In every region of the world, there are people with almost no chance to live a decent and independent life. They lack food, shelter and education and hence they have no prospects for the future.

It is these people that we wish to help with our initiatives and provide with a fresh im-petus for new perspectives. For this reason, we focus on innovative projects with the objective of not only offering direct support but also to make a sustainable contribution towards helping people improve their living conditions by virtue of their own ef-forts.

It is the long-term objective of our support to provide them with an adequate framework to this end – exactly in line with our slogan “We build a better future”.

Michael Hilti

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Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra debuts at the Zurich Opera House

The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra along with star director Gustavo Dudamel played the Zurich Opera House for the first time from November 17 – 20, 2011.

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How is hand-made paper manufactured?

El Nafeza - an example of a social entrepreneurship project.
El Nafeza is a center for the production of genuine hand-made paper. It was founded in Cairo in 2005 by the Egyptian artist Mohamed Abou El Naga.

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