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With courage and dedication, a movement began 50 years ago that has since grown into the Usthi Foundation. In 1976, Edeltrud and Kurt B\u00fcrki initiated a soup kitchen in the Topsia slum of Kolkata, offering a hot meal to children with no home and no prospects. Over five decades, this initiative has developed into the Usthi Foundation, which supports young people in India and Nepal on their path towards a self-determined future.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n Usthi is the fruit of thousands of contributors, not the achievement of individuals. Sincere thanks to all who have been, are, and will be part of it.\n <\/div>\n
\n Kurt B\u00fcrki, Founder of the Usthi Foundation\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Join us in looking back<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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An anniversary provides an opportunity to pause and reflect on this long journey: thanks to the invaluable efforts of volunteers, an anniversary publication has been produced that brings the history of the Usthi Foundation to life. In it, founder Kurt B\u00fcrki takes us back to the beginnings of the Usthi movement and recounts the defining moments of the last 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The anniversary publication \u2018Creating prospects for young people in India and Nepal. 50 years of the Usthi Foundation 1976\u20132026\u2019 offers an insight into an eventful history full of dedication, challenges and shared successes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the anniversary publication<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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