Before the turn of the year into 2021, around 300 earthquakes shook the Banija region southeast of Zagreb not far from the border with Bosnia-Herzegovina. Several thousand people in this poorest part of Croatia are left with nothing. Houses and apartments in villages and small towns like Petrinja, Sisak and Glina were devastated. Seven residents…
Alleviate hardship: Help for the homeless at Frankfurt Airport
Homeless people around Frankfurt Airport are not forgotten, especially at Christmas time: Diakonie looks after the charity with the active support of the humanitarian aid organization Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen / Wings of Help eV (LOG), which, with its headquarters in Cargo City South, has a particularly strong connection to Frankfurt Airport has. LOG has now…
Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen / Wings of Help helps victims of the earthquake in Izmir
One week after the devastating earthquake in Izmir, Turkey, Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen / Wings of Help has airlifted relief supplies to the metropolis on the west coast of Turkey. 120,000 reusable masks that are produced in Munich, as well as other relief goods, still arrive in Izmir today. As a result of the earthquake, which…
A historic flight makes history again
One of the last great adventures in the history of aviation happened exactly ten years ago: A crew from Germany and the United States took off on August 20, 2010 in Minneapolis, USA, to fly over the North Atlantic to Frankfurt/Main. The aircraft: a 82-year-old amphibious type Sikorsky S-38. The twin-engine aircraft built in…
Back from Aid Operations to the Bahamas
The corona disaster with all its huge imponderables and the impact it has on daily life causes everyone to rethink their own situation: Where am I today, what are my risks, how well am I actually protected? An understandable attitude, not only of people in Europe shaken by Corona, but also in other regions of…
Aid deliveries for children’s homes in Romania
Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen e.V. / Wings of Help brings clothes, food and toys to Buzias and Timisoara Romania is home to the poorest children in Europe. Also there, Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen e.V. / Wings of Help e.V. is committed and has been supporting children’s homes and orphanages in Buzias and the big city of Timisoara…
From diapers to 6,000 baby pacifiers: German truck with tools for Greece
Medium-sized companies from the Rhine-Main area are involved with Wings of Help / Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen e.V. for the Camp Skaramagas near Athens Support for people in need in Greece has developed into a long-term project for Wings of Help / Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen e.V. In the past five years, the Frankfurt aid organization has…
Before hard winter: warming help against the cold
A truck from Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen e.V. / Wings of Help is leaving Frankfurt with aid for refugees on the Greek islands and the mainland Concern about the migrants from the Middle East on the Aegean islands and the Greek mainland is growing day by day with the onset of winter: For months, more and…
Help without detours for the needy people of Grand Bahamas
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…