Creating opportunities with sewing machines

In order to allow the partner organizations and projects to become independent in the long term, Usthi supports social business ventures. The profit flows into the projects and creates a cycle that provides more and more young people with access to education and thus new perspectives.

In Hyderabad, a textile processing centre is connected to the professional skills courses for young men and women. As a social enterprise, it not only offers employment to graduates, but also finances the skills training of new course participants. This circulation strengthens the local ownership and allows the projects to become self-sufficient.

We are launching this campaign to finance new sewing machines worth a total of CHF 3,150, which are urgently needed in the textile processing center.

Because: more orders equate to more fair jobs and at the same time more income, that flows back into the project.

Every contribution matters to reach our goal! Thank you for your support.

Treffen eines Kinder-Clubs

When children turn their ideas into action

Taking initiative and responsibility: In the children’s clubs in Usthi’s project region Dhadin, Nepal, committed girls and boys come together, develop their own ideas and put them into practice as a team. In doing so, they learn that together, they can make a difference. On the last Friday of every month, groups of schoolchildren come […]

zwei Tänzerinnen Penthakata-Schule

Anniversary Celebration 13 September

We are very much looking forward to celebrating 50 years of Usthi with you at the beautiful Rapperswil Castle. On this page, you will find all the information you need about the programme and how to get there. Please note that most of the speeches and celebration programme will be held in German. Key Information […]

Besuch der Botschaftsdelegation in der Penthakata-Schule

Swiss Ambassador Tissafi Visits Usthi

Three and a half days full of encounters, impressions and truly heartfelt moments in the Indian state of Odisha are now behind us. We are honoured and grateful for the visit of Maya Tissafi, Ambassador of Switzerland to India and Bhutan, and Simon Schäfer, First Secretary of the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi. Together with […]