Gira bakes Christmas biscuits.

The Radevormwalder Mittagstisch is a social organisation that provides food, clothing and household items of all ages to socially disadvantaged people in Radevormwald with the help of many volunteers and donors. Every Tuesday, the volunteers cook and offer a delicious meal from their "fresh kitchen". In total, around 600 people are fed in this way.

The Remscheider food bank is organised as a non-profit association. Its aim is to counteract the waste and destruction of food as well as to make "leftover" food available to people in need. The number of people supported increased again in 2023.

The Wipperfürther food bank collects surplus food from discounters and supermarkets that is still usable and distributes it to people in need. Every week, it provides food to around 300 adults and children. This year, the food bank is also supporting around 140 refugees from Ukraine.

Since its foundation in 2001, Christliche Islandtafel, a Christian food bank organised as an association, has been a contact point for people in need in Hückeswagen. Its 25 volunteers distribute food, second-hand clothing and freshly prepared meals two days a week. Due to the war refugees from Ukraine, the demand has multiplied.

Since 1998, Aktion Lichtblicke e.V. has been caring for people throughout North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) who have no one to advocate for them and are often overlooked: children, young people and their families who are in material, financial or emotional need following severe strokes of fate. The campaign was launched by the 45 local radio stations, the radio NRW framework programme, the Caritas associations of the five NRW bishoprics and Diakonie Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe.

Kindernothilfe has been helping children in need since 1959. It is currently active in 36 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. In addition to humanitarian aid, it primarily supports children and their families through sustainable development projects. There are currently 523 such projects being implemented. According to the organisation, its aid benefits around 2.1 million children.

Founded in 1971, the private, independent and non-partisan aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières provides emergency medical aid in crisis and war zones. Around 65,000 people, mainly from various medical professions, work in the 26 member organisations, which are based in over 20 countries - including Germany since 1993. The organisation is currently active in 73 countries. In 1999, Médecins Sans Frontières was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.