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04.10.2024
We present all the projects we support in our annual report. We present our accounts in the annual financial statements and balance sheet for the 2023 financial year. Further information supplements the report and provides a comprehensive picture of our activities.
The 2023 annual report is online
We present all the projects we support in our annual report. We present our accounts in the annual financial statements and balance sheet for the 2023 financial year. Further information supplements the report and provides a comprehensive picture of our activities.
26.09.2024
On 21/22 September, the RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation was represented at the Rapunzel One World Festival in Legau. At the foundation booth: Acker e.V. and many other project partners. 30,000 visitors attended the festival over the weekend.
Rapunzel One World Festival
On 21/22 September, the RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation was represented at the Rapunzel One World Festival in Legau. At the foundation booth: Acker e.V. and many other project partners. 30,000 visitors attended the festival over the weekend.
26.07.2024
Martinszell primary school in the Allgäu region has been taking part in the “GemüseAckerdemie” project since this spring, an educational concept that emphasises children’s contact with nature and a balanced diet. The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation, which supports the project as a sponsor, has now been honoured for its commitment.
Farming in your own school garden
Martinszell primary school in the Allgäu region has been taking part in the “GemüseAckerdemie” project since this spring, an educational concept that emphasises children’s contact with nature and a balanced diet. The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation, which supports the project as a sponsor, has now been honoured for its commitment.
20.06.2024
The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation is supporting the charity run organised by five pupils from Georgenhof, a child and youth welfare facility on Lake Constance. At the city run in Überlingen on 16 June 2024, the pupils were able to raise 500 euros for their own school – and the same amount again for a girls’ school in Tanzania.
Charity run for schools
The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation is supporting the charity run organised by five pupils from Georgenhof, a child and youth welfare facility on Lake Constance. At the city run in Überlingen on 16 June 2024, the pupils were able to raise 500 euros for their own school – and the same amount again for a girls’ school in Tanzania.
23.04.2024
In the 2023 financial year, the RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation approved a total of more than 400,000 euros in grants for over 30 eco-social projects in Germany and around the world. Its funding programmes, some of which run for several years, focus on measures that promote food security and climate resilience and empower children, women and disadvantaged groups.
Over 400,000 euros in funding
In the 2023 financial year, the RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation approved a total of more than 400,000 euros in grants for over 30 eco-social projects in Germany and around the world. Its funding programmes, some of which run for several years, focus on measures that promote food security and climate resilience and empower children, women and disadvantaged groups.
20.12.2023
The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation supports eco-social initiatives and organic agriculture worldwide. The foundation, which is based in Legau, is also active in the region. As a Christmas donation, it is once again supporting five nature education centres in the Allgäu and Upper Swabia with a total of 7,500 euros this year.
Christmas donation: Rapunzel Foundation supports forest and nature kindergartens
The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation supports eco-social initiatives and organic agriculture worldwide. The foundation, which is based in Legau, is also active in the region. As a Christmas donation, it is once again supporting five nature education centres in the Allgäu and Upper Swabia with a total of 7,500 euros this year.
25.08.2023
The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation’s 2022 annual report provides insights into all 18 funded projects. The report also presents the annual financial statements and balance sheet for the foundation’s first financial year. The report is supplemented by background information on the foundation’s establishment, its purposes and its working methods.
The 2022 annual report is online
The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation’s 2022 annual report provides insights into all 18 funded projects. The report also presents the annual financial statements and balance sheet for the foundation’s first financial year. The report is supplemented by background information on the foundation’s establishment, its purposes and its working methods.
13.07.2023
Are you a non-profit organisation involved in providing nutritional advice, promoting organic farming in Germany or abroad or implementing eco-social projects in the Global South? You can submit a funding application for the autumn conference of the RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation until the end of August.
Application procedure for funding now open
Are you a non-profit organisation involved in providing nutritional advice, promoting organic farming in Germany or abroad or implementing eco-social projects in the Global South? You can submit a funding application for the autumn conference of the RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation until the end of August.
23.06.2023
In March hurricane Yaku caused massive flooding in northern Peru. Countless houses, infrastructure and farmland were destroyed, livestock and a few people lost their lives. In this emergency situation, the RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation supported affected small farming families together with the local Fundación Cepicafé. The RAPUNZEL Foundation provided 10,000 euros for immediate measures. Many families in the Piura region have been supplied with food, school materials, clothing and medicines.
Emergency aid for Peruvian smallholder farmers
In March hurricane Yaku caused massive flooding in northern Peru. Countless houses, infrastructure and farmland were destroyed, livestock and a few people lost their lives. In this emergency situation, the RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation supported affected small farming families together with the local Fundación Cepicafé. The RAPUNZEL Foundation provided 10,000 euros for immediate measures. Many families in the Piura region have been supplied with food, school materials, clothing and medicines.
03.03.2023
The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation is supporting families affected by the earthquake in the Turkish region of Malatya. In close dialogue and coordination with employees of Rapunzel Turkey, organic farming families who have become homeless receive living containers, blankets, stoves and items for their daily needs from the Rapunzel Turkey cultivation project. The foundation is also planning reconstruction measures, such as repairing the destroyed homes of organic farming families, as well as other measures in the regions affected by the earthquakes.
Reconstruction aid in the Turkish-Syrian earthquake region
The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation is supporting families affected by the earthquake in the Turkish region of Malatya. In close dialogue and coordination with employees of Rapunzel Turkey, organic farming families who have become homeless receive living containers, blankets, stoves and items for their daily needs from the Rapunzel Turkey cultivation project. The foundation is also planning reconstruction measures, such as repairing the destroyed homes of organic farming families, as well as other measures in the regions affected by the earthquakes.
22.12.2022
The foundation is supporting five forest kindergartens in the Allgäu region with a Christmas donation totalling 7,500 euros. “We value forest kindergartens as a wonderful developmental space for children,” says board member Rosalie Dorn, explaining the decision. “Anyone who is allowed to gain these experiences through play will take responsibility for the environment and act sustainably much more naturally as an adult.”
Christmas donation: RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation supports forest kindergartens in the region
The foundation is supporting five forest kindergartens in the Allgäu region with a Christmas donation totalling 7,500 euros. “We value forest kindergartens as a wonderful developmental space for children,” says board member Rosalie Dorn, explaining the decision. “Anyone who is allowed to gain these experiences through play will take responsibility for the environment and act sustainably much more naturally as an adult.”
20.12.2022
In December, the foundation awarded around 125,000 euros for the promotion of organic farming and social initiatives. The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation focuses on three main areas: the development of organic seeds, the preservation and improvement of soil fertility and social projects to support women, children and marginalised groups, particularly in countries of the Global South.
RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation supports the first projects
In December, the foundation awarded around 125,000 euros for the promotion of organic farming and social initiatives. The RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation focuses on three main areas: the development of organic seeds, the preservation and improvement of soil fertility and social projects to support women, children and marginalised groups, particularly in countries of the Global South.
01.09.2022
Commitment to a world worth living in: The newly-founded RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation is committed to strengthening organic agriculture, both domestically and worldwide, thereby promoting ecological and social projects, and supporting a healthy lifestyle for all. The foundation, which is based in the Allgäu region of Germany, picks up on the work of previous charitable initiatives of Rapunzel Naturkost – such as the HAND IN HAND fund – but is independent in its actions.
RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation begins its work
Commitment to a world worth living in: The newly-founded RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation is committed to strengthening organic agriculture, both domestically and worldwide, thereby promoting ecological and social projects, and supporting a healthy lifestyle for all. The foundation, which is based in the Allgäu region of Germany, picks up on the work of previous charitable initiatives of Rapunzel Naturkost – such as the HAND IN HAND fund – but is independent in its actions.