The Annual General Meeting of the Humanium Association in Switzerland

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Wednesday 22 December 2010, 7pm, Versoix (Geneva), Switzerland. Members of the Humanium Association in Switzerland are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting with a view to taking appropriate decisions on the following items: Overview of activities carried out in 2009 Report of the Internal Audit Approval of 2009 accounts and discharge of the Management […]

Are you stuck for Christmas present ideas? Give a solidarity gift!

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Since Christmas is synonymous with happiness, sharing and generosity, use this opportunity to show your solidarity with deprived children! Discover Humanium’s on-line shop, and combine pleasure with doing good ! Humanium’s shop sells a wide range of fair trade and solidarity products including boxed gift sets, candles, incense, ornaments, toiletries and spirulina etc. These products, […]

Sushila : A successful Entrepreneur

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Sushila is the leader of a self-help group in Sankarapuram village. Humanium and its local operational partners are reducing extreme poverty and providing a stable revenue for each family in Sankarapuram since 2009. Sushila has two children, Santosh and Kishore Kumar, both in their primary grades of education; they attend a school in Walajabad (near […]

Launch of the Children’s Rights Portal

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Created by Humanium, the Children’s Rights Portal aims to bring Internet users of all ages,  all the information they may need in the field of Children’s Rights. One website : www.droits-enfant.org November 20th : Official launch of the Portal The Portal will be officially launched on 20 November 2010, a symbolic date representing the anniversary […]

Children’s rights across the globe

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Over the last twenty years, children’s rights have been recognized and accepted by the entire international community. The different nations have agreed that the rights of all the children in the world must be respected. However, this goal is still far from being reached, and the rights of millions of children are not always respected. […]

Internship testimonial

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Cosima Thommen, specialist in humanitarian aid, educational projects, and Asian development, completed a six-month internship with Humanium. “I joined Humanium in April 2010, for my final-semester internship. Because I was finishing up a Master’s in Humanitarian Projects and Cultural Development, I wanted this experience to be with an organization working with underprivileged children. After my […]

Self-Help Group Social Mobilization

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The participative approach developed by Humanium and its partners in India mainly involves the social mobilization of women groups. In Sankarapuram village where Humanium has been working since April 2009, 12 self-groups comprising 159 women, have been set up already. The setting-up of these groups is mainly linked to the microcredit programme, but in reality, […]

Installation of a biogas system

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As part of its environmental program, the association Humanium supports sustainable development projects such as that promoting the use of biogas. This alternative to burning wood allows for better environmental protection and the production of an organic fertilizer that can be used to enrich soils. In India, including in the village of Sankarapuram, homes use […]

Natural, Fair, Ethical and Solidarity Products

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Discover on our Humanium online shop, Indian products that are lovingly made, respecting others, the natural environment and crops. Natural Most products are made from wholly natural material, using methods that are sustainable. Body care products, candles, incense…are made using 100% organic natural fragrance only. No artificial colouring, no synthetic parfume are used. The products […]