Terre des Hommes sale of oranges celebrates its 50th!

50 years ago, “Terre des hommes needed CHF 5,000.- to bring help to children. I suggested selling oranges in the street. We were only about thirty friends, but we managed to collect double that amount. The Tdh Council was enthusiastic and encouraged us to extend our sales the next time. Edmond Kaiser also felt that the orange was a symbol of health for the youngsters.”Told by Claudine Planque, who initiated the first sale of oranges in Lausanne in 1961.
 

The orange, fruit of the sun and a synonym for health, is the vitamin-ripe symbol of solidarity chosen by Tdh for the past 50 years! In sales on the street, passers-by donate a minimum of CHF 2.- for an orange, a first step in helping a child to get better. All the takings go into our health programmes. This facilitates the access to basic health care for families and offers specialised medical treatment to children either in their own countries or, if they cannot be treated there, in Switzerland.
 

TDH are looking for reinforcements for their 50th sale of oranges!
 

We are looking for volunteers who could spend a few hours to strengthen our teams selling in the streets on the 10th March 2012. Are you interested? Don’t hesitate – find out more from:

• Anke Schuetze, volunteer coordinator for the canton of Zurich
  anke.schuetze@tdh.ch
  044 245 40 48

• Robert Sandrieser, volunteer coordinator for the rest of the German-speaking part of Switzerland
  robert.sandrieser@tdh.ch
  058 611 07 83