Support

In partnership with other foundations and entrepreneurs, Fondation Albatros supports the 9th annual EVPA conference, which will take place in Geneva for the first time on November 26 and 27, 2013.

Involvement in Romania

The Fondation engages more closely in Romania…

New Partnership

The Department of Security of the Canton of Geneva, represented by the International Solidarity Service, and the Fondation Albatros have forged a partnership to provide schooling to the poorest children in Vietnam. Fondation Albatros would like to express its gratitude to the Republic and Canton of Geneva for their trust.

NEW PARTNERSHIP

From September 2015, the Albatros Foundation will support the french association "Toutes à l'école" which, since 2006, freely send to school the most underprivileged girls from the peri-urban areas of Phnom Penh. The founder, Mrs Tina Kieffer, has decided to give priority to girls education, willing to bring her contribution to the still important cambodian gender inequality.

New partnership

Auteuil Suisse to support its after school care and extracurricular activities in the Plainpalais area of Geneva. The centre, which is situated in the St François parish premises, is for children and adolescents from underprivileged immigrant families. It provides learning support and leisure activities. This project is hosted by the St François parish and is non-denominational.

Female foeticide, infanticide and the failure to educate girls: 3 forms of gender discrimination that are still all too present

Women are still too often victims of gender discrimination.
Discrimination begins in the womb: many women – influenced by the culture and rituals of their country and subjected to strong pressure from their husbands – have an abortion when they know they are pregnant with a girl. If the pregnancy is carried to term, some baby girls will be killed at birth by their parents, who consider the birth of a girl to be a significant barrier to their economic advancement (infanticide is much less widespread than foeticide).
More worryingly, wealth and economic development do not reduce the preference for a male child.

Mercy Ships – New mission in Benin – Hospital opening

Auteuil Suisse to support its after school care and extracurricular activities in the Plainpalais area of Geneva. The centre, which is situated in the St François parish premises, is for children and adolescents from underprivileged immigrant families. It provides learning support and leisure activities. This project is hosted by the St François parish and is non-denominational.

Mercy Ships is in Cameroon

The humanitarian organisation Mercy Ships is on a mission in the Republic of Cameroon for the very first time. Its hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, docked in the port city of Douala in mid-August. On-board surgical operations began on Monday, 4 September.

The 400 volunteers who work on board are preparing to provide surgical care to many children and adults in this country!

Mercy Ships plans on performing over 3,000 operations and providing dental care for at least 8,000 patients.