Divorce, illness or job loss have always been factors that can lead to major financial hardship, tipping an individual or family into poverty.

The Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced inequalities in Switzerland and in Geneva, generating sometimes inextricable financial situations. Particularly people of modest means who have lost their income as a result of the restrictions and uncovered by state aid or social insurance. Finally, the elderly and/or disabled remain particularly vulnerable and isolated without outside help.