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The Swiss Donation (Schweizer Spende)

Already in September 1945 Swiss Donation (Schweizer Spende) has begun with the delivery of sanitary materials and medicines. Further it brought large quantities of food for the urban food help for pupils in Vienna. In the course of these food help for pupils in children's hostiles (Kindererholdungsheime) as well as in homes and Welfare institutes (Wohlfahrtsanstalten) of the city of Vienna 127.000 pupils, apprentices and infants in Vienna received help.

Worth mentioning is the delivery of milk, since the catastrophic defect at milk caused a high infant mortality. About 14.500 children received regularly 2 times weekly 1/2 liters dissolved powdered milk and sometimes also malt. The "Swiss Donation (Schweizer Spende)" supplied still sporadically homes and institutes, kindergartens and boarding schools, hospitals and private welfare-organizations with food.

Each schoolchild in Vienna received in September 1946, when school started, a board chocolate, likewise Kindergarten-kids and participants ofFoodhelp-initiatives. This were still 190.902 children. Christmas 1946 presented for 319.191 children in Vienna, Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) andBurgenland a board chocolate, 27.441 children received even aCompo - can, the chocolate and bonbons contained. Besides December resulted in November and 1946 additional ration of millet, oatmeals and sugars at the children of Vienna.

Over them "Swiss Donation (Schweizer Spende)" received diverse homes in Vienna and Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) over 7000 blankets as well as theJugendämter of Vienna and Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) about 24.000 diapers. For repairs the urban welfare-institution received wool and darning cotton. Still 11.494 pair of men -, ladies- and childrenshoes were submitted to urban welfare-institution in Vienna. Materials for shoemaking were made available by the Swiss. In these factories 13.000 pair of childrenshoes were manufactured for kids in Vienna and Lower Austria (Niederösterreich). Them "Swiss Donation (Schweizer Spende)" cared also for sewing machines, household items, Furniture and installation for shoemaker's and tailor's workshops of the Swiss missionCaritas. The provision of 5000 instruments made possible the start of canteens.

The tuberculosis (TBC) raging in Vienna, this was called already Vienna disease, had reached frightening extents. The "Swiss Donation (Schweizer Spende)" organized for 135 Viennese holidays inDavos and Arosa.

Some quantitiess to "Swiss Donation (Schweizer Spende)" for Vienna, Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) andBurgenland to end 1946:

  • 8687 barrels foods, medicines, sanitary material, material for doctors in the value of 1.204.311 Swiss Francs (sfr)
  • 33.315 kg and 24.559 piece textiles
  • 24.812 pair of shoes
  • 41.304 and 85 piece diverse material

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