Recipients of the Benedikt Prize of Mönchengladbach

Five students (Greta Lutterbüse, Julia Segschneider; Klara Schuh, Sarah Sairung Klein, Tamiya Lorenz) from Hochschule Niederrhein, Department of Textile and Clothing Technology, for developing an innovative winter coat sleeping bag for homeless people

• 1st prize: Film project ASYLAND by former pupils of the Stiftisches Humanistisches Gymnasium in Mönchengladbach, in which the participants shed light on aspects of current refugee issues from the refugees’ own perspective.
• 2nd prize: Children’s holiday programme of the Evangelical Reformed congregation in Gruiten for its programme of Christian religion-related events and introducing participants to later voluntary work
• 2nd prize: Pfadfinderschaft St. Georg from the Aachen Diocesan Association for the project “Instead of fleeing – arriving in nature” (helping refugees integrate through experiences in local nature)
• 2nd prize: Allgemeine Konzertorganisation Sonsbeck for musical events and benefit concerts, and for taking a stand against racism and fascism

• Students of Hochschule Niederrhein for a project in Nepal to finance an orphanage, a school and a training centre
• Group of students for the project “Training for a new start” to integrate refugees by introducing them to club sports
• Young volunteers from the “Catholic Young Community” in Hardt for the project “Hardtbeat”, an open-air festival where young bands perform “free of charge and outdoors”
• Special prize for a course at the KBS Academy for health professions; the participants collected donations for a young boy to fund dolphin therapy for him

• 30 students from the degree programmes in Cultural Education, Cultural Management, Social Work and Design at Hochschule Niederrhein for the project “Waldhaus 12 – research and implementation of social, artistic and cultural projects”
• Inda-Gymnasium Aachen for the project “UNESCO Project Group” to support the conservation-compliant cleaning of two cathedral chapels
• Eva Vaßen for her project “Intercultural Breakfast”
• Supervisors of the Mönchengladbach girls’ camps for their youth work with the aim of “encouraging self-initiative – creating opportunities where opportunities are unequal – bringing together what otherwise would not come together”; participants between 11 and 15 years old with very different life experiences, influences and social challenges