The Merienda project

During our last visit to Cuba, we launched the Meriendar project together with a church-affiliated organization. Unfortunately, due to the current economic situation in Cuba, many families are unable to provide their children with sufficient food. Many schoolchildren go to school in the morning without breakfast or a packed lunch. Often, they have only had a glass of water before leaving home. With this project, we want to support institutions that run soup kitchens for the poor or schoolchildren. In many places in Cuba, students already have the opportunity to pick up a piece of bread and, if they are lucky, even a cup of milk at such facilities on their way to school. We support church organizations that have addressed this problem. For example, La Iglesia nuestra Señora de la Merced in Havana already operates a small kitchen where students can get a packed lunch on their way to school. Unfortunately, due to a shortage of raw materials, this is not possible far too often. To this end, we are seeking donations of goods or money from industry and commerce to purchase food items, preferably powdered milk, flour, cooking oil, and powdered drinks. These will be transported to Cuba in the same way

Furthermore, our collections support church and charitable institutions that work with the growing number of people living on the streets in Cuba.
Where capacity allows, we also strive to arrange transport for other charitable or social organizations based in Germany, either at low cost or even free of charge, provided this serves the common good and can be done as part of a consolidated shipment.