In the context of the Covid-19 emergency relief in India, several media channels reported on the activities of the Usthi Foundation in India. After reports appeared on Namaste Switzerland and in The New Indian Express in August, the Linth Zeitung now also reported on the food aid during the lockdown. In early August, Namaste Switzerland, […]

At the beginning of September, Mirjam Hirzel joined the Usthi team. From now on, she will be responsible for coordinating the Usthi projects. This makes her the first point of contact for the project partners in India and Nepal. Together with Executive Director Alessandra Grosse, she is in charge of the operations abroad. As was […]

India records more than 60,000 new infections with Covid-19 every day and only the USA and Brazil are currently affected even more severely. Again and again, regional lockdowns must be imposed. Usthi does not expect schools to open soon and tries to teach Usthi students at a distance as good as possible.  For some of […]

While in Switzerland, school life is expected to return to almost normal after the summer holidays, school children in the Usthi projects are still being taught from a distance.  With the nationwide lockdown to control the Covid-19 pandemic, all educational institutions in India had to close. While in many places the restrictions have been eased […]

In the context of virtual celebrations of National Day 2020, the Swiss Embassy reported on the second Usthi emergency relief operation made possible by the Embassy. Usthi has produced a video for this occasion.  After Usthi had already provided emergency relief in Hyderabad, a financial contribution from the Swiss Embassy in India made it possible […]

Thanks to the generous support of the Swiss Embassy in India, Usthi was able to carry out a second emergency relief operation. Last week, food parcels will be distributed to over 700 families at the sites of the two Usthi schools Ananda and Penthakata. While the emergency relief operation in Hyderabad has been completed, the […]

The new Usthi education project in Nepal should start in spring 2020. Usthi was already looking forward to cooperating with the local partner organisation. After the successful renovation of the school infrastructure, Covid-19 has unfortunately delayed the further development of the project. Both at the end of 2019 and during the visit at the beginning […]

As of 22 June 2020, the Usthi Foundation has a new executive director, Ms Alessandra Grosse. In future she will be responsible for the management of the foundation and thus for its day-to-day operations. In addition, Olga Egli returned from her maternity leave at the beginning of June and is now again responsible for fundraising […]

When India imposed a strict lockdown at the end of March to control Covid-19, public life came to a standstill in large parts of India. Despite rising corona numbers, the lockdown was lifted for the most part at the end of May. This will also enable the Usthi projects to partially resume operations. Whether the […]