Shelter and dignity : Laudato Si is the name of a new settlement in Lalibela. The construction of houses for destitute people continues with "Laudato Si". For 17 years PBF has been working to help people without shelter in Lalibela. Neglected by the Read more [...]

Social center VDI extends for years far beyond Addis Ababa VDI is an association founded by Terfa Dinka, an ethiopian roman catholic layman, whose mission is to assist old and stranded people, men and women from the street. They live on the streets in Read more [...]

The war nobody talks about For the second time, SRF Africa correspondent Samuel Burri took the opportunity to report on the situation in Ethiopia, especially on the situation in Tigray in the north, in the Daily News of 7 March. Today, 8 March, the day Read more [...]

Ethiopia: "The bloodiest war of the present" says SRF correspondent Samuel Burri Tigray: A region scarred by war According to estimates, around 600,000 people have died as a result of the civil war in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia. Now there Read more [...]

Peter Bachmann laying the foundation stone of the PBF Memorial Clinic in Lalibela

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VIC EUGSTER - his visit to Lalibela 2016 Remembering Vic in the « here and now » has colours that can be captured more meaningfully in pictures than in words. « Here" means Ethiopia, the highlands of Lalibela, where Vic first boldly set out in Read more [...]

Comprehensive treatment of eye diseases in Gashena Sixteen years ago when Peter Bachmann was in Ethiopia for the first time, Getachew Aydagn, the then initiator of PBF in Lalibela, proposed a comprehensive survey on eye diseases. Unfortunately, the Read more [...]

Peaceful encounters also in the spirit of PBF  Part 2 of the report of Abebe Zewdu This year Peter Bachmann is also with us. He has been accompanying this great feast with us for a good sixteen years. He is held in the highest esteem by countless Read more [...]

PBF experiences a Pilgrimage Week of Blessing in January- Make wide the room of your tent (Isaiah 54:2)  Part 1 report of Abebe Zewdu One of the most significant festivals in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is called Lidet or Genna, which falls in Read more [...]

Water from the depths: new wells from groundwater in Gashena Under the dedicated leadership of Ashenafi Mamo and his team of seven, PBF has been working with farmers in the Gashena area for over ten years. Gashena is located at a very important road Read more [...]