Swiss Solidarity raises CHF17 million for landslide-hit Blatten
Blatten: Swiss help, Swiss Solidarity raises 17 million
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Listening: Swiss Solidarity raises CHF17 million for landslide-hit Blatten
The fundraising group Swiss Solidarity has received donations of CHF17 million ($21 million) for the Valais municipality of Blatten, buried by a landslide on May 28.
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Blatten: svizzeri aiutano, Catena solidarietà raccoglie 17 milioni
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The Swiss Patronage for Mountain Municipalities has contributed CHF1 million, while Caritas and the Swiss Red Cross have both given CHF400,000, according to Swiss Solidarity, the fundraising arm of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (swissinfo.ch’s parent company).
Meanwhile, the Blatten Foundation is also collecting money: it has gathered a pot of CHF1.5 million to date. For its part, the federal government in Bern has made available CHF5 million in emergency aid.
Blatten also receives numerous offers of donations in kind. On its website, however, the municipality says it is currently not in a position to process or administrate such offers, and thus asks people to hold off on such initiatives for the time being.
Translated from Italian by DeepL/dos
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