Latin America

The Berghof Foundation is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit organisation that supports efforts to prevent political and social violence, and to achieve sustainable peace through conflict transformation. Established by Professor Georg Zundel in 1971, members of the Zundel family in their roles as shareholders and trustees remain dedicated to the organisation’s long-term development. Based in Germany, the NGO is run by a diverse team working closely with partners in selected regions. An international Board of Trustees supports its work.

Information Work with Women in Africa, Asia and Latin America

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We support teachers in Switzerland at all levels in their daily work by giving them impulses for their lessons which are directed towards a viable development in a global society. We sell and lend over 800 tried and tested teaching aids in German, French and Italian language. We provide teacher training. We inform and advise with relation to Global Education. We are part of a network of national and international organisations having similar aims.

The charitable association future by education inc. was founded in 1998. The association supports the Brazilian Children's fund "Casa Th Zezinho". The association gives, on this occasion, not only financial assistance, but also sends at regular intervals trainees to Brazil who carry out small projects on site within the scope of the intercultural learning.

bezev engages itself in various fields in order to improve the life of people with disabilities, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America. bezev is an education and information centre and acts as an interface between theory and practice. bezev intends to establish a closer network between the academic knowledge of Special Education and the practical work of development cooperation agencies. bezev performs lobbying work in the area of development policy. People with disability should be involved on an equal footing in all development policy schemes.

Over 25 years ago, the ‘One World in School’ project was launched. Since then, the project has been meeting its goal to introduce tried and tested teaching material that promote a positive attitude towards children and peoples , if possible, in all primary and secondary schools by means of different measures. Our main efforts are divided into four tasks, which have proven to be the cornerstones of our work to actively support teachers:

1. The magazine Eine Welt in der Schule (one world in school)
2. Material lending
3. The website
4. Our teacher-training sessions

The non-profit organization "NighARAGUA - EineWeltArbeit" supports the partnership between the IGH León/Nicaragua and the Internationale Gesamtschule Heidelberg (IGH). In the context of the Nicaraguan partnerschool, village and women support projects have also been created which are idealistic and financially supported from Germany.