swisspartners Charity

 

In July 2009, swisspartners founded Charity as an independent association. Its purpose is to support philanthropic, non-profit institutions at home and abroad. The main targets are global humanitarian aid, environmental protection and animal welfare, as well as sponsorships for culture and the arts.

The board of trustees and the members of swisspartners Charity are all recruited from the swisspartners group workforce. Thus, the responsibility and organization are delegated to the staff and the humanitarian aspect is supported by all. The association is financed solely through membership fees and donations.

Institutions currently supported:

  • ARGO Stiftung Bündnerische Werkstätten und Wohnheime für Behinderte
  • BRASCRI – Help for Brazilian children

    • BRASCRI bases itself on the development goal adopted by the UN in the year 2000, namely the promotion of schooling and further education for children and young people. The institution supports target-based and results-based projects in the areas of training, advice and micro-finance. The activities are centred on children, young people and families.

      BRASCRI – Help for Brazilian children
  • Zurich Franciscan Streetworkers (Franziskanische Gassenarbeit)

    • This organisation helps people who are living in difficult circumstances, and particularly people who have ended up living on the streets. They look after those affected by addiction, and their relatives, in their daily lives, and help people who have already managed to reach a certain degree of stability to find ways to reconnect with society, work and the professional world.

      Zurich Franciscan Streetworkers (Franziskanische Gassenarbeit)
  • Handiconcept

    • This dynamic and active organisation allows disabled people to take part in sporting and leisure activities. This qualified team and their specialist equipment exist to allow people with a disability to fully engage, either on their own or with family members, in enjoying active pastimes in all seasons, such as disabled skiing, paragliding, cycling and hiking.

      Handiconcept
  • insieme Horgen District

    • insieme is an organisation dedicated to assisting people with mental disabilities. It offers them practical help, raises awareness and solidarity with disabled people, and draws attention to their human and social rights. insieme seeks dialogue with parents that have been affected and offers them support in overcoming their problems.

      insieme Horgen District
  • JOYO Foundation

    • The foundation supports children who have been neglected, abused, forced to work from an early age or raised in families with great difficulties through various activities aiming at the prevention of family and school drop-out, at school reintegration and preparation for professional integration.

      JOYO Foundation
  • Paz Peru – Casa Isabel

    • The foundation pursues the goal of raising money to be invested in the poorest villages and slums of Peru in order to help lift the population out of the most abject poverty. The women who live at Casa Isabel learn an occupation in the workshop, so that they can later provide for themselves. They can also come back to Casa Isabel for advice and support.

      Paz Peru – Casa Isabel
  • Pfuusbus

    • This articulated lorry in Zurich has been fitted with a tent to provide sleeping accommodation and hot meals for 35 people. The efforts of around a hundred volunteers allow the Pfuusbus solidarity association to take care of people in need and to provide these people with the warmth and shelter that everybody vitally needs.

      Pfuusbus
  • Reno Sommerhalder – “Urs”: The Project for Orphaned Bears

    • The project’s aim is to build a rehabilitation centre for orphaned bear cubs in Russia, and to reintroduce them into the wild. The orphans grow up in an unspoilt area, and go for walks every day to get to know their new habitat. At the same time, contact with humans is kept to a minimum, so that the cubs do not become too used to it.

      Reno Sommerhalder – “Urs”: The Project for Orphaned Bears
  • Foundation Behindertenwerk Holz und Korb

    • The foundation provides work and employment in carpentry and home care for physically, mentally or psychologically disabled people who are dependent on a protected workplace.

      Foundation Behindertenwerk Holz und Korb
  • Regensberg Castle Foundation (Stiftung Schloss Regensberg)

    • The Foundation’s tasks include providing schooling, accommodation, vocational training, aftercare and therapy to children and young people with learning difficulties and problems with their social and psychological development. The Regensberg Castle Foundation runs a residential special needs school and a centre for vocational training for young people, with the aim of preparing them to integrate in the workplace.

      Schloss Regensberg Foundation
  • Foundation Theodora

    • The objective of the Theodora foundation is to lift the spirits of sick children in Swiss hospitals and specialized institutions through joy and laughter.

      Foundation Theodora
  • Somawathi Home

    • The Somawathi Home in Sri Lanka was established in the aftermath of the Tsunami in 2004. The home provides a loving and trusting environment for 150 children, which enables them to grow up and develop into healthy, responsible and educated members of the community.

      Somawathi Home
  • Sopita

    • Sopita is an independent association supporting children in need in Peru's rainforest region. In the provincial town of Satipo, Sopita provides children with a healthy lunch and educational support. Learning and playing with tutors opens a cultural window of opportunity which would otherwise remain closed to the children.

      Sopita
  • Special Olympics Switzerland

    • This sport programme helps people with a mental impairment to develop through taking part in sport, whatever their level of capability. This boosts their self esteem, physical fitness, independence and confidence to try new things. The events that they take part in together give participants experiences that they share with other athletes, familiy members and the organisers.

      Special Olympics Switzerland
  • Pfötli Animal Shelter and Rescue Service

    • The aim of this Foundation is to rescue, care for and rehome injured, tortured and stray animals. Hurt or injured animals are provided with First Aid, brought to the nearest vet or admitted to the Pfötli animal shelter. If necessary, animals are given temporary support, care, nourishment and veterinary treatment.

      Pfötli Animal Shelter and Rescue Service
  • UNICEF - HIV/Aids and Children Project

    • The global community is striving with some success to eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV/Aids by 2015 and to provide babies all over the world with what we take for granted: life-saving tests and effective treatment. This has allowed 53% of HIV-positive women in countries with low to medium incomes today to receive the necessary medical treatment.

      UNICEF - HIV/Aids and Children Project
 
 
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