Menschen für Menschen Switzerland is focused on stopping impoverishment in towns and rural areas and on creating livelihood opportunities.
There are several ways you can help people in Ethiopia. Here you will find all donations with concrete examples.
Cradle of humanity, country of origin of coffee, rich culture and poor families. Over 100 million people live here: A visit to a contradictory country.
“Innovative ideas such as the regular video calls directly into a project give the unique opportunity to experience first-hand what the work in Ethiopia looks like. You can see how new perspectives are created on the ground and how people are enabled to find their own ways out of poverty. At the same time, thanks to the advantages of digitalisation, these online events offer unique insights into Ethiopian culture – which is why, as a future-oriented company, we support the work of Menschen für Menschen.”
Simon Stähli, CEO and Co-Founder GS Digital GmbH
Creating conditions that enable people to sustainably improve their living conditions through their own efforts – that is what we are committed to every day. This can only be achieved by joining forces – many thanks to the Jansen PrimeSteps Foundation for their valuable cooperation. Their support makes it possible to strengthen cooperative structures in southern Ethiopia in order to create professional perspectives.
Coffee Annan is a young Swiss start-up committed to create sustainable value chains in Africa. Together with passionate coffee producers, they roast specialty coffees in the countries of cultivation them. Coffee Annan offsets CO2 emissions from crops to the customer and thereby supports our tree planting project in Fogera, Ethiopia.
«In October 2021 Nova Werke AG celebrated its 100th anniversary. We compensate the big anniversary event with our employees and many guests through the reforestation project of Menschen für Menschen. For our event, 40 trees were planted in Ethiopia – and a sycamore maple as a symbol of our cooperation in Switzerland. We are proud that we were able to compensate the CO2 emissions caused by the festival and at the same timeenable many people in Ethiopia to find a way out of poverty.» Robert Demuth, Head of Sales Administration / Key Account Manager
«In October 2021 Nova Werke AG celebrated its 100th anniversary. We compensate the big anniversary event with our employees and many guests through the reforestation project of Menschen für Menschen. For our event, 40 trees were planted in Ethiopia – and a sycamore maple as a symbol of our cooperation in Switzerland. We are proud that we were able to compensate the CO2 emissions caused by the festival and at the same timeenable many people in Ethiopia to find a way out of poverty.»
Robert Demuth, Head of Sales Administration / Key Account Manager
The Lottery Fund Appenzell Ausserrhoden, financed by SWISSLOS, supports our vocational training program for poor women in Addis Ababa. Many thanks for the valuable contribution!
The USM company sponsored all the furniture for the offices of Menschen für Menschen Switzerland. Many, many thanks.
Star chef Tanja Grandits and 19 friends and colleagues launched the recipe book ‘Schweizer Spitzenköche für Afrika‘ (Top Swiss Chefs for Africa). The profits are earmarked for the foundation’s educational sector. Thank you very much!
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