Open cardboard box containing various everyday products: tea, a pack of coffee, a tin can, cotton swabs, sanitary pads, liquid detergent, and biscuits.
Access to essentials is the main thing Relieve the financial burden on people living in poverty
Only put food or personal hygiene products with a long shelf life in your parcel, for example:
Food
- Baby food
- Tea
- All breakfast items such as muesli, jam, spreads
- Coffee
- Oil
- Tinned food/food in jars
- Dried food such as soups, spices, corn, lentils, semolina, durum wheat, potato mix, dried tomatoes, etc.
Hygiene products
- Oral hygiene: toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash
- Hygiene products made of paper and absorbent cotton such as period products, tissues and more
- Baby hygiene products: nappies, baby care oil, wet wipes
The best before date of the products should be at least the end of June 2026. The goods are distributed in Switzerland by the Swiss Red Cross to people living in poverty and social institutions. Those living in poverty in Switzerland receive food and personal hygiene items. The proceeds from the donate money go to people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (see box).