"Donation is a huge help": ONEJOON supports community social work in Göttingen with 1,000 euros

Göttingen. The industrial furnace construction company ONEJOON from Bovenden supports the Göttingen Community Social Work (Straso) with a donation of 1,000 euros. Straso is an institution of the Diakonieverband in the Evangelical Lutheran Church District of Göttingen-Münden. Its mission is to improve the living situation of people affected or threatened by homelessness. It does this by offering a range of services, including a post office address, a day centre, street work, accommodation, emergency medical care and breakfast and lunch services.

Donation helps with services

"The donation is a huge help with the additional services," says Mike Wacker, head of department and social worker at Straso. The money donated by ONEJOON will be used to keep the breakfast and lunch tables open. In addition, part of it could also be used for the housing placement project. According to Wacker, projects like this can only be financed through donations. "About 40 clients come to Straso and its services every day," the social worker reports from everyday life at the facility. Together with volunteers, a team of 20 is there for these people.

At least 500 homeless people in Göttingen

Mike Wacker, who has been working in the social sector for about 20 years, estimates the number of homeless people in Göttingen to be at least 500. Every person who does not have a secure place to live under tenancy law counts as homeless. "The people you see in the inner city are just the tip of the iceberg," he explains. Most of them are covertly homeless, sleeping with acquaintances, friends or relatives. Some of them also suffer from severe mental illnesses and often have a family history of addiction or drug abuse, which makes it even more difficult to break out of the situation. Wacker can clearly identify the main cause for the situation of many clients: "There is too little affordable housing – and only with a flat and thus an anchor and a haven of peace can other difficulties be adequately solved."

Supporting social projects on one's own doorstep

By donating to social institutions like Straso, ONEJOON aims to support important initiatives in the region. "In addition to the social sector, we also donate to environmental initiatives and associations," explains Tobias Koch, Team Leader Marketing at ONEJOON. One can contribute to the well-being of the people living here through concrete deeds.

Global player with roots in the Göttingen region

ONEJOON is a globally active industrial furnace manufacturer with over 125 years of experience. The company's furnace systems serve a temperature range from 100 to 3000 °C and are used in the thermal treatment of numerous materials. These include the tempering of blade and saw bands, the sintering of metals and ceramics or the production of cathode and anode material for lithium-ion batteries. ONEJOON is the global market leader in the field of carbon fibre production equipment. The company is not only a furnace supplier, but also supports customers in the area of process development. ONEJOON is represented at nine locations in five countries worldwide (Korea, Germany, China, USA and Poland). A total of almost 500 employees work for the company. Around 280 of them work at the two German locations in Bovenden near Göttingen and Böblingen near Stuttgart alone.