In October, the Zug Cantonal Court approved the request of Asmania, Arif, Bobby and Edi for legal aid. For the four plaintiffs, this is an important interim step in the continuation of the proceedings against the Zug-based Holcim AG.
Death of HEKS/EPER staff in Ukraine caused by drone attacks
On February 1st, 2024, a team of HEKS/EPER staff was attacked while on a mission to assess the humanitarian situation in southeastern Ukraine. Tragically, two staff members lost their lives, and four were injured. An investigation of the incident shows that the deliberate attack was carried out by drones.
HEKS/EPER supports the rural population in the Maradi and Zinder regions in building up profitable and sustainable agricultural production and in livestock farming.
Karolina Frischkopf takes up post as HEKS Director
On 1 March Karolina Frischkopf took up her new post as Director of HEKS/EPER. She is the first woman to head the organisation in its almost 80-year history.
As a national organization with its head office in Zurich, HEKS/EPER maintains five Business Offices in German-speaking Switzerland and one in Western Switzerland. HEKS/EPER advocates for a more just world and a life in dignity for all people.
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.
In Colombia, HEKS/EPER is contributing to a more just and peaceful society and to improving the livelihoods of internally displaced families and rural communities.
Let us join forces to create new prospects for socially underprivileged people! We are convinced that an inclusive society is a safer, more productive and pleasant one. A business sector with the proper approach is crucial to this. For us and for our projects at home and abroad, cooperation with enterprises that are aware of their social responsibility is an enrichment. Both sides profit from working together and sharing knowledge and experience. Together we can achieve great things. Get involved!
Buttressing the Evangelical Church and its welfare and socia
HEKS/EPER supports the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in its work with children and adolescents, in community building and in supporting and caring for marginalized people.
The Reformed Church advocates for the disadvantaged
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.