A chance to play

The Volkswagen Group Works Council has been cooperating with Terre des Hommes for more than 25 years. Together, we support projects for disadvantaged girls and boys at the Volkswagen Group's production sites in Argentina, Brazil, India, Mexico, South Africa, Kenya, Thailand, and Germany.

About the cooperation

Around 200,000 employees of the Volkswagen workforce in Germany have been committed to realizing children's rights since 1998. This is the oldest and greatest cooperation of this kind in Germany. VfL Wolfsburg also contributes to this cooperation with donations.

Initially, the employees in Germany donated an hourly wage every year, now the cents behind the comma on their salary bills every month. They also organize a variety of other actions such as benefit football games or information stands and exhibitions. Since its foundation in 1998, more than 150,000 children and adolescents have benefited from the projects.

A chance to play aims to empower children and young people through play, sport and art and to create a greater understanding in society of how enormously important play is for the healthy development of children.

Daniela Cavallo Chair of the Volkswagen AG Group Council

»Solidarity is not an empty word at Volkswagen. I would like to thank everyone who supports our campaign and would like to not let go of it. "

Daniela Cavallo, Chair of the Group's Works Council of Volkswagen AG

The »A chance to play« concept

The A Chance to Play aims to provide socially disadvantaged children and young people with access to play, culture, and sports that is tailored to their life circumstances and focused on future opportunities. The goal is to promote their personal development and individual strengths. Play, sports, and creative activities offer age-appropriate access for children and young people and serve as a gateway to further educational and support programs.

Read in the program concept from which three columns are composed of »a chance to play«:

pdf Program concept of »A chance to play«

"A Chance to Play" project examples

The "Academy of Creativity" in the Walmer Township offers young people access to art, music, theater, tutoring and social support. By promoting your creative skills, your academic achievements also improve and gain confidence.

Over 1,500 children and young people in the São Paulo street football network learn to solve conflicts peacefully and organize themselves. The project aims to spread the street football method as a human rights practice, in particular to promote peace culture and to combat gender-specific violence.

The Green Tara project supports children from disadvantaged communities in Pune in continuing their schooling and strengthening their rights. With leisure activities such as sports, music and games, the children get to know their rights and are strengthened in their self -confidence.

The Kickfair training concept uses street football at four schools in East Germany as a learning field to promote fairness, teamwork, conflict resolution and solidarity values.

VfL Wolfsburg promotes »a chance to play«

The Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg, which has supported A Chance to Play The association's players also know the importance of play and sport for children and adolescents and are behind the concerns of the program.