Renner Rennt
1,000 km for clean drinking water
Charity run: September 2027, 40 km a day, no rest days.
In September 2027, Matthias Renner will run this route for people who walk for hours every day just to reach water that, even then, often isn’t clean.
For 2.1 billion people, that’s every single day.
You wake up, and nothing comes out of the tap. No coffee, no shower, no glass of water on the side. For 2.1 billion people, this isn’t a thought experiment, it’s every single day.
Instead, women and children often walk for hours to the nearest waterhole, for water that, in the end, isn’t even clean. Roughly three children die every minute from illnesses caused by poor hygiene.
Figures as stated by the Water Is Right® Foundation.
Two worlds, one principle: every voice counts.
I’ve been running since I was a child. After taking part in a fundraiser for Rolf Stahlhofen’s Water Is Right® Foundation, one thought wouldn’t leave me: why not run there myself, all the way to Billund?
Every October, the worldwide community of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitators meets there, a community I’ve been part of for years. Two worlds, one principle: every voice counts, and every community finds its own solution.
That’s exactly why I’m running the 1,000 km from Frankfurt to Billund.
The full story on renner-rennt.de →From Frankfurt via Kassel, Hanover, Hamburg and Flensburg to Billund.
Start: Frankfurt am Main. Finish: LEGO House, Billund, Denmark.
Water Is Right®, founded in 2011 by Rolf Stahlhofen.
Water Is Right® is a registered charitable foundation, founded in 2011 by Rolf Stahlhofen (singer with Söhne Mannheims), based in Frankfurt am Main.
For every litre dispensed from a WIR water cooler, the foundation provides ten litres of clean drinking water where access is lacking. This is funded by leasing sustainably produced water dispensers to offices, hospitality venues, hotels and concerts.
Not short-term supply, but local specialists trained so communities can run their own water systems for good.
More than 5 million people already have what we take for granted. By 2033, 100 million more are set to join them.
Figures as stated by the foundation; the 2033 target has been independently confirmed (announcement 27 March 2023).
The Förderverein (supporting association) of Lions Club Neues Frankfurt collects the donations and passes them on to the foundation “WIR – Water is Right”.
The Förderverein pursues tax-privileged purposes (articles of association confirmed by the tax office under § 60a of the German Fiscal Code) and will issue a donation receipt (Zuwendungsbestätigung) for your donation on request.
Your donation goes through the Förderverein of Lions Club Neues Frankfurt to the foundation “WIR – Water is Right”.
Together for clean drinking water.
This run is taking place for Water Is Right®, together with Lions Club Neues Frankfurt and supported by the Association of Master Trainers in the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method. Matthias Renner runs under Brickolution®.
Foundation and beneficiary
Lions Club Neues Frankfurt
Association of Master Trainers
Everything you want to know before you donate.
Through the Förderverein of Lions Club Neues Frankfurt to the foundation “WIR – Water is Right”. The donation page explains how to pay and gives all the details.
At official stage starts, you can run part of the route with me. Details on meeting points and registration will follow once the route is confirmed.
You can see the current donation total on this page. Running progress will be added once the 2027 run starts.
The Förderverein pursues tax-privileged purposes and will issue a donation receipt (Zuwendungsbestätigung) on request. Whether and how you can claim the donation for tax purposes depends on your personal situation and the tax rules of your country.
Every donation brings the goal closer.
The route, dates, and how you can join the run will follow over the coming months.
Donate now