Already 1’000 food packages distributed. Usthi was able to distribute 1’000 food packages to single mother families of our children in the Back-to-School program and tuition center program. Because of your valuable support the diet of our children and their single mother are ensured till the first week of May. Hyderabad has just announced to […]
Life for our Children, young adults, employees and local partners gets more and more dramatic. All Usthi programmes in India and Nepal are closed down. Excluded from the taken actions, that are enforced by the police, are the Usthi Hospital and young adults, which have no family connections at all. Living conditions of the 200 […]
Daily routines in our Usthi programmes in India and Nepal were unexpectedly overshadowed by the Corona Virus disease at the end of February. Whilst writing these lines, all our schools and Usthi Centres in India and Nepal are closed. The salaries of approximately 400 employees and overhead costs, nonetheless, still have to be paid. The […]
At our visit in February 2020 in India and Nepal, we were cordially welcomed by the local partners, children and staff. In the schools the final exams were in progress. All the students worked with much discipline and concentration, because everybody want to bring home good grades. The education Center in Pentakatha and with it […]
Members of the Board leaving Usthi gave us cause for changes. For many years, successful achievements of Usthi were substantially marked by the skills and dedication of those leaving the Board, who are taking on new responsibilities now. We would like to thank them for their long lasting loyalty and the work they have done […]
In January 2020, Usthi beneficiaries complete vocational trainings and pupils win school awards. On 17 January 2020, 272 young men and women received their certificate of vocational training courses in Hyderabad. After completion of their of the computer, tailoring, beautician, electrical and welding courses, almost all graduates find a job with fair pay immediately after […]
Usthi Foundation is launching a new educational project in Nepal. Last December, Executive Director, Tanja Lirgg, travelled to Nepal to finalise the planning for the project with the local team and to start the project in 2020. Usthi is now supporting a school in the Dhading district in order to provide education for children who […]
The Usthi Foundation looks back on an eventful year and wishes its supporters peaceful holidays and an excellent start to the new year. Shortly after the start of the new project year and the successful expansion of the projects in Hyderabad, cyclone Fani hit the Usthi School in Penthakata. Thanks to the generous support of […]
Three quarters of the Indian project year will soon have passed and Usthi’s project partner in Hyderabad celebrated Christmas like every year. The successful expansion of joint projects is a reason to celebrate. The expansion of women’s homes and vocational training opportunities has given many young people the chance to lead a self-determined and dignified […]