Vienna winter challenge: Why, in Vienna, Jackets hanging from the trees

sounds If you can, what you need, picking from the trees, a little Paradise. For Wiener, the homeless, the jackets will again reality, at least in one respect: the need to survive the winter. For the second Time the activists of the so-called "Vienna winter challenge organise" a utility program for the homeless in your city. Hang Jackets on trees and people who need them urgently, can pick just one. So the homeless will survive the upcoming cold Season, hopefully, better.

use The "Vienna winter challenge" was in 2017 by a group of Viennese students. They aimed to help socially disadvantaged people. Originally, the idea from Turkey and Bulgaria come from, such as the "Wiener Kronenzeitung" on your Online site reported.

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"in 2017, we have collected approximately 80 Jackets and so many accessories, such as scarves and gloves," said Džemal Šibljaković, one of the organizers, of the Bahis Siteleri "Viennese newspaper". Everyone in Vienna who has a not-needed winter jacket, it can hang even with a friendly message, to a tree in the downtown area. Preferably, in Parks and places where the homeless stay. Of course, the Jackets can also be handed in to the organizers.

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to give The action on the one hand, the person in question the feeling that you are with your needs alone, and perceived. On the other hand, the exposed Position of the Jackets, the widespread lack of support for the homeless more public. So even Strangers who have heard of the "Vienna winter challenge" never would be sensitised, says Šibljaković.

donations from outside are of course also welcome: "It takes an active and engaged civil society, not only to the fact that policies and institutions to address the needs of the society. We live in a time in which the concept of social rule of law seems to be on shaky ground. Not only then, but especially then, it takes the awareness that everyone can make a contribution,“ stresses Šibljaković in the "Viennese newspaper".

sources: "Wiener Kronenzeitung" / Vienna winter challenge