Last year, the coronavirus turned our lives upside down and hit the planet’s most vulnerable people the hardest. Millions of people around the world became ill or died. Social inequality and poverty worsened everywhere, including in Switzerland, and those who were already in difficulty saw their already precarious situations deteriorate further. The progress we had made thanks to years of development efforts were undone by the pandemic, but we refused to let this discourage us. In fact, we held four fundraising events last year:
This humanitarian fundraiser, the biggest and longest held in Switzerland since 2005, raised CHF 41,486,039.
CHF 8,911,716 was raised for the world’s most vulnerable people, those suffering most from the pandemic and its consequences.
CHF 7,560,077 was raised for Beirut residents who lost their homes to the devastating explosions in the port and needed emergency assistance.
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Held jointly with Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), this fundraising campaign for children in Switzerland raised CHF 2,028,186 by the end of 2020.
Thank you so much for your solidarity!
In our Annual Report and Annual Financial Statement, we provide transparent and detailed information on how we have used your donations and what we achieved with them. Here is a quick look at the numbers:
34’615’170
2’983’268
2’563’130
Ongoing projects: 409
The donations we supported projects with in 2020 came directly from the major fundraising campaigns held during the year in review (Coronavirus Switzerland, Emergency Aid Lebanon, Coronavirus International, Coeur à Coeur), as well as from previous years’ campaigns.
It is important for us to use your donations sustainably and support multi-year projects, such as sustainable reconstruction projects following natural disasters. The donations you entrusted to us in 2020 have not been fully used yet and so will be put toward providing sustainable aid in the coming years in keeping with the same principle.
All 2020 figures, from the annual balance sheet to the operating costs, are contained in our 2020 Annual Financial Statement.
Swiss Solidarity, 1211 Geneva 8
Your donation is tax deductible in Switzerland.
