Across three generations of the Blüchert family: direct and immediate support for people in need.
Hamburg, December 2017
Because every person counts – the Karin and Walter Blüchert Memorial Foundation Since the beginning of November, it has been providing direct and immediate support to people in need.
The publisher and benefactor Walter BlüchertThroughout his life, he repeatedly encountered people who, with great dedication and tireless commitment, ensured that hope and new life arose from shards and rubble.
These encounters not only shaped his personal path, but also spurred him on to give something back to society as a philanthropist from his own wealth.
So he donated together with his wife Karin BlüchertThey have been donating large sums of money to hospitals and nursing homes for years. Improving the living conditions of homeless people beyond the borders of Hamburg was also a major concern for them even back then.
Later he founded the non-profit foundation VISELLA in Liechtenstein, which is established as the parent foundation for other charitable Blüchert foundations and funds them according to strict guidelines. Information from the VISELLA Foundation: manages and administers daughter Christine Blüchertyour father's philanthropic legacy.
Due to his close personal ties to Hamburg, it was always the founder's wish to establish another foundation in Hamburg, which would also direct and immediate help for people offers, but can also promote beyond regional borders.
Thus, in November 2016, the Karin and Walter Blüchert Memorial Foundation was established, in which the Magdalena Blüchert who will lead the information and will work purposefully to implement and ensure the sustainability of her deceased grandfather's wishes.
This includes persons who, as a result of their physical, mental or economic condition They need a helping hand. In addition, the Karin and Walter Blüchert Memorial Foundation is dedicated to providing financial support. People with cancer and people with other chronic illnesses.
Among the first Hamburg institutions to receive funding are, among others: phönikks Foundation, the Center for Children and Young People in Mourning eV and, as the first supra-regional institution, the Right Livelihood Award Foundation (the alternative Nobel Prize).
On December 11, 2017, the Karin and Walter Blüchert Memorial Foundation, as the official sponsor of the traditional event "Hamburger of the Year 2017", will present the award in the category „Fairness and courage“ – a matter close to the heart of the Karin and Walter Blüchert Memorial Foundation, as these were also the values that served as a source of drive and motivation for Walter Blüchert in his life and influenced his will as a philanthropist.