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Humanitarian aid abroad

Posts 2022

Help for Ukrainians on the run

The city of Zurich wants to help the people fleeing Ukraine. To this end, it is supporting Swiss Solidarity and the four Swiss aid organisations Terre des Hommes, HEKS/EPER, Caritas and the Swiss Red Cross with CHF 100,000 each.

Humanitarian aid for Ukraine - City Council Decision No. 224/2022 of 9 March 2022

Help for Malawi

The City of Zurich is making a contribution of CHF 100,000 for emergency aid to the population in Malawi affected by the tropical storms.

Humanitarian aid for Malawi - City Council Resolution No. 287/2022 of 30 March 2022

Posts 2021

Support for refugees in Afghanistan

The city of Zurich helps people who are fleeing in Afghanistan. It is supporting Swiss Solidarity with CHF 100,000.

Support for victims of natural disasters in Haiti

The City of Zurich is supporting the victims of the earthquake and tropical storm in Haiti in mid-August 2021. It transfers CHF 150,000 to HEKS/EPER for this purpose.

Posts 2020

Support for families in Beirut

The city of Zurich is supporting the Swiss Red Cross with CHF 100,000 for disaster management following the heavy explosion in Beirut.

Aid packages for internally displaced persons in northern Syria

The City of Zurich is supporting Medico International Switzerland with CHF 162,000 for the procurement of hygiene kits and for ensuring the water supply and HEKS/EPER with CHF 48,000 for the provision of food parcels and hygiene kits for the benefit of internally displaced persons in northern Syria.

Support for earthquake victims in Albania

The City of Zurich is supporting Terre des hommes Kinderhilfe Lausanne with CHF 100,000 for the victims of the earthquake in Albania at the end of November 2019.

Posts 2019

Water tanks and hygiene kits for the Syrian population

The city council is supporting the Swiss Red Cross with CHF 75,000 for the procurement of water tanks and hygiene kits for the population in eastern Syria.

Victims of flooding in Malawi

The city council is contributing CHF 50,000 to the Swiss Red Cross emergency relief campaign in Malawi. The campaign is aimed at those affected in the evacuation camps.

Food parcels for Syrian refugees in Lebanon

The city council is supporting the Swiss Red Cross with CHF 75,000 for the procurement of food parcels and winter aid for Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

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