Text: Rosa Brockelt · Photos: Yvonn Spauschus
At the Westhangfest in Gorbitz, while walking between the stalls, we meet Mr Lothar Hanusch, also known as “Murmel-Lo”. He stands next to his large marble run with a beaming smile and straw hat and watches as the passing children throw the small marbles into the upper holes, then curiously observe them through the glass pane on their random way down. Here and there on the way down hang little fairy tale figures – little goat, donkey, wolf or dwarf – propelled by the marbles.
“It all started when I built a marble run on my grandchildren’s play box,” says Lothar. And because building them was so much fun, at some point he started looking for places and people who could use the marble runs to distract children in need and make them forget their worries – even just for half an hour. Lothar contacts children’s homes, children’s hospices and children’s emergency services himself to offer them the individually made marble runs. He finances the material costs through donations, the approx. 130 hours of work per track are his contribution.
The next project is already in the works and is to be donated to the children’s cancer ward at Helios Klinikum Erfurt.
Dresdner Nachbarschaften – sichtbar, vernetzt, engagiert!
Neighbourhoods are everywhere – we are right in the middle of it. With district walks, conversations in the green, creative workshops, exhibitions and much more.
Period
05-12.2023
Project coordination
Yvonn Spauschus (project management)
Yulia Vishnichenko · Moussa Mbarek · Nadine Wölk · Nazanin Zandi (workshop leader)
Rosa Brockelt · Rosa Hauch · Falk Goernert (moderation and documentation)
Cooperation partners
Club Passage / JugendKunstschule Dresden · Omse e.V. · Chinesisch Deutsches Zentrum e.V. · Treffpunkt Prohlis / Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V. · Stadtteilverein Johannstadt e.V. · Neues Volkshaus Cotta / Konglomerat e.V. · Montagscafé / Staatsschauspiel Dresden · Freizeitclub / Lebenshilfe Dresden e.V. · Quartiersmanagement Prohlis, Johannstadt und Gorbitz
Supported by
The project is funded by the State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion. This measure is co-financed with tax funds on the basis of the budget passed by the Saxon state parliament within the framework of the state programme Integrative Maßnahmen.
