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I live in a small village near Helmstedt, Germany and happily there aren´t huge food security problems in my region, but of course there are some in Germany.
As I read a few days ago, there are nearly 3.000.000 children in Germany suffering famine and/or poverty, I was shocked as I read the article, because I´ve never thought of such a huge number of starving children in Germany, so during this task I checked some projects or organizations which already help fighting against hunger (especially in Germany).
For example there is an organization called "Children for a better World e.V.", which was founded in 1994 and is caring about children and teens in Germany to help them taking responsibility for their own life, their future and others.
The organization doesn´t only rely on money, but also on their contacs and ideas helping them to find solutions for social problems all over the world, so the idea behind this organization isn´t new, but I think it´s a very good idea not to only focus on the hunger aspect, but to help the children building networks, taking responsibility for their life and showing them the importance of caring for others, too.
A rather new (and kind of innovative) solution is a foundation called "Deutschland Rundet Auf" and the principle behind it is not only pretty effective, but also very simple and there are already many organizations, shops, supermarkets etc. that partner with them.
Every time your bill (for example in a supermarket) is 5,03 € the only thing you have to do is rounding up so that you pay 5.10 € in the end (the maximum sum rounded up in the end is 0.10 €, so that really doesn´t hurt anybodys purse, but the total sum can make a huge difference ;-) ).
There are some projects the foundation supports, you can check them and get more information on their website http://www.deutschland-rundet-auf.de , I for one absolutely love the idea and think it´s kinda innovative.
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