OUR SOCIAL IMPACT
Many children around the world don't have access to basic necessities such as food or clean water and wake up each day in unimaginable hardship due to war, famine and poverty.
Our vision is to help the most vulnerable children and contribute our resources to those who need it the most. We achieve this by donating to global social initiatives and by actively supporting local charitable initiatives.
MONSTRUM are proud to allocate 10% of the company's annual profit each year to social impact work.
NATIONAL ANNUAL FUNDRAISER
CHARITY PROJECT 2024
At the beginning of 2025, we once again supported the Danish National Fundraiser. Our donation helped enable CARE Denmark to climate-proof 28,000 kitchen gardens for families in Bangladesh. Among other things, the families receive a drip irrigation system that converts saltwater into freshwater, which can be used to water their crops.
The projects this year were targeted at the "silent disasters" that often escape the attention of the media and would broadly embrace children in need, including victims of war, persecution, famine and natural disasters.
A production team visited the MONSTRUM workshop to film a small feature with our CEO Ole - see it here.
MONSTRUM TOURS
CHARITY PROJECT 2023
In 2023, we built 5 tour buses and charging stations to donate to communities worldwide. We distributed the play structures in collaboration with charitable organisations such as Danish "SOS Børnebyerne" that work locally with some of the most vulnerable children in the world.
The small playground buses and charging stations are designed to be a fun getaway for children. It’s a place where they can let their imaginations run wild and embark on fun adventures with their friends.
The structures are designed to be easily manageable in places with limited resources - no structural foundation is required and the elements can be installed and maintained with ease by locals.
NATIONAL ANNUAL FUNDRAISER
CHARITY PROJECT 2021
In Denmark, the annual national fundraising event, 'Danmarks Indsamling', is a televised appeal night, and the funds raised go towards various relevant causes. In 2021, the funds raised went towards helping children affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the COVID-19 crisis has affected many people across the world, it is catastrophic in the world's poorest nations.
The money donated contributes to ensuring that vulnerable children can access clean water, go to school, and receive the necessary protection and medical care. We, at MONSTRUM, wanted to be a part of this important work and donated a percentage of our annual profit to this good cause.
THE HOMELESS BUILD THEIR OWN HOMES
CHARITY PROJECT 2018-2019
Homelessness in Denmark is on the rise, and we wanted to address this issue not only through financial aid, but by creating a collaborative social space.
We invited four homeless individuals to our workshop where they - alongside our carpenters - designed and built their future homes in wood.
The four mobile homes - measuring only 3 x 6 meters - are ideal to place in passive city spaces due to their size and mobility. In this way, unused areas of the city can become flourishing, mobile local communities.
The project has been recognized with numerous awards, including the International Design Award with Gold and Bronze in the Architecture categories for "Mobile Homes" and "Conceptual Design", as well as the Aarhus Architecture Award 2018.
OUTREACH TO LUSAKA
CHARITY PROJECT 2017
Ee collaborated with the organisations 'Plan Danmark' and 'African Direction' to support a development project in the slums of Lusaka in Zambia.
"In Lusaka, there is a need for safe havens and play spaces for children growing up in the slums. They require a space that is solely for them. The youth at Africa Directions Center will participate in workshops where they make democratic decisions on whether MONSTRUM's donations should be used for a building with play space, a soccer field, a workshop for girls only, or something completely different."
- Marie Hecht, Plan Danmark
The result was the construction of a netball court and the renovation of the surrounding walls. The center now serves over 500 children and young people aged between 4 and 25 years old, offering activities such as basketball, dance lessons, sewing classes, sexual education, contraception education, and business training. The center is the only safe haven for many of these children and young people, as the slums of Lusaka are not a safe place for them.
