues donation receipts to its supporters.
Our Team
Frank Franke
President
Journalist and author | Legends Wings of Help Award 2018 | Former editor-in-chief on Hessischer Rundfunk | Vice-President ASF International | Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | WACS Humanitarian Award 2012
Marie-Luise Thüne
International and Political Relations Secretary General Aviation Sans Frontières
actress | playwright | Medal of Merit Rhineland-Palatinate 2015 | Ehrensache SWR 2010
Dr. Ulf Merbold
Honorary President
Astronaut & Cosmonaut | 1983 – 2nd German in space | first German with 3 space flights Mission STS 9 Space Lab 1, shuttle flight | Later as the only one 3 times in space: Missions STS 42 Shuttle Flight- Spacelab & Mir 94 – 32 days on the Mir Station | 1984: Federal Cross…
Professor Dr. Hauke Lang
Board Member Medical Consultation
Responsible for medical matters. He is director of the clinic for general, visceral and transplant surgery at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. He has held several leadership positions in global committees, most recently as President of the German Society for Surgery.
Angelika Franke
Chief Logistics Officer✞
Logistics expert for special and special transports | film editor | Chief Financial Officer Animal Welfare
Werner Claasen
Media & PR
With Werner Claasen, Wings of Help has more than four decades of intensive experience in corporate communications.
Guido Holz
TV and Film
TV producer | Owner of Timeline TV | German Human Rights Film Award 2014 | Robert Geisendörfer Film Award 2015
Jürgen Wingenfeld
coopted Chief Financial Officer
He is responsible for the finance department. Wingenfeld works as a management consultant for small and medium-sized companies with a focus on financial accounting, financing and public funding. He comes from the banking and accounting business.
Felix Groh
Chief Operations Officer
Graduated in business administration and logistics expert. Responsible in particular for the preparation, coordination and safe transport of all relief goods that are dispatched globally by LOG.
Council of trustees
Jürgen Harrer (Chairman)
Eckhard Zanger (Co-Chairman)
Bruno Gantenbrink
Silke Kadach
Ulf Köper
Marina Noble
Christian Poppe
Michael Roll
Claudia Ströhlein
Johannes Winter
Anton Wüstefeld
Our Partners
