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Halle (dpa) - According to the organization, the Diakonie Mitteldeutschland has a record donation result for 2020.
"The current figures indicate that by the end of the year more than 1.7 million euros will have been received," said the Diakonie on Wednesday in Halle.
According to the information, this would be the highest income since the flood year 2013.
"This willingness to donate is not unusual," said Oberkirchenrat Christoph Stolte, chairman of the Diakonie Mitteldeutschland.
“Big crises often trigger both: egoism and self-centeredness on the one hand, overwhelming willingness to help and solidarity on the other.
We are experiencing precisely this pattern in the corona pandemic. "
In addition, many people become aware of how well they are actually doing.
Some would see themselves privileged by the fact that their income continues to run uncut month after month despite Corona.
Donors would state that in phone calls and emails.
"These people want to give away their wealth - both for emergencies in the immediate vicinity and for social projects in the countries of the south."
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Diakonie Mitteldeutschland is the welfare organization of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany and the Evangelical Church of Anhalt.
According to the company, it largely includes the federal states of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt as well as parts of Brandenburg and Saxony.