Würth Group supports UNICEF program with EUR 400,000

“Children and young people in the Philippines are growing up in an insecure environment shaped by conflict and poverty. With this donation to UNICEF, we want to help open up better prospects for them—because education, protection, and strong community cohesion are key to empowering young people and enabling them to build a better future,” said Maria Würth, Executive Vice President of the Würth Group for Arts and Culture. She presented the donation on behalf of her mother, Bettina Würth, who is a member of the Board of UNICEF Germany and initiated this commitment.

This is the ninth consecutive year in which Würth is supporting UNICEF and donating part of the proceeds from RW WORKOUT Week.

Education as the key to peace and a better future

In the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the southern Philippines, an entire generation is growing up amid conflict, natural disasters, and years of underfunding. For many children, this means poverty, insecurity, and limited protection.

The UNICEF program therefore focuses on improving education, creating safe learning spaces, and strengthening social skills. UNICEF provides further training for teachers, improves school development plans, and supplies learning materials. Adolescents and young adults are encouraged to develop and implement their own ideas and to actively promote peaceful and respectful coexistence. In addition, the program involves parents, youth groups, and local decision-makers in order to effectively strengthen social cohesion in the communities.

Some 30,000 children, adolescents, and young adults will benefit from the donation. A further approximately 54,700 people in selected communities will benefit indirectly from stronger schools, improved child protection systems, and peacebuilding and dialogue initiatives.

“We would like to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks for the outstanding support provided by the Würth Group and its employees. The impressive long-standing commitment as part of the Würth Group’s campaign week is a testament to boundless solidarity with children who are in urgent need of help,” said Georg Graf Waldersee, Chairman of the Board of UNICEF Germany. “Thanks to this support, UNICEF can provide long-term support to children in the Philippines and create opportunities for them. These children want to learn—and they have every right to do so. Improved access to education gives them the chance to develop personally and shape their future.”

About the RW WORKOUT Week
The RW WORKOUT Week has been an integral part of the cooperation between the inside staff and the sales force of Würth Group companies for 36 years. During this ride-along campaign, inside staff accompanies sales representatives on their daily customer visits. This does not only boost their cooperation, but also gives both the sales force and the customers the opportunity to suggest improvements and ideas to inside staff in personal conversations. More than 10,500 ride-alongs were performed worldwide within the framework of the 2026 RW WORKOUT Week.

About the Würth Group
The Würth Group is leading in the development, production, and sale of assembly and fastening materials. Other trading and production companies, the Allied Companies, operate in related business areas, ranging from electrical wholesaling and electronics to financial services. The Group currently employs more than 86,000 people in over 400 companies with more than 2,800 shops across 80 countries. The Group generated sales of EUR 20.7 billion and an operating result of EUR 970 million in the 2025 fiscal year. With over 8,000 employees, Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG in Künzelsau, Germany, is the largest single company in the Würth Group.