Call for action published in “Schweizer Familie”, issue 51/2003 In 2003, the Swiss magazine “Schweizer Familie” called on readers to donate money for the survivors of the massacre in Srebrenica, Bosnia. Zurich-based journalist Peter Fuerst asked the Committee to support the project. The Board immediately decided to help, especially because Peter Fuerst could guarantee that […]
Kitchen equipment, Gombato Secondary School in Ukunda, Kenya (2011)
Ukunda is located on the southeast coast of Kenya, about 30 km south of Mombasa towards Tanzania. The Gombato School had only one hut with flints for cooking the children's school lunch (school lunch is compulsory). The teachers who cook the food at the same time often had severe burns on their arms.
Electricity and renovation of Naimbala School in Sri Lanka (2010)
Through our member Niko Jäger, the International Committee: Journalists Help e.V. supported the Naimbala School (Naimbala Bandathtara Maha Vidyalaya, Thihagoda) at the end of 2010 with money for necessary electrical installations and a renovation of the run-down school rooms.