Südostschweiz: Foundation sets on a new young executive

Tanja Lirgg is the new executive director of the Usthi Foundation established in Jona. Tanja Lirgg stands at the Rapperswil railway station. You can’ t tell from the 30-year-old’s face that the last few weeks have been turbulent: She has just returned from a trip to India scheduled at short notice.

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Zürichsee Zeitung: Weekly Talk with Kurt Bürki

For 40 years, Kurt Bürki from Rapperswil helps street children and orphans in India to access school and health care. For the 40th anniversary of the Usthi Foundation, Kurt Bürki looks back to the beginnings – and tells us, why not everyone was grateful for his initiative.

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