Helvetas Handeln für eine bessere Welt

The project called CONCERTAR deals with the management of water resources for agricultural production in 150 Bolivian municipalities, covering 45% of Bolivia. Since 2007, it supports local actors to establish agreements amongst ...

The small farmers of the Bolivian highlands have a subsistence livelihood. Their living conditions are becoming harder due to the growing shortage of water. Local knowledge combined with improved practices are the first step in ...

The number of landless and land-poor people in Nepal is high and increasing. The main objective of this project is to raise the income of these households. They are supported to engage in horticulture cultivation on the common lands ...

Over half of Malian children do not complete their primary education. Girls in particular often stop going to school after a few years. By offering bridging arrangements for basic schooling and vocational training, HELVETAS Swiss ...

Cactus pears (Beles) require little water and grow very well even in arid areas. Nevertheless, little use has been made of them until now. Yet this undemanding plant has a lot more to offer.

Many young people in Nepal have no professional or vocational training and therefore cannot find remunerative employment. Short, practice-oriented training courses and support for setting up their own business helps young people to ...

Having to bring the water you need for childbirth to the maternity with you? That used to be a common practice at the Sirarou maternity ward until three years ago. Now there is a well that supplies the maternity and the nearby school ...

The inhabitants of Ghanteshwor in western Nepal are proud of their village, for it has as many toilets as houses. For the villagers this means they can live in dignity and good health; for the latrine-builders, it means a secure ...

Education helps people to move out of poverty. HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation is working with the relevant authorities to improve secondary education and is campaigning for more young people to receive practical vocational training ...

The state of schooling in Afghanistan is alarming. Only a third of the population can read and write, very few teachers have any official training and, after 20 years of war, about 80% of all school buildings lie in ruins.