BMW Group Plant Debrecen, which already has more than a thousand employees and is expected to add around five hundred more by the time production starts in 2025, pays particular attention to protecting and preserving the health of its workers and also supports a number of social and health initiatives for the local population. It was the Health Centre team of BMW Group Plant Debrecen that recommended the Women for Children with Cancer, Disabilities and Chronic Diseases Foundation to the attention of the Munich-based Karl Monz Foundation, which manages charitable and social projects, and which is administered by BMW AG.

The €25,000 awarded may help the Hungarian Foundation achieve its goals of improving the quality of life, care, as well as the physical and mental well-being of children with cancer, type I diabetes, endocrine diseases and other chronic illnesses, and to support the families of ill children.

Dr. Enikő Felszeghy, member of the board of trustees of the Women for Children with Cancer, Disabilities and Chronic Diseases Foundation, took receipt of the donation from Hans-Peter Kemser, with László Papp, mayor of Debrecen, Johannes Trauth, HR Manager of BMW Group Plant Debrecen, Dr. Hajnalka Szabóné-Tamás, head of the Health Centre of BMW Group Plant Debrecen, and Réka Jenei, Communications Director of BMW Group Plant Debrecen also in attendance at the event.

The Karl Monz Foundation was established by Karl Monz, former member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, who donated his fortune to the Foundation. The foundation supports, among other things, public health and welfare initiatives within and outside Germany. The Foundation’s board of trustees includes Ilka Horstmeier (president), Ernst Baumann (vice president) and Heike Schneeweis. Decisions on the support for projects are made by the Foundation’s council. Since its establishment in 1996, the Karl Monz Foundation has supported approximately 45 different projects and donated more than €1 million. Beneficiaries have included a community centre for people living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa and a centre for autistic people in Germany.