What has the Fund done so far?

In 30 years the Fund has spent about 7 million Swiss francs in support of more than 650 community development projects in 75 countries, mostly in Africa, Latin America and Asia. (See them mapped here.)

Take a look at the pictures of some current and past projects in our photo gallery.

Here are some other examples:

• Bangladesh: purchase of milk cows for poor villagers
• Brazil: waste-recycling equipment
• Burkina Faso: building of a maternity unit and dispensary
• Cambodia: fish-farming equipment
• Cameroon: building of a bridge
• Chad: building of a centre for apprenctice plumbers
• Georgia: bee-keeping equipment
• Ghana: plantation of oil palms
• Haiti: educational materials for an institute for deaf children
• India: a rural health centre
• Mali: a community well for a reforestation project
• Mongolia: renovation of a heated greenhouse in a horticultural college
• Nepal: extension of a school for Tibetan refugees
• Nicaragua: equipment for a gynaecology clinic
• Peru: setting up of a self-managed soup kitchen
• Philippines: production and distribution of medicinal plants
• Senegal: tools and seeds for market gardening
• Togo: production of rice for the local market
• Uganda: building of a brick-making unit