Agape Indienhilfe
Mönchaltdorf, Switzerland
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Agape Indienhilfe is a non-profit association based in Mönchaltdorf, Switzerland working on children & youth, education, poverty & hunger +3 more.
Agape Indienhilfe (AIH) is a Swiss association and recognised charity, founded in the 1990s and based in Mönchaltdorf. It supports poor and needy people in India through children's homes, school sponsorships, self-help projects, support for widows, leprosy patients and blind people, pastor training, conferences and a Bible school. Its projects are spread across India, mostly run through local pastors, and are funded by voluntary donations and sponsorship payments. The association states that its staff work on a voluntary basis and that about 97% of donations go directly to projects in India.
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Kinderheime (children's homes)
Children & Youth · India
Children's homes in India providing shelter, food, clothing and schooling for children from difficult family backgrounds, including orphans.
Schulpatenschaften (school sponsorship)
Education · India
Sponsorships that cover school costs so that children from poor families can attend school.
Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe (self-help projects)
Community development · India
Rice fields, mango trees, fish farming, sugarcane cultivation and a cowshed producing milk, used to meet the needs of poor people.
Witwenhilfe (widows' support)
Poverty & Hunger · India
Provision of a cow or goat so that widows and their families can make a living.
Villageministry
Community development · India
Regular gatherings in villages for low-caste people, widows, leprosy patients and blind people, offering food, medicine, clothing and the Christian message.
Filmministry / Bibelferiencamp
Religion & Faith · India
Public film evenings with Bible messages in unreached villages and annual holiday camps for Hindu children.
Bibelschule (Bible school)
Religion & Faith · India
Free training for men and women in a Bible school to serve in unreached villages.
