Winterhilfe Basel-Stadt
Poverty can also endanger health, which is why Winterhilfe Basel-Stadt launched the Health Costs Project. This involves the payment of urgent bills that the individuals concerned are temporarily unable to pay due to their precarious financial situation.
Winterhilfe Basel-Stadt supports adults and children who are at risk of poverty and live on or below the poverty line. It intervenes in emergency situations so that those affected are able to access basic living resources and do not lose their homes.
Poverty can also endanger health, which is why Winterhilfe launched the Health Costs Project. This involves the payment of urgent bills that the individuals concerned are temporarily unable to pay due to their precarious financial situation. This might include uninsured services such as dental costs, glasses and physiotherapy, and even outstanding health insurance premiums that they are unable to afford.
Winterhilfe Basel-Stadt uses the contribution defined by the Sympany Foundation in cases of hardship to support residents of the canton of Basel-Stadt affected by poverty.
A Sympany Foundation project.
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