17.01.2025

MAPAL spendet je 1.600 Euro an Erdbebenhilfe Hatay und Kocherladen Aalen

Insgesamt 3200 Euro für wohltätige Zwecke

Die vierstelligen Beträge werden in den Bau eines Rehazentrums und die Anschaffung eines neuen Kühlfahrzeugs investiert.

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Spenden von MAPAL gehen an die Erdbebenhilfe Hatay und den Kocherladen Aalen.
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    1.600 Euro für den Bau eines Rehazentrums: Aalens Oberbürgermeister Frederick Brütting, MAPAL Geschäftsführer Dr. Jochen Kress und DRK-Geschäftsführer Matthias Wagner bei der Übergabe des Spendenschecks. ©Stadt Aalen 

  • Dr. Jochen Kress, Thomas Hiesinger und Gerhard Vietz halten den Spendenscheck für den Kocherladen in ihren Händen
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    1.600 Euro bekommt der Kocherladen für die Anschaffung eines neuen Kühlfahrzeugs: MAPAL Geschäftsführer Dr. Jochen Kress übergibt den Scheck an den Kocherladen-Vorsitzenden Thomas Hiesinger sowie Projektleiter Gerhard Vietz. ©MAPAL 
Hilfe dort, wo sie bis heute noch benötigt wird. Als am 6. Februar 2023 in der Region Hatay rund um die Aalener Partnerstadt Antakya die Erde bebte, war danach nichts mehr, wie es vorher war. Tausende von Menschen verloren ihr Leben, die Menschen in der Region werden immer noch täglich mit den Zerstörungen und dem Leid dieser Katastrophe konfrontiert. Viele haben ihr Hab und Gut verloren, ihre Häuser und Verwandten. 
Spenden von MAPAL gehen an die Erdbebenhilfe Hatay und den Kocherladen Aalen.
1.600 Euro für den Bau eines Rehazentrums: Aalens Oberbürgermeister Frederick Brütting, MAPAL Geschäftsführer Dr. Jochen Kress und DRK-Geschäftsführer Matthias Wagner bei der Übergabe des Spendenschecks.   ©Stadt Aalen

Auf schnelle Hilfe folgt gezielte Aufbauhilfe

Immediately after the earthquake, the city of Aalen, the Ostalbkreis district, various Turkish associations and aid organizations such as the German Red Cross joined forces to provide emergency aid to the people on the ground in Turkey. Now, almost two years after the earthquake, the focus is less on immediate aid, for example in the form of food.

Instead, the focus is on long-term reconstruction projects, such as the construction of a rehabilitation center for people injured and traumatized by the earthquake. Planning for this is already underway and the twin cities of Antakya, Kiel and Aalen, have each collected around 500,000 euros in donations to invest in the project. The remaining amount is being financed by the Hatay region, with the city providing the land for the construction of the rehabilitation center.

MAPAL Dr. Kress KG's contribution of 1,600 euros will now be added to the total donation from Germany. MAPAL Managing Director Dr. Jochen Kress presented the donation cheque to Lord Mayor Frederik Brütting and DRK District Managing Director Matthias Wagner. “We hope that we can really help the people in Turkey with our contribution,” says Dr. Kress. According to Mayor Brütting, construction of the rehabilitation center is set to begin shortly. “And that's why every donation is valuable in the future.”
 

A new refrigerated vehicle for the “Kocherladen”

The Aalener Tafel has also always been in urgent need of donations. Every day, up to 300 people come to the “Kocherladen” to buy fresh and packaged food and other everyday necessities for little money.
Dr. Jochen Kress, Thomas Hiesinger and Gerhard Vietz hold the donation cheque for the Kocherladen in their hands
The Kocherladen receives 1,600 euros for the purchase of a new refrigerated vehicle: MAPAL Managing Director Dr. Jochen Kress hands over the cheque to Kocherladen Chairman Thomas Hiesinger and Project Manager Gerhard Vietz.   ©MAPAL
However, before the goods can be sold there, they first have to be collected by employees of the “Kocherladen” from cooperation partners, including grocery stores. In future, this will be done using a modern refrigerated vehicle that has already been ordered from the manufacturer. The refrigerated van will cost a high five-figure sum, will be delivered in the coming months and will then be used immediately.

Up to 300 customers visit the “Kocherladen” every day

When handing over the cheque in the foyer of the MAPAL site in Aalen, Managing Director Dr. Jochen Kress emphasized the importance of the food banks in many places in Germany.  There are now more than 1,000 locations, the need is high everywhere - and has grown considerably in recent years with the influx of refugees from Ukraine.

In the “Kocherladen” alone, up to 300 customers are served in one day during busy periods. At the end of 2024, Tafel Managing Director Gerhard Vietz issued the thousandth eligibility card. “This has risen sharply in recent years,” he says. In addition to the high proportion of Ukrainian war refugees, refugees from Syria and Afghanistan in particular are also entitled to purchase basic foodstuffs and other products from the Aalen food bank at reduced prices.
 

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