Christmas for the children of the Münchner Tafel

The children at Minihaus München, the International Kids Campus (IKC) bilingual nursery and the International Bilingual School Munich (ibsm) were very busy – together with their parents, teachers and nursery teachers they packed more than 400 parcels in the last few days, to bring joy to children in need in Munich.

Minihaus München has been running its “Weihnachten für Kinder der Münchner Tafel“ [Christmas for Children at the Münchner Tafel] initiative since 2015. Local commitment is important for project manager Andreas Hellmann. “Don’t forget to look right outside your own front door – there are children in need in Munich, too.” This resulted in the idea of supporting the Münchner Tafel which was delighted with the initiative right from the start.

Since then, parents, children and nursery teachers have been packing parcels for children whose parents are supported by the Münchner Tafel. In addition to non-perishable food and daily necessities, the cardboard boxes also include little presents for the children in the families.

“In the current situation it is even more important to care for these people and to help them”, Andreas Hellmann points out. “Those in need include several thousand children, who do not only lack food but many other things as well, such as school stationary, toys and books. Once again we want to use our project to bring Christmas joy to some of these children.”

Due to the Covid pandemic, it was unfortunately not possible to deliver the parcels together with the Minihaus children. Instead, Tafel staff collected the presents, wrapped for Christmas, from the Minihaus locations to distribute them to families in need.

Münchner Tafel e.V. is a registered charity supporting those in need. Food is distributed to people living in poverty via 27 distribution sites and 107 welfare centres in the Munich city area. About 700 volunteers work at the Münchner Tafel. Each week 125 000 kilograms of food are distributed to approximately 22 000 people in need.