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We Can Help is a charity buying platform that was launched back in 2008. We Can Help’s goal is to support as many charities as possible, including KRASS.

We Can Help is an intermediary between the buyer and the buying platform. Without any registration, the buyer can complete his online transaction. With just one click, a percentage of the purchase amount is forwarded to KRASS. Already over 6,000 online stores are participating! If you are not sure which stores are participating, you can set up a store alert. This will pop up when you want to shop on a website that cooperates with Bildungsspender. Of course, you can also donate to KRASS directly at We Can Help.

We Can Help is completely free to use! Plus, you don’t have to register and can donate completely anonymously!

Look it up: https://www.bildungsspender.de/krass-ev.

But it does not seem to be the case with you? You have lovesickness? You do not really feel at peace with yourself? You sometimes get the feeling from others that you are not okay? You had to witness the sudden death or illness of family members or friends? You are going through this time with the handbrake on?

Look at this: https://www.facebook.com/KRASS.Ddorf/videos/10157239173961735.

This is the final video of our project “HipHop Workshop”. Children and young people, between 12 and 13 years, have participated in this art project over three months. Under the guidance of the KRASS art lecturer Jason Firchow, the participants independently wrote a song text and dealt with the topic of Corona.

The song was diligently rehearsed, memorized, and recorded in a professional mobile recording studio. Unfortunately, it was not possible to perform the song in front of an audience due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, the participants produced a video to spread their message to the world by rapping. The project was carried out with our sponsor school, the Gesamtschule Stettiner Straße, in Düsseldorf-Garath. The project was supported by the LVR (Landschaftsverband Rheinland).

Enjoy watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sdRezZNMw0.

Art and children go together not only because of the pretty alliteration, but because it is part of being a child to learn self-expression and playful design with the help of artistic means. And this goes beyond conventional art lessons because access to art should also be open to children whose parents cannot afford expensive painting courses and private art education. And that brings us to the point. Our non-profit association KRASS is addressing this very problem since the beginning. Since then, it has received many awards, it is growing rapidly, and is helping thousands of children around the world to have unforgettable experiences with art. All of this with the help of hundreds of volunteers, sponsors and prominent advocates.

The film team Conquer Media and the rap artist Maass visited us at our Hip-Hop workshop and produced a small movie. In the context of the release of their music album they collect donations for our association. We take our hats off to such young, committed people and thank them for their support.

Have fun watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMl2GpfkDyE&t=12s.

Our Jason also known as JayJay, who has many years of professional experience as a hip-hop artist and music educator, is on the road again today at our sponsor school, the Gesamtschule Stettiner Straße in Düsseldorf-Garath.

The children rap, sing, write lyrics, take pictures and perform – of course with a mask and the necessary distance.

Roundabout Kids and the artist Adam Karamanlis are collecting money for KRASS e.V. as a joint Christmas campaign 2020. Adam Karamanlis has painted a picture especially for this purpose: “Home Office 2020” by Adam Karamanlis. Original postcards can then be purchased as prints of the original painting at a value of 5,- Euro per card at various points of sale and by mail. With the purchase of the postcard, one even has the chance to win the original picture “Home Office 2020 (60×80 cm) in the value of 7,000 euros at the end.

100% of the money from the ticket sales goes to the KRASS e.V. association.

The children now have to deal with many new challenges. The Corona outbreak makes learning difficult for many kids. Many of them are not able to fulfill the required workload and therefore feel under a lot of pressure. In addition, they often lack the technical equipment for home schooling, such as a laptop or printer. We would like to help the children & teenagers and offer them free tutoring. The support consists of learning by qualified KRASS lecturers in small groups, the promotion of independent learning, as well as the organization of common leisure time!

Project location: MediaLab KRASS e.V. Hallbergstraße 8 (in the basement), 40237 Düsseldorf am Zoopark

Time and weekdays by arrangement with the respective schools or parents or via info@krass-ev.de.

We would like to say THANK YOU on behalf of the children. You have given us roughly 1000 beautiful, large and small, colorful patterned self-sewn nose-to-mouth masks just like that. And the kids are happy every time they get to choose one: “Ohhhh, cool, can I take one for my brother too? And for my sister?”. You guys have made mask-wearing a little more enjoyable for the kids. THANK YOU for that and the sweetest greetings from KRASS! You really are ANGELS!

Colorful patterned self-sewn nose and mouth masks

With the video series #WeAreKrass (#WirSindKrass) we offer a glimpse into the world of KRASS and the work of our artistic leaders, while at the same time providing insight into the contributions which nurture the KRASS success of our association.

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