HEKS/EPER makes a difference

In a region where life is marked by long-standing conflicts, HEKS/EPER is striving to promote peace based on justice and respect for human rights.

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

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

HEKS/EPER supports people in Senegal in securing access to land, in sustainably managing natural resources and in tapping new sources of income.

HEKS/EPER assists rural communities in building up agricultural production chains so as to enable them to meet their basic needs with the additional income.

In southern Honduras, HEKS/EPER supports projects for the development of rural communities, the protection and defence of human rights, as well as disaster preparedness programmes.

HEKS/EPER is helping to build to a more just and peaceful society and improve the livelihoods of internally displaced families and rural communities.

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 Regional Office Aargau/Solothurn works to integrate deprived groups in society. Its services address the specific needs of people at risk of exclusion.

The HEKS/EPER Regional Office Eastern Switzerland helps to integrate the socially disadvantaged in society. Its services address the specific needs of people at risk of exclusion.

The HEKS/EPER Regional Office in Zurich/Schaffhausen works to integrate deprived social groups. The services of the Regional Office address the specific needs of people at risk of exclusion.

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

HEKS/EPER improves living conditions for rural dwellers in Georgia and Armenia through income-generating activities and civil society empowerment.

The HEKS/EPER Siège romand conducts projects to integrate, protect the rights of and advocate for socially disadvantaged people, in particular, migrants and asylum seekers.

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