In 2022, as we were addressing hunger mainly amongst the undocumented communities in Amsterdam, Russia invaded Ukraine and energy prices soared.

We realized cold was another big problem for our beneficiaries during the winter. This led to the project ‘No Cold in the City’. Thanks to a large donation at the onset of the 2022-2023 winter and this project continued throughout the beginning of 2023.

We distributed nearly 15.000 energy-efficient items like thermal socks and underwear, warm slippers, warm water bottles, blankets, beanies, gloves, and sub-zero sleeping bags to our beneficiaries living in poorly heated or unheated conditions. All those items were very welcome when the temperatures dipped below zero.

Thanks to several generous donors we have been able to aid the children reached by the Food Project with more than just food and basic hygiene products.

In the course of the year, we helped them with amongst others: sports clothing and shoes, underwear and socks, warm jackets and more.

For three consecutive years, we  have been able to distribute over 1.500 backpacks filled with everything school-going children need: a pencil case with pencils, pens, ruler, pencil sharpener, rubber, highlighters, etc, notebooks, folders and more.

The small ones got a nice box of coloured crayons while we gave calculators and compasses to the older kids. This distribution was extremely appreciated by both children and parents.

FOOD AND HYGIENE PROJECT

SMALL SEPARATE FUNDS