The donations are in and the shipments are out!

We are doing our best to do a big final push before Spring break. We will be back at it with new efforts in early May. Here is the summary of the past month.

The Zharity community came together and showed our love to Ukraine!

  • More than 150 individual donors

  • 4 School and 6 Company Held Collections 

  • Nearly 40 individual financial donors

  • More than 35 volunteers

  • nearly 6000CHF donated toward additional supplies for Ukrainian refugees




International Ukrainian Refugee Support

  • 5 Shipments (2 within Ukraine) with a total of 428 boxes

  • 900 Personal Hygiene Kits for Children

  • 691 Personal Hygiene Kits for Women

  • 395 Personal Hygiene Kits for Men

  • 337 Sleeping Bags

  • 567 Towels

  • 40 Mats

  • 214 Blankets

  • Clothes and Shoes: Men, Women and Children

  • Food and Baby Supplies 

  • Plush Toys delivered to children in Ukraine




Local Ukrainian Refugee Support

  • 4 agencies/facilities served

  • Toys to hosting locations (bunker, military barracks and hotel)

  • 100s of Personal hygiene items, clothes, blankets, towels, baby needs and more to individual refugees and hosting facilities

  • Food provided to facilities in need

  • More than 35 suitcases and backpacks distributed 

  • Assistance at hospital appointments

  • Assistance with connections to local information 




What are we doing next to help the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis

  • Emergency callout for adult sneakers/trainers and socks for a center

  • Continue to distribute items locally (personal hygiene items, towels, clothes, baby needs, suitcases and more)

  • Work with other agencies to see how else we can help them

  • Respond to individual refugee needs




AND as always, we are supporting our long standing agencies that are supporting all refugees and local community members in need. We have distributed toys, clothes and baby needs from our inventory to agencies throughout our response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. 





Thank you to all our donors. Abbie, Abi, Adeline, Agnes, Ainsley, Alessandra, Ali, Alice B., Alice S., Alicia, Alison C., Alison W., Alyssa, Amber, Anabela, Andrea, Andrew, Angela, Anh, Anikó, Anna H., Anna S., Annahita, April, Aruna, Assia, Asya. Barbara M., Barbara R., Barbara V., Beata, Beth, Caroline, Cassandra, Catherine, Chloé, Chloe M., Chloe S., Chloe T., Chris, Christina, Dave, Deborah H., Deborah W., Dimi, Dinka, Dorine, Ekaterina, Elena C., Elena V., Ellie, Erin, Esther, Eszter, Ewa, Farley, Feza, Grace, Heather, Helena, Ivana, Jen B., Jen M., Jen Mc., Jennifer M., Jennifer S., Jill, Joanne, Johanna, Joseph, Julia, Julia G., Juliana, Justyna, Karen B., Karen H., Katarina, Kate, Katie, Katrin, Kelsey, Kerri, Kerry, Kimberly, Laetitia, Lauren, Leonie, Lilian, Lorrsine, Lucy, Lynzy, Maaike, Madhavi, Manuelle, Marcia, María, Marina, Mark, Marlin, Mary, Masaaki, Matthew, Max, Menna, Michelle, Monia, Monica, Morgane, Nadine, Natalia, Nicola, Nicole, Nikola, Nina, Patricia A., Patricia H., Patricia J., Pinar, Raquel, Rebeca, Rebecca, Richard, Rosanna, Roxana, Sally-Ann, Sanmarie, Sara, Sheela, Shlomo, Shruti, Sirikul, Sonja, Sophie, Susan, Takahito, Terese, Ting, Toby, Toni, Tracey, Trina, Valerie, Yoonbin




Thank you to the nearly 40 individual financial donors. You allowed us to purchase 170 sleeping bags, 150 towels, additional supplies for the personal care kits, socks, food and more. These funds designated to Ukrainian refugees have allowed (and will continue to allow us to respond to their urgent needs.




Financial Donors: Abigail, Amanda, Edward, Mandy, Heidi, Agnes, Mette, Priscilla, Justyna, Christine, Ross, Dimitra, Stephan, Elizabeth, Anna, Jyoti, Anastasia, Marina, Nitesh, Balázs, Kinga, Iuliia, Aniko, Johanna, Cora, Lucia, Alexandra, Victoria, Erika, Panagiota, Corwin, Yashashwa, Ivana, Sheena, Martina, Cristina,  Salome,  Maria, Jozef




And a big thank you to Decathlon Zürich for once again providing us with discounts when purchasing items for refugee efforts.




Thank you to our transportation partner GAiN Switzerland for working with us once again.




Thank you to the town of Spišska Nová Ves, Slovakia and Anastazia for working with us to get a shipment to the border and into Ukraine.




Here are some of the highlights of our past month:

  • Joining a company and their volunteers make personal hygiene kits in their office

  • Little notes of encouragement sprinkled throughout the different donations for the refugees

  • Doing a call out for suitcases and 3 days later fulfilling the need

  • In 5 days getting 104 boxes packed and items collected to head off to Ukraine

  • Having families make kits together

  • Having schools, companies and religious groups join the effort

  • One person drove from Basel with a car load

  • Individuals donating one to 150 kits

  • One of our volunteers dropped off outdoor toys to a bunker housing families and one of the children grabbing the volunteers hand to play with the toys together

  • Being able to drop off food and purchase very specific needs for individual refugees, knowing it will make a difference

  • Community members of all ages joining in this effort





We want to thank everyone for their continued support, efforts and time. Together we make a difference. 



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