Eye treatments for diabetics in Zimbabwe

Interim report SolidarMed in December 2022. Thanks to the support of Fight4Sight, the project "Specialized Eye Care for Diabetics in Zimbabwe" can be completed in a timely manner.

Improving access to high-quality education

Myanmar | Increase access to quality education

Support for the Fistula Center in Asella

Project Update 2018 | Strong Women, Safe Births, Fistula Healing | Donation for girls and women with obstetric fistulas Ethiopia

Strengthen the surgical capacities of ophthalmologists

Project Mahita | Training as an ophthalmologist in Madagascar

Sanctuary Farm Tante Martha

Switzerland | Life and meeting place | Contribution for the construction of the lounge

A family belongs together

Tanzania | Donation for the support program “Families to improve their social and financial situation”

Support for orphans and semi-orphans.

Centre Bouge in Sékou | Support for orphans and half-orphans in Bénin West Africa | Donation for apprenticeship training

Specialized eye treatments for diabetics

Lucerne, Switzerland | Specialized eye care for diabetics

Eye treatments for diabetics in Zimbabwe

Final Report Zimbabwe. Specialized eye care for diabetics.

Excursion for people with disabilities

Biel, Switzerland | Living and working for people with disabilities | Donation for an excursion with the residents

Opening eyes in the Himalayas

Opening eyes in the Himalayas and Tibet | Cataract operations | Donation for instruments (Oertli Catharex) and operations

Insight | Training of Ophthalmologists

The number of people affected by severe visual impairment and blindness in Africa is growing

Insight | Project Southern Africa

Fight4Sight and Medical Mission Eswatini Ophthalmic Traineeship Interim Report by Dr Josh Cummings

Support for people with visual impairments

Switzerland | Swiss Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Bern

Diabetes and high blood pressure treatment

Zimbabwe | Awareness raising for patients with diabetes and hypertension

Help for those in need in Syria

Indescribable suffering and destruction in years of conflict

Work in Sight

Professional integration of people with migration experience

Visit of Malagasy doctors

We hosted two doctors from the capital of Antananarivo. They obtained an insight into different areas of the activities of the Bern Eye Clinic.

Drinking water and sanitation

Africa, Sub-Sahara | Access to clean drinking water and sanitation

Eye treatments for diabetics in Zimbabwe

Interim report: Specialized eye care for diabetics in Zimbabwe

Medical emergency relief in Iraq

Donate to ongoing projects | Inpatient pediatric department for children in Mosul

Hope through mobile clinics in Iraq

Klinomobil – medical care for refugees in remote places in northern Iraq

Food for migrant workers and refugees

India | Emergency aid in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, donation of food for migrant workers in Punjab, Rohyngja refugees in Delhi and Bangalore

Trees-Forests-Water-Food-Life

Environment and development in Ethiopia | Reforestation = trees-forests-water-food-life

Support during the COVID Pandemic

Donation to fight COVID-19 in Tanzania

Research on degenerative retinal diseases

Switzerland | Advice and support for patients with retinal degeneration

Construction of a boys’ dormitory in Nepal

Donation for construction of boy’s dormitory wing.

Support for a school project in Tagne

Association for the Promotion of School and Vocational Training in Mali | Support for the school project in Tagnè

Newsletter: mobile clinic in Tanzania

Newsletter November 2021

Mission after explosions in Beirut

Emergency aid Lebanon | The United Nations Children's Fund

Donation for a student

Switzerland | Integration project for asylum seekers

Eye treatments for diabetics in Zimbabwe

Specialized eye treatments for diabetics in Zimbabwe

Training and therapy for people and animals

Guggisberg, Switzerland | Provide support for people with handicaps | Donation for signage, flyer, homepage

Insight | Training Reports

Southern Africa Project | 2021 Training reports of the supported ophthalmologists

Implementation of Biodigester in Benin

Alliance Nature

Construction and renovation of a blind school

Zollikofen, Switzerland | Donation for new construction and renovation of the school

Reports from the field

Jemen, Sambia, Irak, Nigeria und Demokratische Republik Kongo | Ärzte ohne Grenzen Schweiz | Spende für laufende Projekte

Insight | use of in-kind donations

Southern Africa Project | Use of donated equipment and supplies

Eye care service in Tanzania

Donation to establish Eye Care Service in Tanzania

Help where it is needed most

Worldwide | Helping people in need in a total of 24 countries. Help for victims of wars and conflicts

For people with career goals

Switzerland | Clarification-training-integration

Mobile clinic in Tanzania

Project Report - Mobile NURU Clinic

Finding hope and joy in childhood

Afghanistan | MMCC, supporting a circus school where Afghan children find hope and joy in childhood

Protect children of single parents

Donation for the Adwa health project in Ethiopia

Prevention of retinal diseases

Switzerland | Advice and support for patients with retinal degeneration

Insight | Project Southern Africa

Arrival container in Siteki

Renovation of health centers in Benin

Brief update on results achieved in health centers in Bénin.

Mobile clinics in the mountain communities of Nepal

Himalayan Ambulance | A blessing for the poorest mountain communities in Nepal

Aid for people in war zones

Worldwide emergency aid

Preservation of Human Rights

Worldwide | Donate to Project Human Rights

Emergency assistance through medical care

Emergency Aid Yemen. Medical supplies for people in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises

Living independently with support

Switzerland | Donation to the Wohnenplus project

Insight | We create training opportunities

Project Southern Africa | Training of ophthalmologists in Eswatini and Mozambique

Deployment of a mobile clinic in Tanzania

Provision and deployment of a mobile clinic to provide medical supplies to the population in Ikungi District, Tanzania, with the main focus: on mother and child.

Georgia | Further education for dentists

Georgia | Dental practice in the Cholashi outpatient clinic | Donation for further training for Georgian dentists

Emergency aid for Yemen

The United Nations Children's Fund

Water project for hospital

Tanzania | Donation for the water project in Majimatitu

Renovation of Health Centers in Benin

Renovation of health centers in Bénin: progress in 2022

Food | Aid Goods | Drinking Water Systems

Support countries in crisis/conflict situations | Donation for food, relief supplies, repair of drinking water systems in Syria

Partnership project Fight4Sight and Helvetas

ensuring a hygienically improved treatment for the population in the region of Alibori, Bénin, through the restoration of 12 health centers (access to clean water).

Donation for the needy population

Moldova | Emergency aid related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Donation of food for the suffering, unemployed population.

Insight | Support for Technicians

Project Southern Africa | Support of two technicians for the Eswatini Diabetic Eye and Foot Screening Programme (EDFS)

Distribution of food vouchers

Imizano Yethu Township, Cape Town, South Africa | Emergency aid related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distribution of food vouchers and food bags to the township’s needy population.

Access to clean drinking water

South Africa | Access to clean drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene training for in schools in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

A dialy lunch for students

Haiti | The main aim of the Emmaus Children's Aid is to support children and families in need in developing countries and to work with them to address the root causes of their suffering.

Donations for apprenticeships

Centre Bouge in Sékou | Support for orphans and half-orphans in Bénin West Africa | Donations for apprenticeship training.

Audiobook sponsorship

Switzerland | Financing the production of the audio book “The Unvarnished Life” by Maryse Condé

Donation for instruments and surgeries

Opening eyes in the Himalayas and Tibet | Cataract surgeries | Donations for instruments (Oertli Catharex) and surgeries

Emergency aid for refugee Rohingya children

Myanmar | Emergency aid winter | Rohingya Children Project

Environment and development in Ethiopia

Donation for the Dara school project

Project human rights

Worldwide | Donation Project Human Rights

The largest hospital ship in the world

Donation for ophthalmologic diagnosis equipment

Development of skills in agriculture

Project “LIFT-BENIN” Supporting the development of skills in agribusiness careers and access to employment for disadvantaged youth in Benin.

Healing of women with obstetric fistulas

Project Update | Strong Women, Safe Births, Fistula Healing | Donation for girls and women with obstetric fistulas Ethiopia

Insight | Project Southern Africa

Final report by Dr. Rossouw Els at the Good Shepherd Eye Clinic

The creative and theater studio in the Heitere Fahne

Switzerland | The “Frei_Raum” collective is a movement that occupies open spaces with cultural projects and always includes people with disabilities. The theater work has found its main venue in the “Heitere Fahne” cultural venue

Water project in Tanzania

Donation to the water project in Majimatitu, Tanzania

Agroforestry4Future | Agriculture in Uganda

Protect natural resources and create sustainable prospects for people

Mobile clinics for mountain regions in Nepal

Final Report HimalayanAmbulance | A blessing for the poorest of the mountain communities.

Interim Report of Heitere Fahne

Support contribution for special activities during the pandemic period

Supporting a circus school

Afghanistan | MMCC, supporting a circus school where Afghan children find hope and joy in childhood

Distribution of laboratory materials in Nepal

Health Post Bungkot | Support for the procurement of medical material for the laboratory of the health post.

Water for all

Nepal | Donate to the “Wash” project

Opportunities for children and adolescents

Chiang Mai, Thailand | Committed to better opportunities for children & youth | Donation for Mekong Subregion

Visual impairment and blindness

Switzerland | Actively manage everyday life and work with visual impairments

Training for Ophthalmologists in Madagascar

Project Mahita | Pediatrics and ophthalmology training project in Antananarivo

Cataract surgeries in Tibet

Opening eyes in the Himalayas and Tibet | Vision Himalaya will put its third eye center into operation in December 2018.

Healing girls and women with obstetric fistulas

Strong women, safe births, healing of fistula | Donation for girls and women with obstetric fistula in Bangladesh.

Emergency relief after flooding

Moldova | Emergency Aid Water Supply

Insight | Report by Dr. Christof Hänsli

Project Southern Africa | Report by Dr. med. Christof Hänsli after two weeks stay at the Good Shepherd Hospital in Eswatini

Access to eye care treatments

In the poverty-stricken areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America | Donation for eye medical care including aftercare

Future prospects after leaving foster care

Sri Lanka | Vocational training for orphans after a stay in a children's home in Kolavil, Ampara and the Sakthi children's home in Asadithivu, Batticaloa.

Insight | Project Southern Africa

Container on the move.

Support for orphans and half-orphans

Benin | Center Bouge in Sékou | Donations for apprentice training, support for orphans and half-orphans in West Africa

School project in Ethiopia

Environment and Development in Ethiopia | Reforestation = Trees-Forests-Water-Food-Life | School Project

Project human rights

Worldwide | Donate to Project Human Rights

New school accommodation

Nepal | Construction of the new school accommodation in Manbu. Accommodation for 160 students of the higher secondary school

A slightly different Christmas

Moldova | Accompaniment and practical support for children, young people and the socially disadvantaged

Job creation in Benin

Centre Bouge in Sékou | Donation for startup project “Lift-Bénin”. Purchase of agricultural production machinery. Creation of jobs for former landless “BOUGE apprentices” and unemployed university graduates.

Medical care in Tanzania

Fight against maternal and child mortality | Donation for pilot project maternity clinic

Support for people with disabilities

Guggisberg, Switzerland | Support for people with handicaps (visual impairment) | Donation for renovation of exercise hall

Vegetable seeds for women’s households

environment, and development in Ethiopia | Donation for vegetable seeds for 487 women-led households in Ethiopia.

Donation to a blind school

Zollikofen, Switzerland | Donation for new building and renovation of the school.

Cataract surgeries in the Himalayas

Tibet | Opening eyes in the Himalayas and Tibet | Cataract operations | Donation for instruments (Oertli Catharex) and operations

Nonviolent society

Switzerland | Donate to violence counseling

Food for those in need

Switzerland and Moldova | Emergency aid project Moldova, donation of food for the needy, unemployed population

Insight | Project Southern Africa

Interim Report by Dr. Rossouw Els

Accompany patients with retinal degeneration

Switzerland | Advice and support for patients with retinal degeneration

Eye camp in Ladakh

Opening eyes in the Himalayas and Tibet | Cataract operations | Donation for instruments (Oertli Catharex) and operations

Support for refugee children

Switzerland | Winter aid for refugee children | Donate to ongoing children's aid projects

Improve pediatric eye care services

Project Mahita | Training as an ophthalmologist in Madagascar

Building a primary school

Nepal | Construction of Bhairabi primary school in Ratmate

Displaced populations in Iraq

Doctors Without Borders Switzerland | Donate to ongoing projects | Inpatient pediatric department for children in Mosul

Support for children in need

Ukraine and Moldova | Donation for children's home

Ophthalmic care in Madagascar

Switzerland | Project MAHITA, Madagascar, development, and expansion of ophthalmic care in the country.

Treatment of malnourished children in Bangui

Central African Republic | A loving home for every child | Therapy for malnourished children in Bangui

In Tanzania 13,000 children living in orphanages in 2024

All children in Tanzania should have the opportunity to grow up in a caring, supportive and protective family.

Life-saving medical interventions for children

Myanmar und Laos | Children's Medical Fund

Biogas plant in Benin

Centre Bouge in Sékou | Construction and installation of a biogas plant to produce biogas and biofertilizer in the training center

Help for people with migration background

Switzerland, Bern | Integration project, people with a migration background receive practical help.

Direct assistance to people in difficult situations

Switzerland | Contact and advice center for asylum seekers, migrants and drug addicts

Insight | Eye care

Southern Africa Project | For improved eye health care in Eswatini

School lunch for children in Haiti

Nutrition program at the Center St. Joseph in Gonaives

Heitere Fahne: hall roof renovation

Donation for renovation of 150-year-old hall roof

Improvement of education quality in Myanmar

Committed to better opportunities for children, young people | Access to quality education

Reunification of families in Tanzania

Annual report and initial situation of the Kipepeo Family Foundation 2021

Agricultural Training in Benin

Centre Bouge in Sékou | Donation for young orphans and half-orphans to enable agricultural training, and subsequent installation in their home villages

Support for needy families

Tanzania | Kipepeo is a registered non-profit organization that provides support to families in difficult circumstances in the surrounding villages of Moshi, Tanzania. The goal is to reduce the number of children living on the streets or growing up in children’s homes.

Training for on-site assistance

Switzerland | Train Samaritan teachers to help on site

Emergency aid for forgotten victims in the COVID crisis

Yemen | The United Nations Children's Fund

Ambulances for Nepal

Access to primary health care in remote mountain regions in Nepal.

Renovation of health centers in Benin

Final Report 2023 | Rehabilitation of health centers Benin

Apprenticeship training in Benin

Centre Bouge in Sékou | Support for orphans and half-orphans in Bénin West Africa | Donations for apprenticeship training

Commitment to human rights

Worldwide | Donate for human rights

Emergency relief program in Nepal

emergency relief program together with Nepal Ambulances to provide medical supplies during second COVID-19 wave in Gorkha District, Nepal

Medical trauma surgery

Ethiopia | Trauma surgical care in Jimma | Donate to the project to pass on knowledge sustainably

Surgeries in Nepal

Operations for eyelid closure

New Vision for farmer Aser Roger

Cameroon | Donation for ophthalmological diagnostic devices

Trauma surgery care in Ethiopia

Trauma surgical care in Jimma | Donation for operations

Kitchen construction for the primary school in Pamidipadu

India | Interim report on the kitchen construction for the primary school in Pamidipadu

Ambassadors against sexual violence

Africa and Latin America | Perspectives for young people | Training positions for ambassadors against sexual violence

Healthcare facility in Tanzania

Combating maternal and child mortality | Donation for the purchase of the hospital building

Integrated water management

Mozambique and Nepal | Donation to the “Wash” project