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Visit Open Monument Day in your town

Visit Open Monument Day in your town Each year on the second Sunday in September, thousands of monuments across Germany open doors that are usually closed. Tag des offenen Denkmals® is the German contribution to the European Heritage Days, coordinated by the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz (DSD). In 2026 the day falls on 13 September, with the motto NetzWERKE: Denkmale & Infrastruktur. What you can do - Filter the live programme by region, craft, industry, or family activities - Show up for a free opening, tour, or workshop near you (some tours need booking; check the listing) - Prefer sites that invite you to look over craftspeople's shoulders, restore, or learn a hand skill - Read the DSD 2026 overview for motto context and Bamberg's national opening How it works Owners, clubs, and municipal heritage teams register openings with DSD. The programme grows through late summer. Treat the day as an annual civic habit: one Sunday to meet the builders who keep roofs, locks, gardens, and workshops alive. Why it matters Heritage stays local when neighbours walk in, ask questions, and sometimes pick up a tool. Joy and skill beat guilt: you meet living buildings and the people who care for them.
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Spend a youth year repairing heritage

Spend a youth year repairing heritage The Jugendbauhütten offer ages 16 to 26 a full Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr (or BFD) in monument care. You learn timber, metal, plaster, stone, or garden skills on real buildings, with seminars that link craft to European heritage. The programme is a DSD project carried by the Internationalen Jugendgemeinschaftsdienste (ijgd). Mobile Denkmalrettercamp weeks (for example the June 2026 camp at Kramers Gut in Helmstedt) show the same spirit: short, practical teams that repair endangered fabric. Apply for the year-round hut pathway, not a one-off camp that has already closed. What you can do - Read the Jugendbauhütten overview - Apply via the Bewerben form for the next FSJ year (do not paste personal data into third-party tools) - Prefer a hut near you, or the Internationale Jugendbauhütte Berlin for urban craft and a Schöneweide workshop campus - Ask about mobile teams if you want city-wide repair rather than a single site How it works Service usually runs about twelve months from September. You need to have finished full-time school duty and be ready for hands-on work. Placement mixes workshop days, site work, and seminar weeks. Why it matters Young builders keep endangered houses standing and often stay in craft or conservation careers. Mutual aid across generations turns heritage into a living workshop.
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Run a school hunger action in Germany

Run a school hunger action in Germany Your class or whole school can host bake sales, charity runs, or invite a Welthungerhilfe speaker. Pupils learn how food security works while they raise funds for field projects. What you can do in Bonn - Plan a bake sale or run on sports day and route donations through school participation - Subscribe to the school newsletter for teaching tips and action examples - Combine a lesson on global food systems with a concrete fundraiser pupils design themselves How to join The page is for teachers and pupils in Germany. School actions in private spaces do not need a municipal permit; public street collections need local approval. Contact the engagement team via the school page if you want materials or a guest talk. Why it matters in Bonn Welthungerhilfe is based in Bonn. School campaigns connect local curiosity with farmer-led projects abroad. Pupils practice solidarity without guilt-only messaging. Good to know - Who is this for? School classes and whole schools in Germany. - Does Solarpunker run the lesson? No. This row points to Welthungerhilfe materials only.
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Join a charity sports run for Zero Hunger

Join a charity sports run for Zero Hunger Lace up for the ZeroHungerRun or design your own football, table-tennis, or hiking challenge. Kilometres and team events can become solidarity with farming communities worldwide. What you can do in Bonn - Read how to turn kilometres into donations on Sportlich helfen - Enter the flagship ZeroHungerRun or join virtually from anywhere - Ask the engagement team named on Sportlich helfen about sealed donation boxes and confirmation letters for your club How to join You can run yourself or organise a team. The site lists contacts for sport partners and the annual Bonn run. Public events may need a municipal permit; private club sessions do not. Why it matters in Bonn The annual ZeroHungerRun celebrates its tenth year with on-site and virtual legs. Sport turns training hours into predictable project funding. Good to know - Is only running allowed? No. The page welcomes any sport you can turn into a fundraiser. - Where is the main run? The flagship event is rooted in Bonn; virtual participation is listed separately.
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Take part in Woche der Welthungerhilfe

Take part in Woche der Welthungerhilfe Each October around World Food Day, Welthungerhilfe opens its work to the public under the motto Zukunft säen. Sicherheit ernten. Local groups, media, and schools can plug into the same week of solidarity. What you can do in Bonn - Follow the Woche der Welthungerhilfe 2026 programme from 11 to 18 October 2026 - Watch the Federal President's opening address on ZDF and ARD on 11 October 2026 - Join the Welthunger-Index 2026 launch events around 14 October 2026 with IFHV and Helvetas How to join The week is nationwide. Organisers publish stories such as Prudence Gbanguende's cooperative in the Central African Republic as builder examples. Local fundraisers can still run school or sport actions in the same window. Why it matters in Bonn Welthungerhilfe coordinates the week from Bonn. It links German visibility with farmer training abroad instead of one-off guilt appeals. Good to know - What are the 2026 dates? The site lists 11–18 October 2026 around World Food Day (16 October). - Is this only about donating? The week also highlights project stories and the hunger index report.
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Launch a Betterplace fundraiser for a WHH project

Launch a Betterplace fundraiser for a WHH project Birthdays, office parties, and finish-line celebrations can fund a specific Welthungerhilfe project in four steps on Betterplace. What you can do in Bonn - Start a personal campaign via four-step guide - Pick a listed project such as school gardens in South Sudan or cross-border climate work in the Horn of Africa - Search Betterplace for Welthungerhilfe and attach your event to that project page How to join Register on Betterplace, choose a Welthungerhilfe project, then share your link. The NGO page lists example projects; you can also support the free donation fund. Why it matters in Bonn Online campaigns let diaspora and office teams sponsor farmer-led work without flying. Welthungerhilfe multiplies many donations with institutional grants. Good to know - Which platform? The guide names Betterplace explicitly. - Can I pick the country? Yes. The page lists Sierra Leone villages, South Sudan school gardens, and other project pages.
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Join Woche 2026 events in Bonn

Join Woche 2026 events in Bonn The 59th Woche der Welthungerhilfe runs 11–18 October 2026 with a televised opening and hunger-index briefings tied to Bonn. What you can do in Bonn - Follow the Federal President's opening on 11 October 2026 via ZDF and ARD (Woche programme) - Attend or stream Welthunger-Index 2026 events around 14 October 2026 - Host a local fundraiser in the same week through school or sport pages How to join Most broadcast moments need no ticket. Press conferences may require media registration listed on the WHI invitation. When & where 11–18 October 2026 (CEST). Coordination offices: Welthungerhilfe, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 1, 53113 Bonn (about 50.7105, 7.1272). Why it matters in Bonn The week links German public debate with farmer stories such as Prudence's cooperative seed work in the Central African Republic. Good to know - Motto 2026? Zukunft säen. Sicherheit ernten. - World Food Day? 16 October sits inside the same window. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Woche der Welthungerhilfe. Details checked: 2026-10-17.
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Run the ZeroHungerRun in Bonn

Run the ZeroHungerRun in Bonn The annual ZeroHungerRun invites teams for 5 km and 10 km routes plus a virtual leg. Finishers channel solidarity into Welthungerhilfe field projects. What you can do in Bonn - Register via the ZeroHungerRun hub for Bonn or virtual results - Form a workplace team such as the Oberkassel Fit für 10 group mentioned on the site - Pair the run with a sealed donation box from the engagement office How to join Check the run page for the next registration window. Use the contact block on Sportlich helfen for donation boxes and participation certificates. When & where The 2026 edition published combined Bonn and virtual results after the mass start. The route traditionally uses Bonn's Rheinaue park (about 50.7388, 7.0997). Confirm the next date on the run page before you travel. Why it matters in Bonn Sport clubs turn training plans into predictable grants for farmer-led projects. Good to know - Virtual option? Yes. The site lists separate virtual results. - Only elite runners? The page highlights first-time 5 km and 10 km finishers. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: ZeroHungerRun. Details checked: 2026-10-17.
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