COVID-19 prevention in Ethiopia / Lalibela
COVID-19 Prävention in Lalibela
April 2020: Switzerland / Winterthur: Easter letter
Easter letter 2020
8408 Winterthur-Wülflingen, Wässerwiesenstrasse 67f
Dear friends and donors: Thank you
First of all, I ask for your understanding that I will not be able to pass on these lines to the friends and donors of our foundation Read more [...]
April 2020: Uganda / Kasese: Community initiatives
Community initiatives: fish ponds and tree plantings
Thomas Kenja has been the PBF manager in Uganda for over ten years. He works with the local population in western Uganda, in the city of Kasese. The city has around 70,000 inhabitants and is the main Read more [...]
April 2020: Ethiopia / Lalibela: Corona prevention, day #1
PBF in the service of the people: Corona prevention has started
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Our team met in our office yesterday Tuesday and decided together how we would like to continue with the actual prevention steps today. We see that the virus will Read more [...]
April 2020: Kenya / Nairobi: physical distancing in Mathare slum
Physical distancing is a privilege of the middle and upper classes.
It will be impossible for the slum dwellers and the rural population of African countries to realize this new necessity, social distancing. For a few days now, thousands of slum dwellers Read more [...]
March 2020: Ethiopia / Lalibela: COVID 19 and prevention at PBF
COVID 19 and prevention at PBF in Lalibela
The current situation also presents our foundation with new challenges - not only in Ethiopia but also in Sri Lanka, Uganda, and Kenya.
Our team in Lalibela consists of four employees. They are trained by Read more [...]
March 2020: Ethiopia / Lalibela: Solidarity in Corona times
Solidarity with Ethiopia and Lalibela in Corona times
This Monday, March 30th, an unprecedented campaign by PBF begins in Lalibela: clean water, soap and, above all, a broad information campaign for our almost 170 old, vulnerable people and their relatives Read more [...]
March 2020: Africa: PBF works in the spirit of Ubuntu
PBF works in the spirit of Ubuntu in marginal communities
Ubuntu is not just an African philosophy but a spirituality and an ethic of African traditional life.
It is the capacity in African culture to express compassion, reciprocity, dignity, harmony, Read more [...]
March 2020: Ethiopia / Addis Ababa: renovation of VDI center
Overdue renovation of our VDI center for street people in Addis Ababa
VDI is an association of some Catholic lay people in Ethiopia. They voluntarily serve the poorest, the old women and men, in Addis Ababa. The center is in the city, actually a very Read more [...]
March 2020: Switzerland: Engagement of Beatrice Gill
Beatrice Gill has shaped the history of PBF in Lalibela from its beginning until today. This is shown in her report from spring 2010
Beatrice Gill has shaped the development of PBF in Ethiopia like no other person from Switzerland. Two days ago she became Read more [...]