Luxembourg law firm Wildgen launched today the seventh edition of its "Wildgen 4 Children" toy collection.

Launched in 2014, the initiative is now backed by a large number of leading companies and supports a dozen charities working to help disadvantaged children in Luxembourg and the Greater Region.

For this new edition, and despite the challenging circumstances, commitment is key given the 27 Luxembourg companies and organisations who are joining forces as of Friday 20 November 2020 (International Children’s Day). Their goal? To collect as many donations as possible from their employees and clients in order to lend a helping hand to children and young people living in vulnerable situations, facing deprivation or coping with disability within Luxembourg or neighbouring areas. Four public places have also been made available for the collection, meaning members of the public who wish to make a donation to Wildgen 4 Children can do so at Kaempff-Kohler in Niederanven, Pall Center in Oberpallen, Black Wombat and Wildgen in Luxembourg City.

Despite its image of a country of “privilege”, Luxembourg is no stranger to striking disparity and is a place where wealth and absolute poverty exist side by side. The publication of the 2019 UNICEF report on children’s rights in Luxembourg (a document funded by the law firm Wildgen) revealed a steep increase of one of the key indicators of poverty, as the rate of relative child poverty rose from 4.5% in 2000 to 13% in 2016. Now with the current pandemic and the havoc it is wreaking, charities have never been in greater need of support. 

The Wildgen 4 Children team, in direct collaboration with the beneficiary charities are now inviting the public to donate toys (apart from cuddly toys), books, board games, outdoor toys, consoles and video games, sports equipment (apart from shoes and clothing), school equipment, computer equipment (apart from keyboards and mice), bicycles and scooters in perfect working order (new or second-hand).

The following companies are involved in the 2020 edition: AKT One; Black Wombat; Cardif Lux Vie; Centralis; Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce; CHAMP Cargosystems; Luxembourg Trade Confederation (Confédération Luxembourgeoise du Commerce); DO Recruitment Advisors; Editus; eProseed; Fortuna Banque; Gates; i-Hub; IMS; INCERT; InTech; Kaempff-Kohler; L’essentiel; Lingua Custodia; Michel Greco; Ocorian; Pall Center; Rugby Club Luxembourg; SGI Groupe; Swissquote Bank Europe; T.Rowe Price; Wildgen.

This year's beneficiary associations include: Du pain pour chaque enfant; Fondation Autisme Luxembourg; Fondation Kannerschlass; Fondation Pro Familia; Foyer Sud “Fraen an Nout”; l’Île aux Clowns; Maison Croix-Rouge Arlon; SIPO; SOLINA Solidarité Jeunes; TABA Walferdange; Tricentenaire.

Further details regarding Wildgen 4 Children are available at www.w4c.lu.