How it works

Take delight in an advent calendar that features surprising good deeds! Behind every door you’ll find a project that is made possible thanks to your donation. With a donation starting at 24 euros, you can support 24 projects around the world with a focus on healthcare, nutrition, the environment, education and infrastructure.

Donate online

For a donation starting at as little as 24 Euros, you can get a calendar for yourself or, send one to friends and family along with a holiday greeting.

Open the doors

You will receive the advent calendar in the mail before the advent season. Every day in December, with each calendar door that is opened, you will support one additional new project.

One good deed a day

Behind every door you’ll discover how good deeds can come true thanks to your support. Our project selection process guarantees that your donation has a specific and tangible impact.

Making change happen around the world

All good deeds are implemented by 24 organizations. Every contribution enables great impact in the world.

Calendar details

German, English or French
24 doors
33,2 x 22,6 cm
Two pieces for easy upright self-assembly
Made from grass and recycled paper
sugar free

The projects behind the doors

One specific project is featured behind each of the 24 calendar doors. Every year, we carefully and personally select these projects. Only those that are able to convincingly articulate a specific desired impact and how they will achieve it are selected. In addition, the organizations must fulfill our transparency requirements. This provides you with the assurance that your donation is used appropriately. Each time you open another door, you see where and to whom your money goes, and you can experience the joy of having performed another good deed. In our online calendar, you can also open one door every day, and you will receive pictures and detailed information about the supported projects.

How we select the projects
Get detailed project information online
Free educational materials on the projects

Giving & donating with meaning

The goal of this advent calendar is to make donations possible that make sense and to make good deeds a reality. Every euro funds something concrete – such as planting three trees. A donation of 24 euros helps to implement exactly 24 projects. For a higher donation each action will be implemented multiple times!

Giving to carefully selected projects
Measureable results
Effective distribution of donations
Instead of just affecting one place, affect many
Donate transparently, non-politically and sustainably

Project selection – careful selection according to strict criteria

Ordering & shipping (also as a gift)

Donations can be made starting in October at www.24-good-deeds.com.
Sign up for the newsletter to find out when the calendar is available.
Shipping via mail starts in October.
Possible shipping as a gift including a card.

Full transparency

Of every euro that is donated…

… 75 cents goes directly to the projects to fund the implementation of a specific good deed. We verify how these funds are used and what impact they have based on receipts and reports we receive from the organisations twelve months after the donation season.

… 25 cents goes towards covering the cost of preparation, production and promotion of the calendar. This includes all costs for preparing and implementing project selection, printing the calendar as well as outreach.

We also demand transparency from our partner organisations who are required to provide us with their by-laws and annual reports as well as detailed information on how they use the donated funds. In addition, most organisations are aligned with principles of the Initiative for a Transparent Civil Society.

Additional details on transparency

Do you have any more questions?

Have a look at our FAQ’s