News Archive 1-2010
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Haiti needs our help
The earthquake which shook Haiti on January 12 was the worst since 200 years. The earthquake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, and ensuing after-shakes caused huge amounts of damage to buildings and infrastructure. Thousands are dead and countless wounded are in need of medical assistance. International aid is slowly reaching Haiti and the international YMCA/YWCA have also started to collect money for aid.
Coordinator of the LACA (YMCA Latin American and Carribean Alliance) is the Dominican Republic’s YMCA general secretary, Andrés Fortunato. As a direct neighbour of Haiti, he has established contact to Haiti’s YMCA, found out what is needed and is at present coordinating aid. He is working closely with Red Cross representatives, local authorities and other aid organisations. His team purchases the relief supplies and sees to it that they reach the suffering as soon as possible
The YMCA-World Alliance and the World YWCA in Geneva have started respective calls for aid. Find more information at www.ymca.int and www.worldywca.org.
Horyzon has promised CHF 5'000.- from its own emergency aid fund. We ask you to support Horyzon’s aid venture and help to get emergency aid to the people suffering in Haiti as soon as possible.
Donations:
Spendenkonto Horyzon
80-9113-4
Please note: Nothilfe Haiti
or donate online on our website.
These monies will be directly transferred to the coordinating office, Banco Popular, Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Many thanks for your kind donation.
Giving aid by planting olive trees 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
6 - 15 February 2010. An interesting program with the possibility to meet locals and visit informative events enables you to get a deeper look at the situation in Palestine.
For a detailed program, please visit the official JAI website:
Information in Switzerland: Adamo Antoniadis (adamo.antoniadis@horyzon.ch, 062 296 62 68).
Newsletter redesigned
Our newsletter is coming to you now in a new form. Our previous Horyzon publications have served their purpose well for over ten years. Information technology has changed substantially over this time and we felt it was time to change our Horyzon platform to suit current requirements.
We will continue to inform you quarterly with our printed Horyzon newsletter and the new homepage www.horyzon.ch. We look forward to informing you in a competent, youthful, personal and transparent manner about Horyzon’s sustainable ventures.
Werner Stahl
Operations Manager
Sponsored runs 2009
981 runners took part in the six Swiss races. The participants ran or rode for two hours to support the Horyzon-projects in Palestine, Colombia, Bangladesh and Armenia. The impressive amount of CHF 174,791.- was raised! We wish to thank all of those who may or may not have suffered muscle pain, but who all did something for a better world.
Results of individual runs
Aid on location – the YWCA Jericho’s food production
The YWCA in Palestine supports a number of projects, one of them being the economic independence of women. The YWCA Jericho’s food production is especially helpful in this regard. Claudia Schwarzenbach gives some insight into this project.
Click here to read the whole report (only available in German)
