Projects
Our projects
Whether at the playground around the corner, in the classroom or at a partner school in Tanzania: our projects always follow three steps – Clean, Create and Educate.
Clean
Clean-ups on playgrounds
Our playground clean-ups create a safe and clean environment where children can play carefree. At the same time, we want to raise awareness of litter and its impact on the environment.
Our activities strengthen community spirit and show that every contribution helps to create a pleasant environment in which children can grow and try out their abilities.
Together we can make a difference and strengthen awareness of how to treat nature responsibly. That is how we create a future worth living for everyone.
Educate
Education workshops for children
We run environmental workshops for primary school classes in which we clear playgrounds of litter together with the children and talk about what we find. In a playful way, we raise awareness of waste separation, sustainability and recycling.
The children experience first-hand what it means to take responsibility for their environment – and develop an awareness that stays with them. At the end, every child receives a “waste licence” to take home with pride.
Project · Tanzania
Dar es Salaam: Sustainability in Action
On 22 and 23 October 2026 we visited Likwati and Tungi Primary School in Dar es Salaam. On the first day, the children learned about the four types of waste in the classroom: organic, recyclable, non-recyclable and hazardous.
On the second day, school children, teachers and the MBRC team put what they had learned into practice together in a supervised clean-up of the Tungi Primary School playground. At the end, everyone made a personal environmental pledge.
Kindly supported by Müller Holding GmbH & Co. KG.
approx. 65
participants
28,000 m²
area cleared
60
bags
660 kg
of litter collected
Create
Playgrounds for children in Africa
In many regions of the world – especially in parts of Africa – there is a lack of safe, child-friendly places to play. Yet playgrounds are much more than places for leisure: they promote motor skills, creativity and social skills, and give children a piece of normality and hope.
Together with partner schools and donation partners, MBRC the children builds playgrounds in particularly disadvantaged regions. With the children, who contribute their own creativity, we create places to play that also foster community and opportunity.
This project is long-term and designed for lasting impact – together with local partners, we work to noticeably improve the quality of life of the children there.
Create
Christmas campaign – gifts for children in Africa
MBRC the children believes that giving is more fulfilling than receiving. Our aim is to pass on values such as compassion, kindness and social responsibility to children and young people – not just in theory, but through action. A project close to our hearts is our annual Christmas campaign, in which we and our donation partners send gift boxes to partner schools around the world, especially in Tanzania. The parcels contain teaching materials and small presents for primary school children.
With this gesture we want not only to bring joy, but also to convey a sense of connection and appreciation. Giving connects people and shows that everyone can help make the world a little more humane. Together with children and young people in Germany, we want to carry this responsibility out into the world.
Create
Creative workshop with Mauro Bergonzoli
How is art actually made? At the POLIGENIUS private primary school in Ulm, 155 children experienced it for a whole day with the internationally renowned artist Mauro Bergonzoli – first in a live session in which entire figures emerged from just a few lines, then in their own class studios.
Each year group created a large-format canvas together, inspired by Mauro’s motifs Magic Bunny and Magic Eye. The canvases now hang permanently in the school corridor. Mauro Bergonzoli supports MBRC THE CHILDREN as an ambassador.
Past campaign · Painting competition
Colourful ocean worlds – art from waste and imagination
In our nationwide painting competition “Colourful ocean worlds”, children were invited to paint their favourite sea creature, an underwater landscape or an imaginary sea being – and to stick on discarded materials such as plastic, corks or fabric scraps. This made every picture lively and unique and showed how waste can be turned into magical art.
The competition was accompanied by a dedicated ambassador who champions sustainability and creative education. MBRC THE CHILDREN is convinced: our children’s creativity is the key to a healthy future worth living.
Get involved
Together for clean playgrounds
Whether you are a school, nursery, club, company or private individual: sign up for a clean-up or a workshop.
MBRC Foundation
One foundation. Three areas of impact.
MBRC THE CHILDREN is part of the non-profit MBRC Foundation. The foundation brings together three areas of impact with one shared standard: visible and traceable impact.
MBRC THE OCEAN
Protecting the oceans through waste reduction, global Cleaning Hubs and less plastic pollution.
MBRC THE TREES
Building, protecting and securing healthy forest ecosystems for the long term, with a focus on climate and biodiversity.
MBRC THE CHILDREN
Clean playgrounds, environmental education in schools and new places to play – for children in Germany and around the world.
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