HarvestPlus aims to counteract the consequences of malnutrition through foods enriched with iron, zinc and vitamin A. Through so-called biofortification, staple crops such as corn, potatoes, beans, etc. are further developed. The focus is on switching to nutrient-rich, high-yielding and climate-friendly varieties. In Zimbabwe, a biofortified food basket (iron beans, vitamin A corn and vitamin A sweet potatoes) is going to be distributed via commercial markets, also using a digital plattform.
Ricarda Müller
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The Aquila Aurea Foundation supports underprivileged children, especially half-orphans and orphans, in Indonesia through various means. One of the main focuses is on the school education of the children. In addition, however, the nutrition of the children is ensured or emergency aid is provided after natural disasters.
The goal of OneDollarGlasses' activities is to provide people in India with continuous basic optical care and to enable them to purchase high-quality and individually fitted eyeglasses. Interested people can participate in a self-developed training as an optician.
Helvetas' InELAM project further develops the successful ELAM project (2017-2020). It promotes the establishment of small businesses in Nepal with local resources and on the basis of developed value chains and market analyses. In this way, the potential of returnees and remittances from emigrated workers can also be used optimally and jobs can be created in the home country.
ELAM successfully supported the establishment of small businesses in Nepal in 2017-2020. The beneficiaries were not only able to significantly increase their own income and free themselves from poverty. They also created additional jobs and thus permanently improved the situation on the domestic labor market.
The Happel Foundation supported Tel143 Zentralschweiz - Die Dargebotene Hand in expanding its services during the Corona pandemic. This enabled them to offer valuable support to more desperate people in the region through conversations.
The re-entry into the job market can be very difficult, especially after a long break. In Central Switzerland the Happel Foundation supports people in their return to work. To this end, it works together with institutions that provide intensive support to those people. The common goal is to get them out of the social welfare system in the long term through permanent employment.
The project Skills 4 Employment S4E provides young people in Myanmar with qualified vocational training. This gives them the necessary professional, entrepreneurial and personal skills to subsequently find permanent work or become self-employed. Currently, the S4E project successfully offers training in the following areas: masonry, motorcycle repair, hair dresser and tailoring.
The Happel Foundation regularly supports Wärchbrogg in modernizing its workshop. This enables people with mental disabilities to carry out contract work in various areas, gain experience in the world of work and build up career prospects.
Small farmers in the Karnali region of Nepal cultivate their fields under difficult climatic conditions. The sale of walnut oil opens a way out of poverty for them. Thanks to specialized machinery, the oil can be produced and sold much more efficiently. The additional income significantly increases the quality of life of the small farmers and their families.
