Every step, every meter counts in the great Unicef hiking campaign.
And you, dear readers, can be there, download the most beautiful hiking routes for free via app and do something good for children in need yourself.
During her first tour for the project, she told
how
WALK4UNICEF
works and why Elke Büdenbender, wife of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier,
puts on
her hiking boots herself.
She is the first volunteer from Unicef Germany and has been the patron of the Children's Fund since 2017. It goes without saying that Elke Büdenbender is also one of the first to lace up the hiking boots for the WALK4UNICEF project. In Berlin together with many other volunteers. And with a request to the readers of our newspaper: “Dear readers of tz and Münchner Merkur and its home newspapers, with the hiking campaign everyone can - in addition to contributing to their own fitness - provide important help for children in need. For us, clean drinking water is great refreshment when hiking - in drought regions and crisis areas, many people lack it for everyday survival.
Every WALK4UNICEF donation helps children stay healthy and saves lives - hiking is twice as good.
“The appeal of the Federal President's wife is already bearing its first fruits.
So the Unicef working group in Munich moves to the Hirschberg.
Fellow campaigners are still very welcome here (info@muenchen.unicef.de).
The students at Campus M University have also registered and are starting a wine hike around Munich.
“Social projects are part of our studies.
In this way, we promote the training of young academic personalities who take on social responsibility, ”explains Professor Heinrich Wiedemann, head of the study centers in Munich and Nuremberg.
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Elke Büdenbender ties the blue Unicef shoelaces - a symbol of WALK4UNICEF.
© Unicef / Zimmermann
Many Unicef sponsors will be on their way over the next few weeks.
Mother Beimer Marie-Luise Marjan and actress Dunja Dogmani will open the first Unicef hiking trail in Schmallenberg (Sauerland) on Sunday as part of the campaign.
Actor and Unicef godfather Kai Schumann has already been on tour with Unicef helpers.
“Clean water is great refreshment when hiking, families lack it in many developing countries,” explains the family man.
"It's so easy to run yourself and give children access to clean water."
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WALK4UNICEF
© Unicef
Claudia Berger from Unicef Germany: “We are totally surprised, he walks everywhere.
We get tours from Brandenburg to Ibiza.
We are all the more curious about the routes of the readers and the amount of kilometers run. ”It doesn't matter how long and with whom you hike.
Everyone according to their possibilities.
This also applies to donations.
"Every cent counts and helps the children in need," says Claudia Berger.
As a small thank you, Unicef will give all participants blue shoelaces after registration.
The makers of the hiking app Komoot provide an extra treat with their own platform for our newspaper's hiking campaign, including free access to the Munich region and the Oberland (see below).
Now Germany's First Lady is hoping for many readers who get started now.
Elke Büdenbender: "So, let's go, hike with us!"
HOW IT WORKS: REGISTER, HIKE, DONATE, WIN
Regardless of whether alone or in a group, anyone who wants to support children in need with their tour only needs to register at www.unicef.de/walk4unicef.
There is also an overview of all the information.
You decide how much you want to donate per kilometer run.
For a distance of 15 kilometers, for example, with a donation of one euro per kilometer run, you have already hiked 90 bars of soap to wash your hands.
Hygiene is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to prevent dangerous diseases.
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Komoot is a partner in the WALK4UNICEF campaign.
© Komoot
Together with you, dear readers, our partner Komoot is looking for the most beautiful tours of the campaign.
In return, all of our readers who hike with WALK4UNICEF receive the hiking package for the Munich region and the Oberland worth 8.99 euros free of charge.
To do this, register at www.komoot.de/g and enter the code TZWANDERN.
The action is explained again in detail on the page.
Under the menu item Collection you can upload your hiking photos and describe your favorite routes.
We will then present the most beautiful tours to you in our newspaper - as your very own Unicef hiking guide.
We are giving away 20 Komoot world packages with which you can get maps and tours around the globe among all participants who share their tours with us in the collection.
Value per code: 29.99 euros.
How can you donate?
Transfer the amount that you or your group has hiked with the keyword
WALK4UNICEF
to the following account:
Commerzbank
IBAN: DE78 7008 0000 0326 9000 00
BIC: DRESDEFF700
The recipient is UNICEF
