The Fund was established in 1936 as the IFUW Emergency Fund (later called the Relief Fund) to help university women who had been deprived of the right to work, and in many cases, the right to live in their native countries.
In honour of many years of service given by long term convener Mme Blanche Hegg Hoffet of Switzerland, who was particularly responsible for raising money and distributing assistance during and after the Second World War, the Fund adopted her name in 1968. For more details of the Fund’s history, see here.
Remember! The Hegg-Hoffet Fund grants rely on the ongoing generous contributions
of IFUW members and other supporters.
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