Working together with local aid organizations
Allianz Deutschland has reached an agreement to work together with the German Red Cross (DRK), since DRK’s network operates in the whole of Germany and is represented through local associations at most Allianz locations. Agreements with other local aid organizations are in place in cities where DRK is not in charge of helping refugees directly. Providing long-term and sustainable support to the refugees plays an important role for Allianz. This includes counseling services to psychologically come to terms with traumatic experiences as well as integration projects. A donation account has been set up by the Allianz Direct Help Foundation for this very purpose. The monetary donations collected are given to the Federal Working Group of Psychological Centers for Refugees and Victims of Torture as well as the German Red Cross.
The municipality of Unterföhring will build an air-inflated tent next to the Allianz Campus in Unterföhring in Autumn 2015, where up to 300 people will be able to find temporary refuge. Allianz Deutschland would like to act as any good neighbor would in welcoming the residents, which is why it is already involved in an intensive discussion on this subject with a team of helpers in Unterföhring.