Media coverage of Usthi

In the context of the Covid-19 emergency relief in India, several media channels reported on the activities of the Usthi Foundation in India. After reports appeared on Namaste Switzerland and in The New Indian Express in August, the Linth Zeitung now also reported on the food aid during the lockdown.

In early August, Namaste Switzerland, an online magazine for Indians in Switzerland and people interested in Indian culture, published an article about the history of Usthi. Aradhna Sethi reports on the foundation’s beginnings and current activities in connection with Covid-19. In mid-August, a shortened version of this report was published in the Indian daily newspaper The New Indian Express, focusing on Usthi’s Covid-19 emergency relief.

On September 8, a detailed report appeared in the print version of the Linth Zeitung. The first section deals with the difficult start of the new executive director Alessandra Grosse: “A country in lockdown – for many weeks.When Alessandra Grosse talks about the corona situation in India, her look behind the glasses turns serious. The 30-year-old is the Executive Director of the Usthi Foundation – an aid organisation set up 44 years ago by Kurt Bürki from Rapperswil. Grosse has only been in office for a few months. Travelling to India for the Foundation’s projects, getting a picture on the spot – none of this is currently possible for her. A somewhat unusual start in her new job, as she herself says.” (Translation by Usthi). Here you can open the whole article (in german) as a PDF file.

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A warm thank you from Usthi

Thank you and see you next year

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