School backpacks and supplies on a relief shipment to Sibiu

A total of 45 school backpacks in good condition were sent this time as part of an aid shipment to our Romanian sister city, Sibiu. For years now, Steinmühle School, under the direction of Principal Bernd Holly, has supported the school backpack drive organized by the Marburg Children’s and Youth Parliament (KiJuPa) and has been collaborating with the association “Hilfe für Sibiu/Hermannstadt.” Every year, Bernd Holly asks the new fifth-graders if they have any school bags they no longer need, so that these can be put to good use. “For quite a few children in Romania, school bags are placed under the Christmas tree, since their families often cannot afford new ones,” he reports. “Around 500 backpacks have already made their way to Romania this way,” Holly notes, adding that discarded school furniture, computers, projectors, and all of the Steinmühle’s chalkboards have also been delivered to the sister city via aid shipments. – A heartfelt gesture that also contributes to greater sustainability.