Partnership with the Thai Box Federation Guinea

May 30, 2021. The collaboration came about because Nina continued her training she started in Switzerland. She found out that Souleymane Sidibé was constantly training 15 young men in upholstery as well as sports. In the meantime, several promising projects have resulted from the friendship: Once a week, Sidibé and his colleagues train interested children at our reception center…

Mamadou & Bineta’s youngest team member

On October 29, our youngest Mamadou & Bineta team member was born: Alasory Touré, a healthy little boy. The happy parents: our coordinator Kémoko and his wife Hassafan. We wish them both a lot of strength for their big responsibility, and the little Alasory good start into life.

Interested friends visited Guinea (January 2020)

In January 2020 – before the beginning of the pandemic – we had a visit from interested friends and donors: Marion Gabathuler, Dr. med. Benedikt Frei and Iris Bärtsch were accompanied by our board member Jürg Sonderegger. An essential part of the journey was the exchange with our partner, Dr. Keita, who runs the extremely poor infirmary in a…

Thanks to all at GEOINFO who love coffee!

January 2019. A great message reached us last week. Employees of GEOINFO, Herisau, each pay one franc per cup of coffee into a donation fund. The proceeds are distributed annually to charitable institutions. All employees can submit appropriate nominations. Subsequently, a vote is made, with a coffee cup corresponding to one vote. This year a total of twelve institutions were…

Great donation for our sewing studio

June 5, 2018. A great donation we received from Union AG, a traditional embroidery company from St. Gallen. The contact with two employees arose by chance on a sunny flea market Saturday in St. Gallen in March. A few weeks later came a phone call that a part of their warehouse will be vacated and if we do possibly…

Open day at the reception center

With many children and guests we celebrated an open day in Mangueta on August 25, 2017. Invited were the local child protection officers, representatives of the authorities, our partner organizations and other people who support the work of Mamadou & Bineta on site. In addition to a tour of the infrastructure (including the newly opened sewing workshop), the children…