Helvetas

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Helvetas is a Swiss Association for International Cooperation. It was founded in 1955 as the first private organization for development co-operation in Switzerland. Helvetas is a denominationally and politically independent association, supported by approximately 43,000 members, 40,000 sponsors and 15 regional groups.

[edit] Operations

The Organization is involved in the following countries:

Afghanistan, rural development, teachers training, vocational education;
Benin,improving drinking water supply and sanitation, rural road construction, building health centres, rural development;
Bhutan, vocational training, research in agriculture, livestock and forestry, building suspension bridges, schools;^[1]
Burkina Faso, rural roads construction, cultivation and marketing of organic cotton;
Cameroon, rural development, rural drinking water supply;^[2]
Colombia, "Tropical Agricultural Project";
Dominican Republic, vocational training, management of natural resources, agricultural development;^[3]
Ethiopia, community development, agriculture, education;
Guatemala, sustainable agriculture, preserving natural resources, forestry training;^[4]
Haiti, rural drinking water supply and sanitation, agriculture, conservation of biodiversity, education;
Kyrgyzstan, agricultural, vocational training;
Laos, agricultural extension service, promotion of organic agricultural products;
Mali, water supply and sanitation, agricultural development, teachers training;^[5]
Mozambique, rural development, community development, clear water supply and sanitation, education, ecological tourism;
Nepal, water resources management, sanitation, construction of pedestrian trail bridges, rural infrastructure, vocational training and small business promotion, peace-building activities;^[6]
Paraguay, rural development;
Philippines, rural development, solar water disinfection system;^[7]
Senegal, agriculture, organic cotton programme;
Sri Lanka, drinking water supply, community development, agriculture, rehabilitation of families affected by war, peace promoting actions;
Tanzania, teachers training, environmental education;
Vietnam, agricultural and forestry advisory, rural development, introduction of a solar water disinfection system (SODIS).^[8]^[9]