Project 01/2022 DRK-Special Hospital for Children and Youth Psychiatry Bad Neuenahr-Germany

In summer 2021 – 14th of July the beautiful Ahr-valley was hit by a heavily flood disaster, which destroyed in most all the cities and villages the infrastructure, many houses, parks, streets and also school buildings and some clinics which have been built near the Ahr river. Also the DRK-Special Hospital for Children and Youth Psychiatry in Bad Neuenahr by the irrupted flood water into the ground floor of the building was so badly damaged, that the stationary housed children who slept in the first floor rooms had to be evacuated the following morning. Also the day hospital in the DRK areal was heavily damaged and was closed beginning with the next day. The water gauge was nearly 2 m high from the street level. Fortunately only less people died, but many people could be rescued from danger but lost their homes. The helpfulness was great all around Germany and in Europe.

Even the Dieter & Bettina Wulkow Foundation decided to help especially to spend a project contribution to the DRK, that they can rebuilt the hospital for children and youth psychiatry. We spent an amount of 2.000 Euro to repair the climbing wall for the children of the hospital or that the clinic can replace needed therapeutic material for the children.

8 month later as we have visited the DRK hospital, still the flood damages could be seen in the whole area. The clinic at present is in repair but there is so a lot to do, that still an reopening is not possible in the next 1.5 to 2 years.

Update March 31rd 2022: Dieter and Bettina Wulkow have visited the DRK Clinic in Bad Neuenahr and have been welcomed heartily by the administrative officer Mr. Karl-Heinz Ritzdorf and his secretary Ms. Bernadette Terbrack. Both by a walkabout through the destroyed clinic introduced and informed us what has happened during the flood night and the days, weeks and month behind. They showed us, that the damage clearance is running well, but it takes still times to bring the evacuated children who are spread in nearby facilities around Bad Neuenahr back. Not only the repairs of the buildings are in focus but needed therapeutic material has to be replaced too. A very helpful feature for therapy was the climbing wall, which has to be replaced and to be modernized for safety reasons.

Dieter and Bettina Wulkow agreed to use our donation for such purposes and we have got the certainty, that our contribution will help for the future therapeutically treatment of the children.  

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