On July 4, while Volunteer Day 2020 was in full swing, the teachers of the St. John of Shanghai Children and Youth Center in Cologne held creative workshops where they, together with the children, made gift cards from the Good Deed logo for future charity fairs. These were the first classes after a long break due to quarantine measures.

Our volunteers from Cologne met on July 6 on the Rhine embankment, to summarize their work in the quarantine period, to outline the main tasks for the next months and discuss important topics voiced at Volunteer Day 2020.

Our volunteer Irina has picked up the family B. at Munich airport to drive them to Vogtareuth
clinics. The familiy has come for a planned surgery.

On January 9, Diakonia volunteers visited the University Clinics in Cologne, the hostel for families of cancer children. In addition to gifts, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden brought unexpected guests with them – the Wolf, who plays the guitar and sings, granny Solokha with an apple pie, and even a living Christmas Tree. The children and parents were not only spectators of a funny fairy tale performance, but also its participants. It was required to decorate the Christmas Tree with balls and garlands, which Snow Maiden brought on a sleigh. The Tree was so glad that she joined the common dance. Children and adults did round dances, played, sang. They forgot for a while about illness and suffering. Then there was a tea party with moths. We sang Christmas carols all together. Santa Claus and Snow Maiden also visited those who are in intensive care now and could not attend the common celebration.
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The volunteers of Diakonia Good Deed hold classes and play with the children in the hostel of University Clinics. December 2019.