Fondation Alta Mane
Genève, Switzerland
About
Founded in 2005, Fondation Alta Mane is a grant-making foundation based in Genève, Switzerland working on arts & culture, health, children & youth +3 more.
Fondation Alta Mane is a non-profit foundation based in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 2005 on private initiative. It is recognised as serving the public interest and is supervised by the Swiss Federal Department of the Interior. The foundation funds and supports projects that use art as a tool for the support and recovery of children, young people and people facing social hardship or psycho-physical distress. Its work includes art, music, theatre, dance and circus workshops, healthcare clowning in hospitals, and art-therapy for refugees and migrants. It operates in Switzerland and abroad, with a priority on Europe, and since 2018 has focused on Art and Development as a strategic sector.
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Emergency Smile Research Project 2025-2027
Health · Greece
Multi-year research project on the effects of arts and clowning interventions, including work on Lesvos.
Healthcare Clowning International
Health
Arts and clowning activities for hospitalised children and people in transit, supported in Greece and Ukraine.
Art Healing: Empowering Refugee Women Through Creativity, Community, and Social Inclusion
Refugees & Migration
Arts-based support for refugee women to build confidence, community and social inclusion.
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Red Noses International, Musicians Without Borders, Save the Children Schweiz, Greek Council for Refugees, Associazione Progetto Axé Italia Onlus, Association Autisme Genève, Dynamo Camp, Irida Women's Centre
