Winter coat
Lucerne
Direct
An hour of tutoring
Zurich
Direct
Explain papers
Lucerne
With a volunteerExamples. Every listing is read before it is visible.
Help nearby. You choose how it arrives.
HipSmile shows who in the neighbourhood needs help and who can give. You read the listing yourself. Every ad is read first. Free, no ads, no cut.
HipSmile, volunteers and partners work unpaid. We do not take a cut.
Who takes part
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Giver
You read the listing yourself and decide. Time, things, knowledge.
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Volunteer
Unpaid. In Lucerne and Zurich we may ask you to check a listing or accompany a handover.
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Association
Optional partner, unpaid. You are not a required bridge. We invite you to build this with us.
How help moves
Four stops. You need something, or you can give. You review the request yourself. No required middleman.
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1
Write the listing
What you need, where, how urgent. For health: the bill or the device, not the whole medical history.
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2
We read it
Nothing goes live until someone has looked.
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3
A giver sees it
They review the request themselves. In some cities a volunteer can help check, if you want.
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4
Help arrives
Meet only if both want to, in a public place, in daytime. No required middleman.
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1
Open the map
Listings nearby. Health, education, home, time — you filter what you can give.
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2
Pick a listing
You read it yourself. A blood-pressure monitor. A ride. An hour. You do not have to do everything.
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3
You decide how
Direct is the default. In some cities a volunteer can accompany if you want. No unknown house visit if you do not want one.
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4
You give
Lend a device. An hour. Small is enough. No cut.
Concrete listings
Examples. Every listing is read before it is visible. You review the request yourself.
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Health
Blood-pressure monitor for two weeks
Zurich
A loan, not a sale. You read the listing yourself. Meet in daytime in a public place.
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Time
Explain papers at the office
Lucerne
An hour of accompaniment. In Lucerne a volunteer can help if you want.
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Home needs
Winter coat
Lucerne
You read the listing. No cut. No ads.
Direct
What people ask for and give
Health
Equipment, accompaniment, a ride. You read the listing yourself.
Education
Tutoring, books.
Home needs
Coat, household, electronics.
Time
An hour, a conversation, carrying.
Refugees
Housing, work, housewares.
Sponsorship
Only through an authorised organisation, if one exists. No child’s face.
Now, next, later
Help between people stays unpaid.
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Now
You review the need
You read the listing. HipSmile reads ads first. In Rabat, Fès, Taounate, Casablanca, Lucerne and Zurich, volunteers can help check or accompany, unpaid. The app is free, with no ads.
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Next
We send a task
Marked volunteers and partners receive a listing to check or a concrete task. Still optional. You can still go direct.
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Later
More cities, real partners
Volunteers in more cities. Associations only where a real partner exists, for sensitive cases.
Videos and voices
Short explainers, a television interview, and how the app works. More on the HipSmile YouTube channel.
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