Education

climb – learning holidays for pupils from primary schools

The prevention-focused education programme is based on the motto “learn smart, stay motivated” and targets socially disadvantaged pupils from grades 1 to 6 at primary schools in Dortmund, which are selected every year.

Europe

Germany

Dortmund

Funding period: 2017-2023

The "climb learning holidays" are an education programme that is unique in Germany. The Wilo-Foundation (here: as a trustee of the WILO-Stiftung) supports the "climb learning holidays" for schoolchildren at primary schools in Dortmund by awarding so-called “strength sponsorships”.

The climb programme offers two-week courses during the school holidays (Easter, summer and autumn holidays). The aim of the courses is to improve participants’ skills in the core subjects of math and German and at the same time promote healthy eating, physical exercise and social interaction. The goal is for children to discover the joy of learning and prepare them for successfully managing their own education and career paths.

Handicrafts, painting, gluing, trying things out and handling a wide variety of materials - in the projects there is plenty of space to work together with these materials towards a goal and to incorporate a lot of your own. Photo: CLIMB gGmbH, Hamburg

The climbing forest is a real highlight of every learning holiday - because it is good for children and adults to clear their heads between the trees in addition to all the learning moments in the classroom. Photo: CLIMB gGmbH, Hamburg

In 2022, the WILO-Stiftung sponsored ten “refugee sponsorships” for displaced children from Ukraine for the first time. Alongside the climb learning holidays, which have been organised at primary schools in Dortmund since 2015, a specially trained education worker was hired under the programme, who takes care of the displaced Ukrainian children by having conversations with them, helping them to improve their language skills and going on excursions with the children.

Photo Header: CLIMB gGmbH, Hamburg

Our funding partner

CLIMB gGmbH is a Hamburg-based social enterprise and has been igniting children’s and adults’ passion for learning since 2012. Alongside Hamburg and Mainz, its geographical focus is on the Ruhr area, with teams in the cities of Dortmund, Duisburg and Essen.

The local climb teams support children on their educational path, strengthen young adults for leadership tasks and design educational landscapes.

Development Goals

The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) forms the global framework for action for socially, economically and ecologically sustainable development. Our funding commitment also supports these sustainability goals. With this project, we are making a contribution to achieving the following SDGs:

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