Arbeitsgruppe Faire Welt
Arbeitsgruppe Faire Welt Greifensee Nänikon
Greifensee, Zürich, Switzerland
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Arbeitsgruppe Faire Welt is a non-profit association based in Greifensee, Switzerland working on international development, poverty & hunger, education +9 more.
The Arbeitsgruppe Faire Welt is a non-profit, interdenominational and party-politically independent association based in Greifensee Nänikon, Switzerland. It works for greater social justice and solidarity between industrialised nations and disadvantaged regions of the world. It supports self-help projects for disadvantaged people through events such as the annual candle-making week and traditional quiche lunch, and through projects in Romania, Nepal, Kenya, Lebanon, Tanzania, Gambia and the Philippines. It also runs the claro Weltladen fair trade shop in Greifensee, selling fair trade and organic products, with proceeds supporting fair trade, social equality, economic security and sustainable development. The association is supported by the Protestant and Roman Catholic parishes of Greifensee.
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Pro Sighisoara
ViewElderly care · Romania
Supports a day centre, emergency night shelter and meal service for elderly people in Sighisoara, plus village projects such as a solar-powered well, toilets and showers, farming and beekeeping.
Himchuli Schweiz
Education · Nepal
Supported the expansion of the Shree Himchuli Basic School in the remote village of Bung after the 2015 earthquake. The project is completed and the work continues through Himchuli Schweiz.
JeViVo
Children & Youth · Kenya
Supports JeViVo, a non-profit founded in 2018 in Shikumu Village that runs a children's day care centre offering education and daily meals, and plans an inclusive child development centre for children with and without disabilities.
Swiss4Lebanon
Refugees & Migration · Lebanon
Supports Syrian refugees in Lebanon through a school for refugee children in the south of the country, with the long-term aim of training children to rebuild their home country.
Friends of Kisimiri
Education · Tanzania
Supports and builds public school projects in the Kisimiri region, based on active participation by the local population.
Baluo
Employment & Skills · Gambia
Creates craft training and jobs in Gambia to build local skills and give young people prospects in their own country.
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claro fair trade, JeViVo, Verein Himchuli Schweiz, Verein Pro Sighisoara, Friends of Kisimiri, Swiss4Lebanon
