HAND IN HAND-FUND Overview
Exemplary Projects in Details
Hekima, a Success Story
A School for the Future of Africa
Until 2021, the donation helped to support ecological and social projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America through the HAND IN HAND fund, a jointly initiative by Rapunzel and Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe). The HAND IN HAND fund supported a total of 468 projects in 64 different countries with a total sum of more than 2 million Euros.
Since 2022, the HAND IN HAND donation goes to ecological and social projects worldwide through the Rapunzel One World Organic Foundation. This brings the total amount of HAND IN HAND donations since 1998 to almost 2.5 million euros.
Rapunzel HAND IN HAND donation to the RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation
| Year | Donation |
| 2022 | 161.394,24 € |
| 2023 | 130.288,77 € |
| 2024 | 142.931,27 € |
The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation
Commitment to a world that is worth living in: The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation, founded in 2022, is committed to strengthening organic agriculture, both domestically and worldwide, thereby promoting ecological and social projects, and supporting a healthy lifestyle for all. Organic food producer Rapunzel endows the foundation with much more than half a million Euros annually.
Joseph Wilhelm, founder and shareholder of Rapunzel, plants a tree at the opening of a dormitory at Hekima Girls’ Secondary School in Tanzania.
