The Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Switzerland (ADRA Switzerland) has sent 4,068 parcels by train to Moldova as part of this year's Christmas parcel campaign, Pack es Päckli. At the beginning of January 2024, on the occasion of the Orthodox Christmas festivities, they will be distributed in cooperation with ADRA Moldova to children living in the poorest of circumstances.

Great Need for Help in Moldova

According to ADRA, the need for help in Moldova, the third poorest country in Europe, is great. This is why not only Christmas parcels, but also clothing and food parcels, are distributed when ADRA employees visit the families. According to ADRA Switzerland, if all the requests received by ADRA Moldova from various social organizations were taken into account, over 30,000 parcels would have to be packed and sent out.

Thanks to TTS

"A very special thank you also goes to our logistics company TTS, which, this year, provided us with the largest railway wagon we have ever had for this campaign," writes ADRA Switzerland on its website. This made it possible to send more boxes with toys, warm clothing for children and adults, as well as various other aids, in addition to the more than 4,000 parcels.

ADRA Switzerland

ADRA Switzerland was founded in 1987 as an aid organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Switzerland. It is an association registered in the commercial register, with its headquarters in Zurich and its head office in Aarau. The aid organization is tax-exempt and has been certified by the Swiss Centre for Charitable Organisations (ZEWO). ADRA Switzerland is one of Swiss Solidarity's partner aid organizations.

ADRA provides aid regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or ideology, disability, age, or sexual identity.

To learn more about ADRA Switzerland, please go here.

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The original version of this story was posted on the Inter-European Division website.