Overnight she became the head of the family. She did not give up her degree.
After losing her mother, Katka took on two younger brothers and a mortgage. Six months later she welcomed us as a fresh graduate.
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Darujme úsmev, gift packing, December 2024
The list of families opens on 11 November.
Give 30 € monthly
A family writes down what it needs. You pick one item.
Darujme úsmev, 13th edition: 11 November to 6 December 2026. A project of Cammino, a non-profit in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Support children and young people
A regular gift lets us stay with them all year, not only in December.
You can stop a regular gift any time with one email.
Secure payment via Darujme.sk: card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or bank transfer. A donation receipt comes by email. The payment page is in Slovak.
5,362children received a gift
1,562families
12editions since 2014
600volunteers last year
What we do through the year
One Advent project for families and four year-round programmes for young people. All under one roof in Bratislava.
Darujme úsmev
Christmas gifts and specific help for families in need across Slovakia.
11 Nov to 6 Dec
My Next Step
Young people leaving children's homes in Bratislava prepare for life on their own.
year-round
Invisible Voices
Young people from Ukraine who are in Slovakia without their parents.
year-roundStudent support
Students from families that cannot afford their studies.
year-round
Little Women
Weekends for girls and young women who look after younger ones.
weekendsDarujme úsmev
13th edition, 11 November to 6 December 2026
People who work with the families all year write down what each family really needs. You pick one item from the list, bring it to a collection point or send money. Volunteers drive it to the family.
Every family receives everything it asked for. Whatever nobody picks, we buy from money donations.
How Darujme úsmev worksCollection points
Bring your gift to any of them by 6 December 2026.
- Bratislava, Miletičova 7main warehouse
- Žilinacollection point
- Prešovcollection point
- Sabinovcollection point
Addresses and opening hours go online with the list of families on 11 November 2026.
Stories
Not a Slovak lesson. A place to speak.
Speaking club on Miletičova street: young people from Ukraine and Slovakia, conversation, games and first friendships.
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On 18 December they loaded a van and crossed the whole country.
Róbert and two volunteers delivered gifts straight to families, to the FMA sisters and to charity workers.
Read the storyFour ways to help
Donate
Monthly or one-off via Darujme.sk. On a regular gift, a foundation currently doubles your last payment.
DonatePick a gift
From 11 November: a specific item for a specific family, or a shoebox of gifts for a child by age.
How it worksVolunteer
Packing, sorting and delivering gifts in December, in Bratislava, Žilina, Prešov and Sabinov.
Join usCompanies and schools
Partnerships, in-kind gifts and company collections, with a receipt for your accounts.
Write to usWhat people say
The people who work with the families all year and tell us whom to help.
“Parents often promise Christmas gifts that never come, for all sorts of reasons. So the joy comes from your gifts, through us.”
“We see it in our clients' eyes, how surprised they are that someone thinks of them before Christmas.”
“Our children are not used to gifts from their parents. Thanks to Darujme úsmev we could prepare a personal gift for most of them.”
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Who is behind it
Cammino is a registered non-profit association based at Miletičova 7, Bratislava, company ID 57183945. Darujme úsmev was born in 2014 within the Don Bosco Past Pupils association. Today Cammino runs it together with the Salesian family and the Slovak Catholic Charity.
Alexandra, Róbert, Anna and Hana in Bratislava. In December, about 600 volunteers across Slovakia.
Who we work with
Slovak Catholic Charity, Salesians of Don Bosco, the FMA sisters, Don Bosco Past Pupils, Domka, the City of Bratislava, dm drogerie markt, FAST PLUS, FINAL CD.
Money donations go through a public collection registered with the Slovak Ministry of the Interior. We publish the collection reports every year.