HEKS/EPER makes a difference

HEKS Nr: 945.316

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

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.

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.

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 rural community initiatives in Grand'Anse to promote rural development, improved income, food security, access to services and community governance.

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.

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.

HEKS/EPER supports the people in Haiti’s Grand’Anse in setting up a well-functioning school feeding that serves the entire region and provides 3,500 schoolchildren with two meals a day.