Record year for Stop Hunger Servathon 2022

The Stop Hunger Servathon is an annual event where Sodexo businesses all over the world go that extra mile in the spring. In 2022, helping refugees from Ukraine seemed the obvious thing to do. We were able to conduct a fundraising campaign to support the Swedish City Missions in their relief efforts.

The Swedish City Missions have long and proven experience in quickly adapting their operations to deal with acute crises. They mobilised early in order to target their resources at dealing with the increased influx of refugees from Ukraine to Sweden.

The Swedish City Missions work to provide safe, quiet accommodation for people fleeing to Sweden from the war in Ukraine.The emphasis is on children, as most of the refugees arriving are children and their mothers, but elderly people are also included in the target groups.

Besides accommodation, food, clothing, toys and toiletries are also provided.The Swedish City Missions have staff with expertise and experience in psychosocial work and dedicated volunteers to help out.

In the longer term, they can offer continued support, including one-on-one counselling, guidance, study support, activities and meeting places.

The amount collected was matched by Sodexo, so more than SEK 60,000 could be donated to the efforts of the Swedish City Missions to help these refugees.