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Olive tree planting in Palestine

The Joint Advocacy Initiative (JAI) from YMCA and YWCA Palestine and the Alternative Tourism Group (ATG) invite you once again to take part in this aid project by planting olive trees in Palestine from

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YMCA Medellín representatives visit Switzerland

Alexandra Castillón and Jeison Castaño, representatives from YMCA Medellín, visited Switzerland to give presentations in order to draw attention to their work in Colombia. To visit Horyzon their journey led them to our office in Olten, where a spry and valuable knowledge exchange about their specific experience with ...continue...

Sabine Beer has arrived in China

Nothing less than 10’131 km Sabine Beer put aside by bike. The “Cevianerin” finally arrived at her destination in Shanghai. It was the 13^th of March when she started her trip in Herzogenbuchsee in direction China. It was also her motivation to support Horyzon while cycling. In fact, Sabine collected 5’140 francs with... continue...

16 days of activism against gender violence

This week the United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon declared in an interview, that violence against women is a violation of basic human rights and thus must be eliminated. Therefore, the UN support the international campaign “16 days of activism against gender violence”, ...continue...