Do good in Cologne
109 active pro bono opportunities with local organisations in Cologne, Germany — donate, volunteer or share your skills.
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FundraisingFood for wildlife care animals
Umweltbildungszentrum Heideportal Gut Leidenhausen
Animal Hospital - Food for Our Patients
FundraisingEquipment for the Animal Rescue Köln-Porz
Menschen für Tiere Köln Porz - Tierrettung
For professional animal securing we need equipment such as catch poles, nets, live traps, cameras, transport boxes for permanent installation in an animal rescue vehicle.
FundraisingNo child without a school bag! For an equal start to school
Tatort - Straßen der Welt e.V.
With the project "Wir starten gleich" – No child without a school bag! we enable first-graders from financially disadvantaged families to have an equal start to school. Since 2012, almost 22,000 school bags have been distributed in eleven cities.
FundraisingDigital education? Increasingly important for refugees too
IN VIA Köln. e.V.
Our participants in the vocational preparation program have fled from various countries and have different educational backgrounds. Within the BvB+ Sprache program, they are to receive media training and headsets for digital instruction.
FundraisingMunicipality Köln needs the swarm 🐝
Gemeinde Köln / Brunnen e.V.
For 8 years, every donated and funded euro has gone directly into free art at Ebertplatz. This year, regular funding is not enough for the first time – help us secure the program for 2026 and beyond.
Fundraising...because education is a matter of honor
BildungsSache gUG(haftungsbeschränkt)
With our free support programs for disadvantaged children & young people, we want to encourage them to try things out, take new paths, find joy in learning & above all to have confidence in themselves.
FundraisingHelp for homeless women
seiStark e.V.
We distribute bags containing hygiene products and essential everyday items to homeless women in Köln, Düsseldorf and Bonn. In doing so, we engage in conversation with those affected and show them appreciation during the cold season.
FundraisingValue School: So that no child grows up without their own values
Werteschule gUG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Help ensure that no child grows up without their own values! Value School lets children and young people experience values first-hand. This is how we develop attitudes for our future society. Your donation gives children real guidance for life.
FundraisingSchool scholarships for girls in Uganda - Education is their future
Frido s Friends e.V.
🌱👧 🎓 🇺🇬 Schulstipendien für Uganda finances the education of girls and boys. It is the legacy of Father Fridolin "Frido" Pflüger SJ, who was our teacher before he went to Uganda. For him, education always meant the future.
FundraisingSupport of the queer youth work of anyway e.V.
Du bist Gut!-Stiftung
Financial support for the open youth work of anyway e.V. for LGBTIQ* young people aged 14-27
FundraisingEnable one-time holiday experiences for children and young people from Köln
FAIR.STÄRKEN e.V.
You want to do something good and support social projects? Then get involved now for children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in Köln and let us create wonderful holiday experiences together.
DonationSaves the Kolbhalle
Wir Selbst e.V.
To secure the Kolbhalle long-term and make it a center of self-organized cultural work again, we need your help! Donate now to increase our equity in order to become eligible for credit - only this way is a purchase possible.
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Poverty & Hunger opportunities in Cologne
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Education opportunities in Cologne
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Health & Wellbeing opportunities in Cologne
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Technology for Good opportunities in Cologne
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Climate & Environment opportunities in Cologne
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Animal Welfare opportunities in Cologne
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Arts & Culture opportunities in Cologne
4 offers
Refugees & Migration opportunities in Cologne
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