Shortly before leaving for Sri Lanka, the following letter reaches Peter Bachmann. He comes from a family that helped bring the foundation back to life after the monstrous tsunami in 2004. In the photos you can see my father's wooden masterpiece Read more [...]

We have reported the importance of sports clubs in the slums, see e.g. https://bachmann-foundation.org/2018/09/05/september-2018-kenia-kitui-report-von-jonathan-vom-fussballclub/ Success motivates, of course, especially when it comes to winning Read more [...]

reusable sanitary napkins, status report

PBF works in Kenya with the local NGO "One World Network" and in partnership with locals to develop sustainable solutions to various problems.
The Community has been challenging for 2 years to provide sanitary Read more [...]

Ethiopia / Bahir Dar: Wondwossen Molla continues to educate himself as an anesthesiologist

Wondwossen Molla, Wondie, has been part of the PBF family for many years. PBF co-funded his education and later training as a nurse. Those who belong to this Read more [...]

Nairobi: Slum football; sport for development
 One World Network receives Tricots that are collected by friends of PBF in Switzerland and Germany. These tricots are given to local slum and village teams and youth projects in Mathare, Mbuye and Kitui.

We Read more [...]

Travelogue Burki July 2018: 2 weeks in Ethiopia - 2 families with 6 adopted children

Our trip to Ethiopia started "well": Our first flight was canceled due to a storm over Vienna. A good star helped us and we ended up in Addis with only one hour delay. Read more [...]

World Children's Day at the School for Handicapped Children in Chilaw

Foreword: Sponsorship of the School for Handicapped Children in Sri Lanka / Chilaw

In January 2016, the local Peter Bachmann Foundation in Sri Lanka found a new sponsorship Read more [...]

Wondwosen Seifu (Member of PBF) announced 1st correspondent of International Association for Community Development (IACD)
On its website, the organization IACD published beginning of October 2019:

 Wondwosen has been involved various community wok Read more [...]

Abune Francis - the pope in Durame, a forgotten city of Ethiopia

"Abune Francis" is the name of a new school in Durame, a small town a few hundred kilometers south of Addis Ababa. Almost nobody speaks English here in Durame, even though it is a school Read more [...]

4th October: A like Assisi - A like Addis Ababa

The so-called Franciscan Family (650,000 members) today celebrates its founder Francis of Assisi on October 4th. In Ethiopia, the order of the Capuchins is comparatively strong with more than one hundred Read more [...]