2025 OCS Donation Campaigns

OCS supports regional aid projects in Witten and Bochum

OCS can now look back on 35 years of international success. At the end of the year, the company is once again focusing its attention on the Witten and Bochum region. This year, OCS is supporting two local projects with donation cheques worth €10,000 each: the Witten palliative care network and Kälte Engel Bochum.

Bochum, 16 December 2025

We had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Matthias Thöns, board member and co-founder of the Witten Palliative Care Network, to the OCS headquarters. Dr Thöns is considered one of Germany’s leading experts in palliative medicine. This year, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his extraordinary commitment to palliative care and his dedication to dignified dying.
Dr Thöns is passionately committed to establishing and developing palliative care networks in Bochum and Witten. The aim of these networks is to provide holistic care for seriously ill people. The focus is on close coordination between medicine, nursing and hospice work. This enables those affected to spend the last phase of their lives well cared for and, if possible, in their own homes.

Dr. Thöns describes his self-image as that of a ‘specialist in quality of life’. He wants to help alleviate fears, relieve pain, respect wishes and take concerns seriously. ‘It is possible to die happily,’ explains Dr Thöns. Contentment and gratitude – for example, through pain-free days, regular visits or time spent with family – can have a positive impact on this final stage of life. As Dr Thöns points out, the proportion of people in Witten who are cared for in a place of their choice until the end is well above the national average. With our donation, we want to specifically support this valuable work.

Further information for those affected and their relatives can be found at:
👉 https://www.palliativnetz-witten.org/