Mary is a seamstress in a rural community in Kenya. Her husband works as a carpenter in Nairobi. Nevertheless, the money they earn together is not enough to enable even one of their three children to progress beyond elementary school and learn a trade.

The green light for creating the Foundation was given in 1996 to support the research work of underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio. Since then, the work of the Hilti Foundation has expanded considerably.

A devastating explosion ripped through the port of Beirut in August 2020. Just one day after the disaster, the German aid organization @fire, supported by the Hilti Foundation, arrived on site with their rescue team.

The Hilti Foundation has been working with Hand in Hand International for three years in implementing powerful education models to create small enterprises in rural East Africa. The goal is to create sustainable income and long-term jobs for the local people so they can afford a better live by themselves.

During a global pandemic, the world largely concentrates on those places that have been hit the hardest in terms of number of infections and deaths. Other global megacities have been subject to a more silent, yet possibly more fatal, surge in infections.