Kenia / Kitui:  Efficacious stories from the Micro- credit program The story of Fridah, the Empty Jerican Seller at Mobil petrol station, Kitui town Fridah is a mother of two kids. In her struggles to meet daily needs she discovered a business Read more [...]

Resilience in the survival strategy of Haftu in Lalibela. He discovers his creative abilities and uses them. The now 23-year-old Haftu grew up in Lalibela in a very poor family. He writes that after completing compulsory school it was extremely difficult Read more [...]

Kenia / Kitui: great news from the Micro- credit program Great News! 72,000 beneficiaries in Kitui County – Kenya supported by PBF It started very gradually to expand when PBF advanced funds to support the KICABA micro-credit program (Kitui Integrated Read more [...]

COMMUNITY COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING ON TYPHOID EPIDEMIC IPOA ORPHANS AND WIDOWS ASSOCIATION: UGANDA Introduction: Typhoid epidemic is one of the most life-threatening transmitted diseases in most parts of Uganda, particularly in rural towns and villages. Read more [...]

PETER AMANUEL ART PROJECT DAKAR-SENEGAL The Republic of Senegal is a country in West Africa. Senegal is bordered by the North African country of Mauritania in the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast, and Guinea-Bissau to the south-southwest. Read more [...]

In Durame - disappointed expectations with a building block production machine Durame lies in the lowlands of southern Ethiopia. The place can hardly be found on a map. Simple farmers have been farming the land in a very simple way for centuries. They Read more [...]

Kenia: ONE WORLD NETWORK teenage reusable sanitary support The chart shows three schools that are supported by PBF monthly with reusable sanitary pads for the teenage girls in primary schools who are unable to afford the normal disposable sanitary pads. Since Read more [...]

Broadening of roads displaces people to the edge Beatrice Gill talks about her encounter with Adugna. Beatrice Gill from the canton of Berne has been closely involved with the establishment of the foundation for ten years. Together with Rosmarie Hersberger Read more [...]

Getting in touch with hunger and poverty – beginning of the period of fasting in Ethiopia Since four years, the chapel of the Sisters of the Franciscan Sisters in Addis Ababa presents a “Lenten Towel” which can be seen not only during the very Read more [...]

Artemisia annua tea - a revolution in the history of tropical medicine Already ten years ago I worked in Lalibela with Abebe Wondater, the pharmacist. He was very interested in Artemisia Annua (A3) and he also cultivated plants of this species himself. Read more [...]