{"id":518,"date":"2023-10-30T14:02:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kirchensteuerwirkt.ch\/welfare-and-solidarity\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T15:49:23","slug":"welfare-and-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.kirchensteuerwirkt.ch\/en\/welfare-and-solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Welfare and Solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div    class=\"accordion color-lilac\">\n  <div class=\"container-xxl\">\n    <div class=\"col-lg-10 offset-lg-2\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header-title\">960,331 hours of work<\/h2>\n        <button class=\"accordion-header-button\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\"><\/button>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n          <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">are performed by volunteers who work in parishes, missions and church associations. Many activities would be impossible to carry out, were it not for these volunteers. There are many good reasons why people volunteer for voluntary activities, and thus take on assignments that add to their feeling of having a purpose in life. We really value this commitment, and we also provide advice and support to people engaged in voluntary work. If you are interested in doing voluntary work yourself, please talk to a local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zhkath.ch\/ueber-uns\/pfarreien\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parish<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caritas-zuerich.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zurich Catholic Charities (Caritas Z\u00fcrich)<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahnhofkirche.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Train Station Church (Bahnhofkirche)<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flughafenkirche.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Airport Church (Flughafenkirche)<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiv-aidsseelsorge.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HIV and Aids Ministry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div    class=\"accordion\">\n  <div class=\"container-xxl\">\n    <div class=\"col-lg-10 offset-lg-2\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header-title\">450,000 Swiss francs<\/h2>\n        <button class=\"accordion-header-button\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\"><\/button>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n          <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">were authorized by the Synod, the parliament of the Catholic church, as emergency relief for people from Ukraine in 2022; the Synod also increased foreign assistance by an additional 200,000 Swiss francs. During the covid pandemic, the Synod approved 300,000 Swiss francs in special credit to pay for covid-related projects.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div    class=\"accordion color-lilac\">\n  <div class=\"container-xxl\">\n    <div class=\"col-lg-10 offset-lg-2\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header-title\">48 parish welfare workers<\/h2>\n        <button class=\"accordion-header-button\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\"><\/button>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n          <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">are ready to listen to people in need and to help them cope in life. They provide counseling in the case of personal and financial difficulties and whenever there are problems in the family. They support people in dealing with issues of public administration, and they also provide services to elderly people, the bereaved, migrants, marginalized people, as well as families. The services are easily accessible, free of charge and confidential. The welfare workers are supported by a specialist department.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfasoz.ch\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more about parish welfare work (German-language)<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1031,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-518","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Welfare and Solidarity - Kirchensteuer Wirkt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.kirchensteuerwirkt.ch\/en\/welfare-and-solidarity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welfare and Solidarity - 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