HEKS/EPER makes a difference
Projects in French-speaking Switzerland
Service d’Aide Juridique aux Exilé.e.s (SAJE)
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.
Project Thurgau and St. Gallen
The German integration courses run by HEKS in-fra are tailored to the varying needs of the participants as regards course contents and methodology.
HEKS German Conversation in small groups
The conversation groups are meant for improving verbal expression. Once a week, migrants discuss daily issues in small groups.
Project Eastern Switzerland
HEKS/EPER AltuM – Age and Migration Eastern Switzerland
«HEKS/EPER AltuM Eastern Switzerland» enhances the health and social inclusion of senior migrants 55 years and over through counselling and leisure activities.
A better life for the people of North Kivu
Poverty and violence are widespread in the DRC. HEKS/EPER is enhancing the social and economic conditions of rural communities in North Kivu Province.
Project Canton of Basel-Stadt
Contact point for detainees pending deportation
HEKS/EPER runs a contact point at the administrative detention centre in Basel to provide advice and legal assistance to persons in detention pending deportation.
Project Basel-Stadt and Baselland
MEL – Parent Work and Adult Education with Migrants
MEL offers an acknowledged training course for intercultural interpreters and training courses in cross-cultural mediation.
HEKS rollt - HEKS on wheels
«HEKS rollt» (HEKS on wheels) encompasses two types of bicycle projects in various municipalities of the Canton of Zurich, including Wädenswil and Thalwil.
Deutsch Intensiv – Français Intensif
«Deutsch intensive - Français Intensif» provides tailor-made language courses for recognized refugees in order to enhance their social and professional integration.
Project Eastern Switzerland
HEKS/EPER Legal Advice Office for Asylum Seekers SG/AR
The HEKS/EPER Legal Advice Office St. Gallen/Appenzell informs asylum seekers and temporarily admitted persons about the asylum procedure and provides legal advice and assistance.
HEKS/EPER@home is a practical integration project that allows for everyday interaction between migrants and the German-speaking population.
Project Eastern Switzerland
HEKS MosaiQ Eastern Switzerland
«HEKS/EPER MosaiQ» advises and accompanies qualified migrants in obtaining recognition of their foreign diplomas so that they can bring their professional potential to the Swiss job market.
Brückenbauerinnen Gundeli
As a pilot project for outreach work with parents, «Brückenbauerinnen Gundeli» supports and accompanies migrants with pre-school and school-age children in their role as fathers and mothers.
Project Basel-Stadt and Baselland
HEKS/EPER MosaiQ Basel (both sides)
«HEKS/EPER MosaiQ» advises and accompanies qualified migrants in obtaining recognition of their foreign diplomas so that they can bring their professional potential to the Swiss job market.
HEKS-Visit Zurich/Schaffhausen
«HEKS-Visit» offers welfare recipients a regular, but unpaid part-time employment within social welfare.
HEKS Working Paper Series Access to Land
Assess & Enhance Land Tenure Security
Restricted and endangered access to land and resources has proven to be one of the major obstacles to the development of rural communities, which are in the centre of HEKS’ work. As a consequence of the urgent needs to secure access to land and HEKS’ longstanding experience in development work, a substantial number of HEKS projects have focused and are focussing on enhancing access to land and resources for rural communities.
Food and seed for drought victims
HEKS/EPER Bangladesh Country Programme 2017-2020
