Helper team Rothenburgsort: Lifeguard for thousands in Hamburg!

Helper team Rothenburgsort: Lifeguard for thousands in Hamburg!

In Hamburg-Rothenburgsort, the snakes in front of the “Rothenburgsort helper team” are longer than ever! Up to 1200 people per week receive urgently needed food and donations in kind. The early retiree Angela Krüger, who has been dependent on the help for three years, describes it as liberating not to break out in tears when she enters the board. "I would be tired without the help," she says, while filling her shopping with cherry tomatoes.

Bernd Peter Holst, the heart of the project and socially committed former marketing expert, emphasizes the growing number of needy, including many Ukrainian refugees and German pensioners. Particular attention is paid to the returning willingness to donate that worries him. However, he can breathe a sigh of relief through the promise of the Hamburg Mitte district assembly, which will support the rental costs by the end of 2025. In addition, the “helper team” not only offers food expenditure, but also courses for learning German and support with authorities to help people in need. The situation remains tense, but Holst is determined: "I want to help ten years!" according to information from www.focus.de .