Exchange voucher for cash

You receive the payment card and only 50 € cash per month? If you need more cash, let's exchange!

  1. Buy a voucher in the stores Aldi, Lidl, Edeka, Kaufland, Rewe or DM for 50€
  2. Bring the voucher to an exchange point!
    Here you get cash for the vouchers.

Where?

Diakoniekirche Luther
Lutherstraße 2-4
68169 Mannheim

When?

Every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM.

The next dates:

Voucher distribution

Are you in solidarity with people with payment cards and want to join our actions? Get your shopping voucher at one of our distribution points!

Where are vouchers available?

ewwe longt´s
Kobellstraße 20
68167 Mannheim

Friday 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Basement Bikes
Werftstraße 29
68159 Mannheim

Tuesday 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Café Arranca at ASV Mannheim
Beilstraße 12
68159 Mannheim

Every 3rd Sunday of the month from 7:00 PM

Depending on availability, there are usually vouchers from Aldi, Lidl, Edeka, Kaufland, Rewe or DM for 50€

Statement of the Initiative
‘Stop Payment Card Mannheim’

Since the end of 2024, the payment card for refugees who fall under the 'Asylum Seekers Benefits Act' has been introduced across Germany. The introduction of the payment card leads to enormous problems on both the side of the refugees and the administration and is generally described as a racist instrument by refugee organizations. That is why we have formed the initiative ‘Stop Payment Card Mannheim’ in Mannheim to organize exchanges to help refugees and oppose this racist symbolic policy.

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What is the payment card?

Refugees who fall under the 'Asylum Seekers Benefits Act' receive the money they are entitled to via the payment card, instead of cash or into an