Helping the most vulnerable in our society

Children need a safe future. As a family-owned company, the protection of the most vulnerable members of our society is particularly important to us. Every year, the company and its employees donate to the “möwe child protection centres”. The association provides abused children with support and free therapy. For us, it is an investment in the future of our society.

EVVA has been supporting möwe since 2010 with

• management's own fundraising activities,
• revenue from internal IT flea markets,
• prize money from awards won,
• income from the charity bar at the EVVA Christmas parties,
• funding campaigns as part of running events
• or with sales revenue from cookbooks created by employees themselves.

In recent years, more than 70,000 euros have been raised. In 2024, a further EUR 5,000 was added, which will directly benefit the initiatives of möwe. "You can dedicate your time to many worthwile social causes. We decided for ourselves that we would help those who are too young to help themselves – children," state EVVA owners Nicole and Stefan Ehrlich-Adám.

Further EVVA support:

• Committed employees organise regular aid initiatives at EVVA. The donation collections are very successful: the non-cash donations made available by our employees, such as clothing, baby food, sleeping bags, warm blankets, lamps, kettles, etc., are taken directly to charity collection points in several transports (see photo). This helps ease the immediate hardship faced by those in need
   
• Wings for Life. EVVA employees from all international locations take part in the Wings for Life World Run every year – and with a growing number of participants. EVVA covers the entry fees, which benefit the goal of this global running event: curing spinal cord injuries
   

• Cooking for people in need: The "Gruft" ("crypt") is the oldest homeless shelter in Vienna and is run by the Caritas, a social aid and service organisation of the Roman Catholic Church. It provides many people without housing with emergency shelter and warm meals. EVVA colleagues once again prepared and served a hot lunch at the Gruft during the reporting year (photo below). In doing so, they give their time and social warmth – while EVVA provides the cooking ingredients