The Hungarian Red Cross, in cooperation with a chain store, has collected 34 tonnes of goods it will distribute at Christmas among people and families in need, the organisation said on Thursday.
The goods include durable food, sanitary and hygienic supplies, sweets and toys donated by customers in 24 Auchan department stores over the past two Advent weekends across the country, it said in a statement.
The donations will be sorted into combined packages by social care experts and distributed with the help of the Red Cross’s regional offices.
“The donations will help us support 9,700 people and families primarily at Christmas time but also later on during ordinary days for a couple of weeks,” Judit Waller-Fekete, a representative of Red Cross, said in the statement.
featured image: the donation campaign in 2020; via Hungarian Red Cross- Facebook