SWISSAID Partner Organisation Awarded the Equator Prize 2012

Well done! Shashwat, our long-standing Indian partner organisation, has won the prestigious Equator Prize awarded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for its outstanding work over the last two decades.

More about Shashwat's outstanding work

Featured

Club of Rome starts new campaign

The Club of Rome is just presenting its new campaign called Change the Course about the future of the planet. SWISSAID supports this action.
More
Pardhi women offered the chance of self-determination

About one third of the Pardhi tribe has obtained official identity papers, thanks to SWISSAID’s assistance. This gives them access to state support. Now, a targeted campaign is under way to help women assert their own identity in India’s patriarchal society.
More
Fairtrade Organic Cashew Nuts for the European Market

The farmers in Masasi, southern Tanzania, scarcely earned any income from their cashew trees. They then formed a non-profit organisation, learned how to improve their cultivation methods and are now even part owners of their own factory. SWISSAID supports the conversion to organic cultivation and a more professional enterprise.
More