May 30, 2016 · Team HG
The Night of the Tip raised no less than €65,000 last Saturday, May 28, 2016. In the fourteen participating cities, half of the amount was received from tips that hundreds of hospitality establishments in the Netherlands donated to the charity that night. The amount from these tips was doubled by the organization Wilde Ganzen.
This accessible way of contributing to development aid was devised in 2005 by a student from Groningen. Meanwhile, the twelfth edition of already took place last weekend. Night of the Tip place in fourteen cities in the Netherlands. Various hospitality establishments in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, Rotterdam, Wageningen, Leiden, The Hague, Maastricht, Eindhoven, Den Bosch, Delft, Nijmegen, Tilburg, and Breda donated received tips to the organization.
The goal was to raise €80,000 to use for a number of sustainable projects to be able to fully finance the project. This amount was not reached, but nevertheless, many projects can be supported. For instance, investments will be made in weaving and spinning machines in Bangladesh, a tuk-tuk repair workshop in India, 75 toilets in the impoverished town of Thalavadi in India, a rainwater harvesting system in Nicaragua, solar-powered lamps in Nigeria, and start-up capital and guidance for Ghanaian families to set up their own businesses.
The total amount of tips has been doubled by partner Wild Geese: a private development cooperation organization that combats poverty worldwide through financial support, knowledge, and experience for small-scale projects. This year, more venues participated throughout the Netherlands, but on the other hand, less was raised; the 2015 edition raised a total of €75,000. In Groningen, over 100 establishments participated, and an estimated €5,000 was collected in tips.
