The versatility of sponsorship
So the support of the children’s rights organization became a matter of course for the actor over the decades – even beyond the sponsorship. Most recently, he appeared in 2024 at a charity reading on the occasion of World Girls’ Day, organized by the voluntary Plan Action Group Munich. The topic of the evening: Ethiopia – girls in crisis. “So my sponsorship will also be an artistic sponsorship, which makes me very happy,” said Bergmann about the performance.
The direct correspondence with his godchildren made it tangible for him what a single donation can achieve and how enriching social commitment is. In order to visualize this emotional side of sponsorship, Bergmann and his wife decided to put the photos of their godchildren together in a picture frame and display them in their home. “After our first two sponsored children were of age and the sponsorship ended, we held the many photos in our hands that documented in such a touching way how they grew older from year to year and changed in their expression,” describes Bergmann. The idea for the photo collage then came about.
Look to Germany
But Tim Bergmann’s focus is not only on the Global South. “As the Federal Statistical Office has reported, even in Germany a good one in seven children is at risk of poverty,” he comments. According to statistics, children and young people with a migrant background are particularly at risk.
