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15.03.2023
SolidarMed Door2Door Campaign 2023
From mid-March to around the end of May, a dedicated team is touring in the city of Lucerne to recruit new donors for SolidarMed. We thank them for their valuable and energetic commitment to the people of rural Africa.
From development project to locally-managed business
Since 2012, SolidarMed has been building houses for staff with the support of the Hilti Houndation to provide attractive accommodation at remote healthcare facilities.
Children and young people living with HIV in Kenya receive very little medical and psychological support. The stigma is too great, and the widespread poverty too crippling. Thanks to SolidarMed, local partner organisation DAMKA now supports more than 250 children, giving them hope of living a normal life.
Thirty-two-year-old Federica Laurenti has worked as a SolidarMed project manager in Tanzania since mid-April this year. Born in Italy, Federica has lived in various African countries and worked as a midwife mainly in humanitarian contexts. She tells us about her first few months in Ifakara and what motivated her to move to Tanzania with her family.
At the moment and until the end of December, committed young people are once again on the streets for SolidarMed in various larger and smaller cities in German-speaking Switzerland to recruit new donors. We are grateful for their effort to support the strengthening of the health system in Southern and Eastern Africa.