Art to heal traumatic experiences / Onlineprinters supports "on the road" graffiti project

Neustadt an der Aisch (ots) - Presently, there are still many
people who see their only chance of survival in fleeing to Europe.
This includes families with children and teenagers travelling all by
themselves. Until they arrive in a European country, many refugees
have experienced traumatic events. Half of all refugees are
traumatized suffering from the events for the rest of their lives.
The counselling and treatment centre of Refugio München supports
refugee children and teenagers. The Refugio art workshop helps
refugee children and adolescents overcome their trauma by providing
education and art therapy classes. Often these classes are the only
opportunity for children and teenagers to tell their story and
process what has happened.

Set of postcards for donors, sponsors and customers

Since 2017, Onlineprinters, one of the biggest print shops in
Europe to sell printed products through the internet, has been one of
the sponsors of the charitable association. In addition to donating
money, the print provider also supports Refugio München with its
printed products. At the end of the year, the online print shop and
the aid organization designed a set of postcards together for a
Christmas mailing. For this purpose, photos of the "on the road" art
project were printed on quality postcards and sent to sponsors of the
association and to selected customers of Onlineprinters as a
Christmas greeting. Michael Fries, CEO of Onlineprinters explains:
"The commitment of Refugio München for refugees is unique. In
particular, the art therapy classes to overcome trauma show the
healing effect of creative activities. We highly appreciate this
social commitment and we are happy to support the wonderful work they
are doing." In 2017, Onlineprinters supported Refugio München with
cash donations and donations in kind worth EUR 5,000.

The "on the road" art project

From June to September 2017, more than 100 children, teenagers and
young adults met each week to work on a collective mural painting
which now decorates the wall of the former Bavarian barracks in
Munich, today a collective accommodation centre for refugees.

The set of postcards comprises six postcards and one card with
additional information on the project complete with banderole and
label. The pictures were created by photographer Sabine Mayer, who
heads the art project, together with Stefano Giuriati. The set of
postcards was translated into more than ten languages and produced in
an overall run of 1,200 copies.

About Refugio München

Refugio München is one the largest psychosocial treatment centres
for refugees and torture victims in Germany. Their efforts focus on
working with traumatised people and giving them the chance to process
their experiences. The Bavarian state capital Munich is one of the
major sponsors. Additionally, the association relies on donations
from the private sector and private sponsors.

About Onlineprinters

The Onlineprinters Group is one of Europe's leading online
printers, has more than 1,300 employees and produced over 2.5 billion
printed products last year. Through its 18 web shops, the group
delivers printed products to 800,000 customers in 30 European
countries. Internationally, the online print provider is known under
the brand name of Onlineprinters, in Germany it operates as
diedruckerei.de. UK's market leader Solopress and Scandinavia's key
player LaserTryk are part of the Onlineprinters Group. The product
assortment comprises more than 1,500 printed products from business
cards, stationery and flyers to catalogues, brochures and
large-format advertising systems. Onlineprinters produces customized
products on an industrial scale: The company's pillars of success are
online sales, IT-based production and "gang run printing". The latter
uses so-called combined blocks to collectively produce print jobs
which minimizes costs and reduces the environmental impact.

The video "A look behind the scenes of Onlineprinters":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im8eJN8jbwg

Contact:
Onlineprinters GmbH
Patrick Piecha
Head of Press & Public Relations
Phone: +49 9161 6209807
+49 174 3077250
press@onlineprinters.com
www.onlineprinters.com

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