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We are actively involved in charitable initiatives in Switzerland and worldwide. Every year, our employees propose projects that are particularly close to their hearts and select them by vote. In this way, we ensure that our support reaches where it is really needed.
Inspired by the values of our co-founder, the Albert Koechlin Foundation, we are also committed to making the world a better place. We encourage our suppliers and customers to become actively involved in social activities.
However, we recognise that financial support alone is not enough to bring about real change. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude to the organizations we support. Their tireless efforts on the ground are what make all the difference.
hiki is a politically neutral, economically independent parents' organisation with a focus on German-speaking Switzerland. Since 1986, we have been supporting families with brain-injured children and adolescents. We see ourselves as a point of contact for those affected, professionals and the general public on the subject of brain injuries in childhood and raise awareness of their concerns and needs. We are committed to ensuring that children and adolescents with a congenital or acquired brain injury and their families find an equal place in our society.
We are a non-profit organization active throughout Switzerland with offices in Zurich and Lausanne. Since 1993, we have been bringing joy and variety into the lives of children and young people living with an illness or impairment. For them, we get the stars from the sky. We fulfil the child's deepest heart's desire and give the whole family varied excursions and carefree leisure activities. For children with an illness or impairment, we get a star from the sky.
Pro Mente Sana is an independent mental health organization in Switzerland. It is a contact point for people with a mental impairment, their relatives and professionals. You can find out more about the foundation, our work and its more than 45-year history here.
MSF helps people in need, those affected by natural or man-made disasters and armed conflicts, without discrimination and regardless of their ethnicity, religious, philosophical or political beliefs. In the name of universal medical ethics and the right to humanitarian aid, MSF operates in a neutral and impartial manner, calling for complete and unhindered freedom in the exercise of its activities.
The Swiss Red Cross (SRC) is the oldest and largest humanitarian organisation in Switzerland. In the areas of health, integration and rescue, we are committed to helping people in need. We are represented throughout Switzerland and active in around 30 countries.
We are committed to providing children living in the remote provinces of West Papua the opportunity to improve their knowledge of the world around them and to gain skills for lifelong learning. At Child Aid Papua we believe that every child has the right to education and healthcare, regardless of who they are, where they are, or how much money their family has. Child Aid Papua is a non-profit, non-profit organization based in Switzerland.
The Swiss children's charity Kovive is an NGO based in Lucerne. Since 1954, Kovive has been particularly committed to helping socially disadvantaged children and young people in Switzerland who are affected by poverty. Thanks to the two low-threshold Kovive support offers (individual care solutions and camps with a variety of support impulses), these children and their families receive support, support, relief and sustainable future prospects.
Caritas Lucerne advises, supports and accompanies people so that they can shape their lives on their own responsibility. As a non-profit organisation, it uses its expertise to help people in difficult life situations, is committed to combating poverty and promoting social and professional integration in Central Switzerland.
The SSBL has been caring for people with severe disabilities for over 50 years. A disability is severe when independent living or integration in sheltered workshops is no longer possible due to the restrictions. The SSBL offers these people a place to live. You can live, work and take advantage of various leisure activities at SSBL.
The devastating earthquake of February 6 plunged the people on the Turkish-Syrian border into even greater misery. The situation is particularly precarious in Syria, which is in an ongoing humanitarian crisis after almost twelve years of conflict. HEKS/EPER reacted quickly. Just a few hours after the earthquake, local partner organisations organised accommodation and emergency aid for thousands of families. HEKS/EPER will also support the population in the longer term in rebuilding infrastructure and the economy.
Médecins Sans Frontières/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is a private organisation with an international focus. The organization consists of doctors and nurses, but also representatives of numerous other professional groups such as logisticians, administrators, finance and personnel managers or supply chain managers are active in the missions. All are committed to the principles of the organization on their honour.
We are committed to providing children living in the remote provinces of West Papua the opportunity to improve their knowledge of the world around them and to gain skills for lifelong learning. At Child Aid Papua we believe that every child has the right to education and healthcare, regardless of who they are, where they are, or how much money their family has. Child Aid Papua is a non-profit, non-profit organization based in Switzerland.
We support Swiss asylum shelters in offering even the youngest children a protected place where they can simply be children again. In child-friendly rooms, refugee children can recover from their often traumatic experiences through regular learning and play activities and develop healthily.
We are a non-profit organization active throughout Switzerland with offices in Zurich and Lausanne. Since 1993, we have been bringing joy and variety to the lives of children and young people living with an illness or disability. For them, we get the stars from the sky.
Abuse, neglect and sexual exploitation of children are not fantasies, but daily reality. The "Children & Violence" Foundation, founded in 1992, contributes to the protection of children and young people throughout Switzerland by promoting and financially supporting violence prevention projects.
A life without hunger is a human right. Nevertheless, up to 811 million people worldwide have to go hungry. Welthungerhilfe's vision is a world in which all people can live a self-determined life in dignity and justice, free from hunger and poverty. To this end, the organization works in 35 countries and hundreds of projects with sustainable solutions.
The hardship and despair are immeasurable. The SRC is doing everything in its power to alleviate the suffering of those affected. An emergency response team is deployed in Ukraine. Logistics experts support the coordinated assistance of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movements in neighbouring countries.
We are committed to providing children living in the remote provinces of West Papua the opportunity to improve their knowledge of the world around them and to gain skills for lifelong learning. At Child Aid Papua we believe that every child has the right to education and healthcare, regardless of who they are, where they are, or how much money their family has.
For 30 years now, we have been actively committed to the climate by planting trees and protecting forests worldwide. We have already been able to put over 14 million trees in the ground and relieve the atmosphere of harmful CO2. Each tree filters the greenhouse gas CO2 from the atmosphere. We use this for sustainable climate protection, which combines the involvement of local communities and effective nature conservation.
The Women's Shelter Lucerne is aimed at physically, psychologically and sexually abused women and their children, as well as women who are threatened or severely controlled by their partner or family members. It offers protection, shelter and counseling and serves as an intermediate station for the victims to come to rest and plan the next steps.
HelloWelcome is a meeting place for refugees, migrants and locals at Kauffmannweg 9 (behind the Hotel Astoria) in Lucerne. Come by, meet people from different cultures. There is coffee, tea and drinks for free, information about offers in the refugee and asylum sector, events by and with refugees and locals.
Pro Mente Sana is an independent mental health organization in Switzerland. It is a contact point for people with a mental impairment, their relatives and professionals.
Doctors without Borders provides medical aid in countries where people's survival is threatened by conflicts, epidemics or natural disasters. Depending on the need, we provide basic medicine or emergency surgical aid, fight epidemics, conduct vaccination campaigns, run nutrition centers, focus on mother-child care, offer psychological help or train local staff.
Bread for All works with international NGOs to publicize problematic working conditions at IT brand companies worldwide and to build pressure on the brand companies and their suppliers.
Around 43 million people worldwide are blind. 295 million are affected by moderate to severe visual impairment. Most of those affected live in the poorest countries in the world. The Swiss Red Cross (SRC) works to cure and prevent poverty-related blindness in Africa and Asia.
Professional artists give children in the hospital a laugh. They are commissioned and trained by the Theodora Foundation according to strict guidelines for work in hospitals and specialized institutions. The intensive basic training is continuously supplemented with obligatory further training.
Even before the Corona crisis, there were people in Switzerland who could barely afford the most basic necessities. The current crisis has made this situation even worse. The organization "Tischlein deck dich" distributes food to the needy which, although still in perfect condition, is to be destroyed by shops, restaurants.
The Lucerne Association for Church Street Work helps people suffering from addiction and poverty from all over Central Switzerland. Its professional services include basic medical care, healthy nutrition, and individual life management assistance.
When poverty makes you blind: around 36 million people worldwide are blind and 217 million visually impaired. Most of those affected live in the poorest countries in the world. The Swiss Red Cross is working in Africa and Asia to cure and prevent poverty-related blindness.
UNICEF is active wherever children are in need - before, during, and after the crisis. UNICEF delivers vital relief supplies, ensures that children are protected and works to ensure that they have a future.
Millions of children and young people in underdeveloped regions have no opportunity to attend a good primary school or learn vocational skills. CO-OPERAID is committed to giving such children the chance to learn, discover their own abilities, and develop.
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