Poland has sent much-needed sandbags and volunteers, while a group of holocaust survivors in Walbrzych or Waldburg have collected 550 euro. Donations are being collected in Honduras as a show of solidarity with the Germans, who helped the destroyed country get back on its feet four years ago after it was hit by the hurricane Mitch. The Latin American Bishop’s Council has sent some 10,000 dollars to the flood victims. Interior Minister Otto Schily said earlier in the week that Germany had been inundated with offers of help from around the world, 'Even a not exactly well-off country like Sri Lanka wants to stand by us and has sent tea for the emergency workers', he said. Even political parties have cut down their election campaigning budgets to divert aid to the flood fund.īut while the high level of support from within the country has heartened morale, what has come as a surprise to many is the amount of help and financial aid pouring in from abroad and not just from exactly wealthy countries.īenefit concerts are being given by musicians in Africa – in Mozambique and Angola, while the aid organisation 'Misereor' in Burkina Faso has called upon citizens to donate for flood victims in far-away Germany. The cause is believed to be further helped by donations by prominent personalities such as Formula One racer Michael Schumacher who has given a million euro to the victims. We want to support that', he told the Bild newspaper.Įxperts have put down the astonishingly high amount of donations – over 100 million euro – to consistent calls by the German media in their programmes and reporting for people to donate money. 'There’s a wave of solidarity in the corporate companies. German Federal Labour Minister Walter Riester is reported to have announced that those who donate their overtime wages to the flood victims, would be exempted from paying taxes or social security on the amount. An immense wave of financial support and solidarity is sweeping through Germany, as citizens all over the country donate money and goods to ease the anguish of the victims who have lost their homes and livelihoods in the floods.ĭespite the catastrophic disaster, the country is witnessing an unprecedented outpouring of generosity and empathy as people and politicians from across the spectrum rally together to help the battered east back on its feet.Īid organisations in Germany are already speaking of 'record donations', with the German Red Cross having collected the lion’s share of some 51 million euro.

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