Every rubber ducky that bobs through the Jeker on Mother's Day will mean a €5 donation to the charitable cause. The University Fund Limburg, which is organising the campaign together with Jules Maastricht, has set a goal for itself of selling at least 4,000 ducks and thereby securing a sum of €20,000. Such enormous proceeds would allow students and Maastricht residents to, over the next five years, organise activities aimed at helping war refugees rediscover their sense of safety and self-worth.

Need a gesture to celebrate Mother’s Day, a graduation, a birthday or top marks? Give them a duck! And if your ducky crosses the finish line first? You’ll win one of many gifts provided by the sponsors of this year’s Duck Race! www.koopjeduck.nl/refugees