New face at the Usthi Team

When Olga Egli joined Usthi in April 2018, she was only supposed to temporarily support the management in fundraising and public relations. From August 2018, however, she will be a permanent member of the Usthi team and will be responsible for the foundation’s fundraising in the future.

Born in Zurich, she studied Islamic Studies, Sociology and Law in Zurich and Vienna. After a bachelor’s degree and various secondary occupations, she started working in youth work. Although she had a lot of fun working with young people, she soon realized that she most enjoyed the administrative and conceptual part of her job.

In order to further deepen her know-how in the analysis and documentation of social contexts, she took up a part-time Master’s degree in Social Work in 2017. During her work in youth work she also discovered her interest in fundraising and public relations and acquired knowledge independently. She can now use this knowledge for the Usthi Foundation, where she has been dedicated to fundraising since April and takes over part of the public relations work and thus relieves the management.

Olga is looking forward to her future with Usthi and hopes that her work will help many more children, teenagers and young adults on their way.

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