Neighbor in need

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Neighbors in Need is an Austrian aid campaign that was launched in 1992.

ORF , the Red Cross and Caritas were involved at the beginning . Other organizations soon joined, such as Diakonie Österreich , Malteser Hospitaldienst Austria and others. Originally, the action was designed to help the victims of the war in the former Yugoslavia , especially those of the Bosnian war . In the following years, foreign broadcasters also joined the campaign. It was the largest relief operation for the war-torn Balkans. By 1997, 1.1 billion schillings (approx. 80 million euros) had been collected from the population.

After the Licht ins Dunkel campaign, this is the largest fundraising campaign that has ever been carried out in Austria.

Under the patronage of the incumbent Federal President Heinz Fischer , the campaign under the motto Austria helps Darfur revived in the summer of 2004. According to media reports, € 3.4 million was also donated within the first 30 days of this campaign. The Austrian federal government contributed € 600,000 from tax funds.

Immediately after the earthquake in the Indian Ocean in 2004 , the campaign was restarted for the flood victims on December 28, 2004, as well as after the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the flood disaster in Pakistan in 2010 .

Since August 2011 the campaign for the hunger catastrophe in East Africa, especially in Somalia , Ethiopia and Kenya, has been launched.

At the time of the 20th anniversary, the aid campaign had raised a donation volume of 199 million euros.

At the beginning of March 2016, the organization sent a letter asking for donations for refugees from Syria who have sought refuge in Jordan and Lebanon.

Immediately after the explosion in the port of Beirut , Nachbar in Not started another relief operation in August 2020.

literature

  • Petra C. Gruber: Sustainable Development and Global Governance: Responsibility. Power. Politics. 1st edition. Budrich, 2008, p. 164, ISBN 978-3866491533 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The history of origin , nachbarinnot.orf.at
  2. ↑ Federal President receives ORF, aid organizations and ambassadors in the Hofburg on ORF accessed on June 6, 2012
  3. ^ Neighbors in need: Actions of the last few years , nachbarinnot.orf.at
  4. ↑ ORF and “Neighbor in Need” start aid campaign for Beirut on ORF on August 7, 2020, accessed on August 10, 2020

Web links

Commons : Licht ins Dunkel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files