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.
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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…
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…
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…
Im Oktober 2017 haben Fabienne und Deborah Guinea besucht. Ihren Reisebericht könnt ihr hier finden.
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…
During our care of the children we have observed that the often missing dental care in infants leads to irreparable damage to the teeth The Swiss company TRISA AG has been supporting us for years in our efforts to inform our environment about dental hygiene. She provides us with the material (toothbrushes, etc.) for free. Once again, we brought…
Despite temporary support, female adolescents without education have a hard time not to slip into dependence with often serious consequences. It has always been part of our strategy to offer especially girls vocational training in addition, to help them start their own lives. A sewing atelier is obvious, because most people in Guinea wear self-made clothes. We brought five ancient, manually…
Our team leader in Guinea, Kémoko Touré, got married. We are glad that you have a wonderful person at your side.