https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Like many in the German capital, when George Springborg arrived in Berlin in 2004, he had little in the way of a plan. 15 years later and he’s helped build and expand Street Football World, a charity football organisation which has attracted the interest - and the financial backing - of some of the sport’s biggest names. https://www.thelocal.de/20190313/my-german-career-one-year-turns-into-15-very-quickly Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:37:29 +0100 my-german-career-one-year-turns-into-15-very-quickly Christmas is a time for spreading love and joy. You may be far from home and loved ones but to help you get that warm fuzzy feeling, we've put together a list of ways you can give back in Germany this December. https://www.thelocal.de/20171219/how-to-donate-time-or-money-for-a-good-cause-in-germany-this-christmas Tue, 19 Dec 2017 17:40:05 +0100 how-to-donate-time-or-money-for-a-good-cause-in-germany-this-christmas German migrant rescue group Mission Lifeline Wednesday denied breaking the law when it took on board more than 230 African asylum seekers and refused to hand them over to Libya's coastguard. https://www.thelocal.de/20180627/german-charity-denies-it-broke-law-by-refusing-to-hand-migrants-to-libyan-coast-guard Wed, 27 Jun 2018 13:35:23 +0200 german-charity-denies-it-broke-law-by-refusing-to-hand-migrants-to-libyan-coast-guard A charitable food bank in the western town of Essen announced on Sunday that it will once again accept non-German clients after it restricted its services to foreigners in January. https://www.thelocal.de/20180312/food-charity-in-essen-reverses-decision-to-ban-new-migrant-clients Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:53:55 +0100 food-charity-in-essen-reverses-decision-to-ban-new-migrant-clients A Tafel (food bank) in the western town on Marl rejected accusations of racism on Thursday after it decided to stop serving single adults in the wake of the refugee crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20180301/second-food-charity-rejects-racism-accusation-over-distribution-policy Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:40:02 +0100 second-food-charity-rejects-racism-accusation-over-distribution-policy Last week a food charity in Essen took the controversial decision to stop taking any new foreign clients. The move, said to be aimed at helping German Omas, has unleashed a heated debate about racism and poverty. https://www.thelocal.de/20180227/food-charity-furious-debate-refugees-poverty-racism Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:22:13 +0100 food-charity-furious-debate-refugees-poverty-racism A German charity decided to draw attention to its first aid campaign the best way it knew how – with catchy pop songs and skimpily-clad women. https://www.thelocal.de/20160226/video-are-these-first-aid-ladies-too-sexy Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:03:16 +0100 video-are-these-first-aid-ladies-too-sexy Visiting Berlin on Tuesday, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said the world must use the lessons from battling Ebola to prepare for any future "war" against a global killer disease with the help of new technology. https://www.thelocal.de/20150128/gates-calls-world-to-prepare-for-next-ebola Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:50:39 +0100 gates-calls-world-to-prepare-for-next-ebola Mario Götze's left boot, with which he scored the World Cup-winning goal, has raised €2 million (US$2.45m) for the German charity event "A Heart for Children", organisers revealed Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141206/gtzes-winning-world-cup-boot-nets-fortune Sat, 06 Dec 2014 19:14:00 +0100 gtzes-winning-world-cup-boot-nets-fortune Year after year, the town of Wunsiedel was the unwilling host to a march of neo-Nazis who would make their way through the town to the grave of Rudolf Heß. When digging up the body didn't deter the unwanted guests, the town came up with a new plan. https://www.thelocal.de/20141117/charity-turns-neo-nazi-march-into-fundraiser-wunseidel Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:18:00 +0100 charity-turns-neo-nazi-march-into-fundraiser-wunseidel The coffers of the German Society for Muscular Disease (DGM) are overflowing with donations thanks to the viral craze for videos of donors dousing themselves with ice-cold water. https://www.thelocal.de/20140902/ice-bucket-challenge-raises-500000-in-a-week-als-germany-dgb Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:35:00 +0200 ice-bucket-challenge-raises-500000-in-a-week-als-germany-dgb German football players, German tennis players, German TV characters and Germany's latest Topmodel winner are all taking on the ice bucket challenge, but is it actually making a difference? https://www.thelocal.de/20140822/ice-bucket-challenge-comes-to-germany Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:35:00 +0200 ice-bucket-challenge-comes-to-germany A conservative German politician has been slammed for suggesting that poor people be given the meals removed from sale because they contained horse meat. Charities and a Catholic leader said the idea showed an astonishing lack of respect. https://www.thelocal.de/20130222/48139 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:19:00 +0100 48139 It was like King Kong versus Godzilla - two of the world's richest men have got into a billionaire brawl over whether Bill Gates tried to dupe SAP founder Hasso Plattner into giving away half his fortune. https://www.thelocal.de/20130221/48103 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:04:00 +0100 48103 One of Germany's wealthiest men, SAP founder Hasso Plattner, has promised to give away half of his €5-billion fortune to good causes. The pledge makes him the first German to join a initiative started by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. https://www.thelocal.de/20130220/48077 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:54:00 +0100 48077 Football legend Franz Beckenbauer is appealing to German soccer players to donate their old boots as part of a project to help disadvantaged children in the slums of Brazil. Mark Lovell reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20130208/47833 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:03:00 +0100 47833 Hundreds of Germany's dirtiest athletes gathered on the banks of the North Sea on Sunday for the Mud Olympics, where competitors squelched around to raise money for a counselling service for cancer patients. https://www.thelocal.de/20120730/44057 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:32:00 +0200 44057 Germany’s small towns and rural areas could be left at risk of fire by a European law which could stop more than a million volunteer fire fighters training enough to keep people safe. https://www.thelocal.de/20120302/41013 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:00:00 +0100 41013 An anonymous philanthropist has struck again in the northern German city of Braunschweig, leaving €10,000 at the doorstep of a hospice. https://www.thelocal.de/20120226/40989 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:19:00 +0100 40989 Just over a year after its launch, a revolutionary German website is reshaping the lives of wheelchair users with online information about the accessibility of thousands of locations worldwide. https://www.thelocal.de/20111024/38407 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:56:00 +0200 38407