Helvetas Handeln für eine bessere Welt

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The deforestation of hillsides in central Afghanistan is destroying the very basis of local livelihoods. Large quantities of wood are required if every family bakes its own bread. The community bakeries introduced by Helvetas Swiss ...

Many infants in Vietnam die of diarrhoeal diseases, while older children and adults also suffer from them. The main cause is contaminated drinking water. And yet there is a very simple method for ridding water of germs – and it uses ...

It isn’t just a drop in the ocean. In Kyrgyzstan, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation has been broadening people’s knowledge about agriculture and helping farmers to introduce water-saving irrigation techniques, increasing productivity ...

The Local Market Development project focuses on value chain development in fruit and vegetable production and processing in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The project works as a facilitator along the value chain “Farmer Groups – ...

The project aims to make governance work for all segments of society. It therefore empowers the poor to claim their rights and entitlements, and to benefit from effective public services provided by the local governments in Rajshahi ...

The project called “Samriddhi”, which means ‘prosperity’ in Bangla, contributes to sustainable well-being and resilience of poor and extremely poor households through social and economic empowerment. The project is active in Rajshahi ...