The imagine Festival 2023 will be remembered: With a drag show, a parcour for the lake-disabled, a high quota of women or DJs in wheelchairs, the event stood for diversity and variety on stage. On the weekend of June 9/10, 2023, it was not only the weather that played along: in midsummer temperatures, around 28,000 visitors once again came to the Imagine Festival at the
Salome Brügger is 24 years old and has been involved in the imagine youth project of terre des hommes switzerland for three years. The prospective master's student in clinical psychology works in catering and in infrastructure and security at the imagine festival. How did you get involved with imagine? Already during high school imagine was a highlight for me
After imagine celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, it is now going into the next round: On Friday and Saturday, June 9/10, the popular imagine festival, a national crowd-puller with a national message, will once again take place on Barfüsserplatz in the heart of Basel. A grandiose and diverse music and awareness program once again underscores this year's
In 2022, terre des hommes schweiz collected almost 12 million Swiss francs, making it once again the best revenue year in the history of the development policy organization. The healthy finances allow terre des hommes switzerland to continue making a solid contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in favor of the perspectives of young people. In the current
In a workshop at the Tour de Lorraine in Bern at the end of April we tested methods of craftivism, i.e. how handicraft and activism go together. The Brazilian artist Eva de Souza shared with us her rich experience of textile art as a form of expression in resistance against violence. We learned a lot about the power of creativity for
It is time for Switzerland to do its part to combat the global climate crisis. The worst effects of global warming are hitting the poorest people in the Global South, who are the least likely to fuel climate change. The climate protection law is a first step towards more climate justice, emphasize in unison the eight executive directors of Alliance Sud and its member organizations. Cyclone Freddy
The "Security 2023" study published today by the ETH once again shows that international cooperation is highly popular among the population: from left to right, a clear majority is of the opinion that so-called development aid should be increased. In contrast, support for an increase in defense spending has fallen again compared to June 2022.
Beatriz Pereira Silva is involved in the MePower project in Basel and in the International Youth Network (IYN) of terre des hommes switzerland. Her commitment also has to do with her plans and dreams for the future. You have been part of the MePower project for two and a half years now. How did you become aware of it? In the summer of 2020, I was
Our employee Erich Rudin can celebrate a special anniversary this year: he has been working for terre des hommes switzerland for 35 years. At the age of 28, he took up his position in 1988 and has been committed to the organization and its goals ever since. Today, around 30 employees* work for terre des hommes schweiz in Basel
With its Climate Roadmap, the terre des hommes schweiz / Terre des Hommes Suisse alliance presents a joint roadmap to halve the organizations' CO2 emissions by 2030 and thus contribute to a safer future and environment for future generations.
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