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Annual Report 2018

The annual report is published for the year 2018 and gives an overview of the most important activities of the last year. In 2018 all projects could be continued and in some cases developed. For example, the range of vocational training courses could be expanded to include manual courses. In the women’s shelter, 10 additional […]

15 years of Bake Sale at Realgymnasium Rämibühl

This year, too, the Realgymnasium Rämibühl ‘Solidarity Association’ organised a bake sale for people in need during their public open days on 21/22 March 2019. What began in March 2005 with reconstruction aid for an Indian village destroyed by the tsunami, has since become firmly established in the school life of the Realgymnasium: Every year, […]

Support Usthi with SPONSI

Usthi can now also be supported when you are shopping. According to our partner SPONSI this works like this: “No matter whether you are buying shoes, ordering pizza or a hairdresser – with every purchase an amount of the purchase price goes to a Beneficiary selected by you: an association, an NPO / NGO, a […]

Exhibition in favour of Usthi

From 5th to 7th of april 2019 the Usthi Foundation is hosting a large exhibition of Gertrud Müller’s paintings at the “Alte Fabrik Cultural Centre” in Rapperswil SG. Inspired by an article about Usthi, the painter Gertrud Müller, known as Müge, spontaneously decided to give her artistic legacy to the Usthi children. With the earnings from […]

Health Camp 2019

Two major health events took place in the Somagiri jungle region at the beginning of 2019. They are a proven way to make access to health care easier. On 18 January, a major eye health check was carried out at the Tribal Health Centre in Somagiri. There was widespread advertising for the services on in […]

Make a gift with a Donation Certificate

Are you still looking for a special gift? Whether for a birthday, a wedding or as a Christmas present – with a Usthi donation certificate you are giving presents to several people and helping a young person in India or Nepal to find their way into a self-determined future. In the case of an online […]

Great commitment of the little ones

On 30 November, a sales campaign took place in Rapperswil-Jona for the benefit of the Usthi Foundation. Even the little ones can get involved in making education and healthcare possible. At the Rapperswil-Jona day nursery, they were busy doing handicrafts. But this time it was not gifts for mum and dad, but indirect gifts for children […]

Assignment at the Penthakata School

In summer 2018 a visit of two future teachers of the University of Teacher Education Zug to an Usthi school in India could be organized again. For the Indian as well as for the Swiss teachers the exchange seems to be an enrichment. The following report was sent to us by the two students after […]