The Jetzendorf location is a clear commitment to the Bavarian roots of the company. Besides regional institutions and projects, LOWA also supports social and cultural projects at the national and international levels.
In September 2013, inhabitants of the small village Sangachok in the Sindhupalchok district of Nepal asked the charity organisation Nepalhilfe Beilngries to finance a new school. The existing school, which was built on a hillside, had fallen into a state of dilapidation.
Ralf Dujmovits and Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, committed supporters of Nepalhilfe Beilngries for many years, used their good contacts to LOWA and convinced the company to donate 75,000 Euros.
In the summer of 2014, the old school was torn down and construction of the new building began. The newly built Shree Namuna Janasewa Lower Secondary School, also referred to as LOWA School for the sake of simplicity, opened its doors on 6 November 2015.
Since then, nearly 200 boys and girls are taught in the two-storey building’s twelve rooms.
Furthermore, for years LOWA has been donating shoes to the project in cooperation with numerous athletes.
KENIAL distributes shoe donations from LOWA to children’s homes, schools and other recipients in Nepal, Bhutan and other countries in need.
During one of these distribution campaigns, Alix von Melle and Luis Stitzinger, both athletes in the LOWA PRO Team, handed out the shoes themselves at a children’s home in Nepal.
In late 2017, KENIAL published a cookbook with the favourite recipes of many well-known mountaineers, including some of the athletes on the LOWA PRO Team. The proceeds from the cookbook will be donated to KENIAL.
LOWA donates shoes to “Education for all”, an organisation founded by Dirk Fissmer. Its aim is to promote education and development opportunities for children, young women and disabled people in Tajikistan and thus give them better prospects for the future.
LOWA also supports the CASA 21 projects for homeless people – which are coordinated by the Frankfurt Caritas Association – through shoe donations. CASA 21 organises trips and hiking tours in the mountains as part of its ecumenical community social work.
Since 2013, LOWA has regularly donated shoes to Lebenshilfe Grafenau to enable the institution’s disabled patients and residents to take part in trips and hiking tours.
Outdoor Against Cancer (OAC) has set itself the task of showing people who suffer from cancer the beneficial effects of outdoor activities and sports. The non-profit organisation offers outdoor activities for cancer patients of all ages.
LOWA is active in the OAC partner network as an ambassador and sponsor.