SDC The SDC up close – a look at current projects
The following presentations are exemplary samples of SDC work at the project level. It is a current selection from all areas of activity of the SDC and from all parts of the world. You
will find a list of all the SDC’s projects as from May 2012 in the navigation column on the left. You can find lists of previously approved projects on the websites of the cooperation
offices.
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Promotion of culture in
Burkina Faso
Country / Region: Burkina Faso
Theme: Gender
SDC department: Regional Cooperation
"Sevrage", played in Burkina Faso and other West African countries, uses humour to treat the issue of equality between men and women in African society. The SDC supports culture in Burkina Faso as a
means of taking a critical look at social issues. Culture is also an important source of jobs.
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Food sovereignty in the south of
Mali
Country / Region: Mali
Theme: Health, Agriculture and Rural development, Climate change and Environment, Employment and the economy, Conflict prevention and transformation, Economic integration, Governance,
Gender
SDC department: Regional Cooperation
Construction of strips of land, organization of cultivable plots of land, and land management are all designed to enable more than 2,500 family units to improve their living conditions and to ensure
their food security.
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Supporting female ex-drug users to reintegrate into their families and
society
Country / Region: Afghanistan
Theme: Health, Conflict prevention and transformation, Gender
SDC department: Regional Cooperation
The project helps former drug-users, particularly women and children, reintegrate in to their communities and families. The project includes raising communities’ awareness about available services
with the aim of reducing the stigmatisation and rejection of recovering female drug addicts. The project helps develop the ex-addicts’ life skills and focuses on building their self-esteem.
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Good environmental governance in Mali
Country / Region: Mali
Theme: Agriculture and Rural development, Climate change and Environment
SDC department: Regional Cooperation
The citizen organisation Réseau Réussir la Décentralisation (Making Decentralization Work) raises the awareness of elected representatives and communities about ways to manage their local resources
more effectively. The aim is to counter the abusive exploitation of gold mines and to prevent deforestation.
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Democracy building in
Cambodia
Country / Region: Cambodia
Theme: Rule of Law and Democracy
SDC department: Regional Cooperation
The decades of war-like conflict and genocide have hit women and children particularly hard. Theprogramme entitled «Seth Koma» run by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) promotes the rights
of women and children within the scope of a national reform initiative for democratization and decentralization.
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Microfinance institutions
in India
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Theme: Employment and the economy
SDC department: Regional Cooperation
Poverty cannot be alleviated with one-size-fits-all solutions. This is why the Indian microfinance institution Basix works hard to keep in touch with the needs of its disadvantaged customers. The
services offered run from conventional micro-credits to savings, insurance plans, and business as well as farming counseling.
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Water and microfinance: pioneering project in West Africa
Country / Region: Burkina Faso
Theme: Water
SDC department: Regional Cooperation
The rural populations in West Africa rarely have the means to invest in a water system. And yet small producers know that access to water would allow them to develop revenue-generating activities. In
order to finance this type of installation in West Africa, the SDC has developed a pioneering project for microcredit.
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Health promotion in
Ukraine
Country / Region: Ukraine
Theme: Health
SDC department: Cooperation with Eastern Europe
In its programme for the promotion of mother and child health, the SDC has developed a range of perinatal services to identify the needs of pregnant women from conception to birth. This programme,
imple-mented by the Swiss Tropical Medicine and Public Health Institute, has led to a general improvement of mother and child health in Ukraine. The programme will eventually cover a region with a
population of 6.8m.
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Technologies
de pointe dans le secteur de l’eau
Country / Region: Senegal
Theme: Water
SDC department: Global Cooperation
Les défis de l’eau ouvrent un large champ pour les innovations technologiques de pointe. Le projet Swiss Bluetec Bridge de la DDC compte soutenir ces innovations pour faciliter l’accès à l’eau aux
plus pauvres. La première start-up qui bénéficiera d’un prêt est l’entreprise Swiss Fresh Water qui a développé un système à bas coûts de dessalement d'eau salée ou saumâtre.
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Volunteer neighbourhood disaster relief workers in Morocco
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Theme: Emergency Assistance and Reconstruction
SDC department: Humanitarian Aid
In a country like Morocco, where the natural elements provoke serious incidents, prompt first-aid intervention is crucial in saving lives. To better manage these situations, some Moroccan towns have
deployed their own residents to back up their emergency services when a disaster occurs. The SDC supports this measure and is participating in the training of volunteer relief workers.
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