HEKS/EPER makes a difference

«HEKS/EPER New Gardens» leases allotment gardens at various locations in Eastern Switzerland and works them together with migrants.

The HEKS/EPER Permanences volantes programme aims to improve the living conditions of migrants in precarious situations in Geneva, especially as regards their health.

Linguadukt serves as a language bridge between people speaking a foreign language and qualified staff from the health, social and education sectors. Linguadukt means to help persons concerned to overcome the language and culture barriers.

Taking a holistic programme approach, HEKS/EPER fosters the social inclusion of the Roma population in Hungary, Kosovo, Romania and Serbia.

In Romania HEKS/EPER supports social and economic inclusion for elderly and care-dependent persons, victims of domestic violence and the Roma population.

InfoSuisse 50+ is a HEKS/EPER integration project for asylum seekers 50 years and over, who have recently arrived in Switzerland. It promotes the learning of practical French.

CROE, HEKS/EPER organizes for an observer to be present at hearings on the grounds for asylum, in order to ensure the fairness of the procedure.

The HEKS/EPER Espace Parents project  provides a place of encounter, support and guidance for parents in Neuchâtel.

MEL offers an acknowledged training course for intercultural interpreters and training courses in cross-cultural mediation.

The Advice Centre supports persons and institutions that have questions regarding protection from discrimination, are affected by racial discrimination or are accused of racial discrimination.

The German integration courses run by HEKS in-fra are tailored to the varying needs of the participants as regards course contents and methodology.

Millions of people live in extreme poverty in Bangladesh. HEKS/EPER supports the social and economic integration of marginalized minorities.

Poverty and violence are widespread in the DRC. HEKS/EPER is enhancing the social and economic conditions of rural communities in North Kivu Province.

HEKS/EPER supports the rural population in the Maradi and Zinder regions in building up profitable and sustainable agricultural production and in livestock farming.

HEKS/EPER supports the Reformed Church in Hungary in developing projects for Roma children and young people and in its work for the inclusion of otherwise abled people.

The HEKS/EPER Age and Migration project informs, guides and integrates older people with a migration background in the Canton of Vaud.

HEKS/EPER@home is a practical integration project that allows for everyday interaction between migrants and the German-speaking population.

HEKS/EPER supports rural communities in improving food security and incomes, and in the building of a strong civil society.

The «SAJE» is a HEKS/EPER legal advice office that informs, guides and defends asylum seekers during and after the conclusion of their asylum procedure.