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Special offer: Small gifts which make a big difference

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HEKS: 3 million collected for Haiti – Thank you for your support

By the end of February the Swiss Interchurch Aid organisation (HEKS) had received in excess of 3 million francs in donations for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010. HEKS would like to thank all donors for their generous support and is issuing this communiqué to show what can be achieved with the help of the donations.

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Haiti emergency aid update: 100 tents for 100 families

An overly long stay in the hastily erected transition camps poses a serious health and safety problem. It is therefore important that the earthquake victims are able to return to their own properties as soon as possible.  

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Information updates on our emergency aid measures in Haiti

HEKS, the Swiss Interchurch Aid organisation, is providing 1 million francs of emergency aid for earthquake victims in Haiti. This supplies food for 3000 people in Port-au-Prince.

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HEKS provides emergency aid for those affected by storms in Albania

Heavy downpours have caused devastating floods in the north of Albania. HEKS has been working in Albania since the start of the 1990s and, in conjunction with two partner organisations, is providing emergency aid for the people affected.

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Projects in switzerland

New Gardens – Family Gardens for Women Refugees

Both Cantons of Basel

The HEKS integration project «New Gardens» rents plots from the city nursery and places these at the disposal of female refugees and accompanies the project.

 

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Projects Worldwide

Rural development and construction of a strong civil society

Brazil, country aid strategy

The overarching aims of the programme are to improve the food situation and the income of rural communities and to strengthen rural organisations with particular regard to young people and women.

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