Helvetas
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Helvetas is a Swiss Association for International Cooperation. It was founded in 1955 as the first private organization for development co-operation in Switzerland. Helvetas is a denominationally and politically independent association, supported by approximately 43,000 members, 40,000 sponsors and 15 regional groups.
[edit] Operations
The Organization is involved in the following countries:
- Afghanistan, rural development, teachers training, vocational education;
- Benin,improving drinking water supply and sanitation, rural road construction, building health centres, rural development;
- Bhutan, vocational training, research in agriculture, livestock and forestry, building suspension bridges, schools;[1]
- Burkina Faso, rural roads construction, cultivation and marketing of organic cotton;
- Cameroon, rural development, rural drinking water supply;[2]
- Colombia, "Tropical Agricultural Project";
- Dominican Republic, vocational training, management of natural resources, agricultural development;[3]
- Ethiopia, community development, agriculture, education;
- Guatemala, sustainable agriculture, preserving natural resources, forestry training;[4]
- Haiti, rural drinking water supply and sanitation, agriculture, conservation of biodiversity, education;
- Kyrgyzstan, agricultural, vocational training;
- Laos, agricultural extension service, promotion of organic agricultural products;
- Mali, water supply and sanitation, agricultural development, teachers training;[5]
- Mozambique, rural development, community development, clear water supply and sanitation, education, ecological tourism;
- Nepal, water resources management, sanitation, construction of pedestrian trail bridges, rural infrastructure, vocational training and small business promotion, peace-building activities;[6]
- Paraguay, rural development;
- Philippines, rural development, solar water disinfection system;[7]
- Senegal, agriculture, organic cotton programme;
- Sri Lanka, drinking water supply, community development, agriculture, rehabilitation of families affected by war, peace promoting actions;
- Tanzania, teachers training, environmental education;
- Vietnam, agricultural and forestry advisory, rural development, introduction of a solar water disinfection system (SODIS).[8]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Helvetas Home page
- Helvetas in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
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