Dedicated volunteers: How a food bank organized help during the pandemic

During the pandemic, one food bank was caught off guard by the sudden situation and had to act to protect its older volunteers. The food bank closed temporarily and then began delivering to needy households with the help of Sonja, who recruited younger volunteers. A dedicated team of young people organised the delivery of goods […]
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Dancing with Bechterew’s disease

Leo, a 30-year-old choreographer and dance maker, suddenly suffered pain that was initially dismissed as a harmless injury or strain. But the pain worsened, and Leo felt doctors were not taking her seriously. One doctor even claimed that she could no longer dance professionally. Leo was frustrated because the person she was talking to seemed […]
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Now is the time to say: God is queer.

For the German Protestant Kirchentag 2023 in Nuremberg, we created a “BestOf-Film”. In addition to moving images, we collected quotes and statements and edited a 90-second version and then a long version on site and at the end of the event. Selected quotes from the film (translated from German): Because the one who is neutral […]
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Voices of War – Stories of loss, resilience and hope of 6 women from Ukraine

Tetiana, Victoria, Anna, Ivanna, Alina, and Mayna come from Ukraine and tell us what their lives were like before the war. What dreams and wishes did you have? Where were they on February 24, 2022? What is their life like now, how are their families and what do they wish and hope for? I think […]
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Strong together: Family planning despite Bechterew’s disease

Caro Toedtmann, 40, has been suffering from Bechterew’s disease for ten years. During bad phases, she could only lie down for a maximum of two hours at a time and sleep for a total of three to four hours. Her everyday life was severely affected by this and she had to rethink her life. Caro […]
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Protection from investors: Community land purchase in Vorderhaslach

Kulturland is an initiative that aims to free agriculture from speculation and provide farmers with land for cultivation in the long term. The farm is located in Vorderhaslach in northern Bavaria and cultivates almost 100 hectares of rounded-up land. Although they have almost no land of their own, they work with solidarity farming, suckler cow […]
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Buying land for the community

Claudia and Gerhard Gerster have been running the small multifaceted farm in the south of Saxony-Anhalt since 1994. The Gersters’ Sonnengut farm not only produces milk and cereals, but also processes them in its own bakery and cheese dairy. The two say: “A circular economy is just as important to us as the responsible treatment […]
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Kyiv under siege: Nataliia Vainilovych

Nataliia Vainilovych, YMCA instructor in Playback Theater, documents everyday war life in Kyiv by interviewing people, sharing their stories, and photographing the situation in subway stations as shelters. In this conversation, she gives us a glimpse of life in war and tells us about the extraordinary challenges involved.
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