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 ...
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The Swiss eat 12 kilos of chocolate per year, of which only 60g are Fairtrade. Helvetas is striving to raise this share and advises cocoa farmers in Honduras on how to sell their crop for a fair price.
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It is a tough task for smallholder farmers in Guatemala to feed their families. With help from HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, young men and women from smallholder farming families learn to develop new avenues for employment and ...
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In the highlands of Guatemala, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation is building wells, small piped networks and latrines. It also trains local water committees responsible for operation and maintainence of the systems. The project focuses ...
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Forest cover on the mountain ranges in Southern Haiti is below 5% - despite its crucial importance for local farmers and as environmental protection for downhill infrastructures and towns. Municipalities, farmer organisation and ...
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