Why are some people doing so badly and we're doing so well? We don't know either. But we do know that others have to struggle with hunger, homelessness or flood disasters, while we lack for nothing. We at SIP Scootershop have a job that we enjoy. We have enough free time to work on our scooters and always have a few euros left over for a pizza and a beer. The images of the flood disaster in East Germany in 2002 and in Asia in 2005 moved us all deeply, which is why we spontaneously decided to make a donation. And that's when the idea of SIP Aid was born.
What is behind it? We want to donate a portion of our earnings to charitable causes. We regularly donate a considerable amount to SOS Kinderdorf e. V., ARCHE Germany, Humedica and the Red Cross, to name but a few.
SIP AID donations from 2002 to the present day
Why SOS Children's Villages Germany?
The name SOS Children's Villages symbolises: Girls and boys who cannot grow up in their own parental home find a new home here. Children live there with their Nut and siblings in one house - permanently and around the clock. They play, laugh, argue and celebrate just like in a real family. This is very important for the children, who often come to an SOS Children's Village with painful experiences. Here they find people with whom they can build long-term trust and who are reliably there for them. www. sos-kinderdorf.de
Why Ark Germany?
There are arks in many countries around the world. The aim of the Ark is to create communities that welcome people with intellectual disabilities. Non-disabled and mentally disabled people live together in a house and organise their everyday life together. Each member of the house community has their own room. Cooking and eating is done together, and housekeeping is also a joint endeavour. There has been an Arche Haus in Landsberg with 12 residents since 2001.www.arche-deutschland.de
Why HUMEDICA?
HUMEDICA is an international non-governmental organisation that has provided humanitarian aid in over 90 countries since it was founded in 1979. The aim of humedica's work is to help people who are in need as a result of disasters or structural poverty.www.humedica.org
Why Mary's Meals?
Mary's Meals provides hundreds of thousands of the world's poorest children with a hot meal every school day. Food and education enable children to escape the spiral of misery and poverty. Founded in 1992, the aid organisation's vision is for every child to receive a meal at school every day. Mary's Meals currently feeds around 1.3 million children in Africa. www.marysmeals.de
Why Humanitarian Aid e.V.?
dr Soeren Gatz was a senior consultant at Landsberg Hospital for 34 years. Ten years ago, the now 72-year-old took early retirement to fulfil a dream he had already harboured as a medical student: to bring medical aid to people in the Third World. He is a founding member of the association "Humanitäre Hilfe e. V. Landsberg, Partner für Gesundheit und Bildung". The association was founded in 2005 by doctors and nursing staff at the hospital in the Lechstadt and now has around 100 members, many of whom sacrifice their annual leave or special leave to help those in need. Dr Soeren Gatz has been the 1st Chairman since 2019. In cooperation with local NGOs and the Evangelical Church (EEC), the association supports eight hospitals and several schools in Cameroon. The NGOs Bon Secours and World Mercy Fund (WMF) took over the logistics and together they have brought over 100 beds and medical equipment of all kinds to the civil war-torn country on the west coast of Africa since 2015. The German government and sponsors from industry also support the projects. The training and further education of local staff plays a major role, and the words of a doctor from Cameroon still ring in Dr Gatz's ears today: "They didn't bring us fish, they taught us how to fish." http://www.humanitaere-hilfe-ev.de
Why Médecins Sans Frontières?
On 24 March 2022, the Russian army invades Ukraine. The images that reach us from there are dramatic. We are in contact with customers from Kiev and the Vespa Club of Ukraine. We want to help. The choice falls on "Doctors Without Borders", the organisation is already on the ground throughout the country, but also on the Ukrainian-Polish border where hundreds of thousands of refugees are arriving. Civilians urgently need to be protected, relief supplies delivered - priority must be given to caring for the injured.
We support the organisation Doctors Without Borders as a partner company within the frame of SIP Aid. You can find more information here: https: //www.aerzte-ohne-grenzen.de
