Fundraising campaigns
The Lent campaign is full of good occasions for great fundraising campaigns. How about, for example, a joint Lenten meal in your parish, a solidarity run, a solidarity bread campaign where people bake together or sing together? Start your own fundraising campaign to mark the Lenten campaign. In keeping with the theme of the Lent campaign, upcycling old hunger cloths is also a good idea. Take a look at our popular Misereor offers here.
Materials for school & lessons
Here you will find school materials on the Hunger cloth and the Lent 2026 campaign.
Give children and young people an insight into the work of our project partner CODAS Caritas Douala in Cameroon and highlight the keyword "future".
By Reinhilde Woditsch, Eisenstadt in Burgenland, teacher and member of the "Feel the Pulse - Religious Education at the Pulse of Time" team
Excerpt: The class tent, which was created through the work with the hunger cloth, can accompany us throughout the school year, in religious education lessons, but also at school festivals. There is always the opportunity to think about the hunger cloth and the tent, to meet in the tent and to tell stories. It can be further customised by adding new elements to or in the tent. At the end of the school year, the tent tells the story of the class community throughout the year.
By Doris Ziniel, Eisenstadt in Burgenland, teacher and member of the "Feel the Pulse - Religious Education at the Pulse of Time" team
Pantomime and role play: Everyone is given a section of the hunger cloth as an A4 printout. The cut-outs are chosen so that two people/animals are depicted. Two pupils each choose a scene that they would like to act out, either as a pantomime or as a role play. The scene is discussed and rehearsed beforehand and then presented.
Everyone else observes attentively. Afterwards, the pupils give feedback on their own and the others' performance: I see, I feel, I sense ...
At the beginning
By Margaretha Hermann, Eisenstadt in Burgenland, teacher and member of the "Feel the Pulse - Religious Education at the Pulse of Time" team
Excerpt: We can approach the hunger cloth by the Erfurt artist Konstanze Trommer in different ways. Possible topics are: Climate crisis between ignorance, resignation and urgent options for action, borderline experiences and attempts to escape, global) connectedness - with God and the world, tent as a shelter, but permeable and fleeting, for change, hope for miracles, love that connects and sustains.
Texts and materials for events
Use our materials for your events and programmes: you will find all the important information about the partner, country and the stories of the young people in the project in our information texts. The Power Point presentation and the methods and practical tips will bring your events to life!
Advertising templates for the collection
Every year on the fifth Sunday of Lent, the collection in the parishes goes to Misereor. You can make a significant contribution to the success of our collection. Simply use our advertising templates for your website, for your social media profile, for the parish newsletter or to print out in the parish office.
You can find materials to download here.
Mirjam Günther
Education & Pastoral Work | Lent Campaign & Children's Lent Campaign
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- fastenaktion@misereor.de
