Emergency aid
Discover how we provide uncomplicated and fast help worldwide where the need is particularly great - even in regions that are no longer in the news every day.
Crises and disasters
Look and act.
Crises, emergencies, disasters wherever we look: Floods, wars, earthquakes, ethnic cleansing, droughts.
While this suffering sometimes seems almost unbearable, it is precisely these people who need our help the most. Women and children are often particularly affected. Together with our international and local partners, they are therefore the focus of our aid - in compliance with international quality standards.
Let us look together, save lives and alleviate suffering.
Famine drama in Sudan
In one of the most dramatic current hunger disasters, millions of people are fleeing from an extremely violent civil war. They often have to get through the day with just a few sips of dirty water. With our emergency aid, we provide families in the particularly affected border region between Sudan and South Sudan with the most basic necessities.Vision
We set signs of hope in disasters and crises. We do this regardless of whether they occur acutely or are slowly unfolding - whether they are man-made conflicts or natural disasters. Our focus is on saving lives and providing emergency supplies, but also on reconstruction and measures to mitigate the effects of future disasters.
Approach
This is how we proceed.
We are on the ground quickly in emergency situations thanks to our experienced local partner organizations. And we often stay longer than others. Because this is the only way we can create new prospects for the future.
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Quick-witted emergency and disaster relief
As an agile and quick-witted aid organization, we are quickly on the ground. Because immediate emergency aid is often the most important in crises and disasters.
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Partnership
Optimal help thanks to local partners
Our global network of long-standing local partner organizations enables us not only to provide help quickly, but also to tailor it optimally to local needs - and at local wage costs.
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Forward-looking
Even in long-forgotten crises
We do not forget - in the most positive sense. That's why we stay on the ground when crises and disasters have long since disappeared from the media. Because we are convinced that only if we support people in building a new existence will they be prepared for the future and new crises.
Emergency relief fund
Alleviating more need.
Donations to the emergency relief fund do two things: they enable us to provide quick and uncomplicated help in acute emergency situations. And they enable us to continue helping even after a crisis has long been forgotten.
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Effect
Develop maximum effect
Your donation to the emergency relief fund has maximum impact. This is because we can use it at any time and wherever emergency aid is most urgently needed. It also reduces our administrative costs.
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Sustainability
Helping to build resilience
We not only use the emergency relief fund to help in acute emergencies. We also initiate reconstruction and take measures to improve resilience for future emergencies.
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Permanent donation
Easing more hardship with the value of half a croissant
With just 1 franc per day or CHF 360 per year, you can make a relevant difference to the lives of people in need. Of course, every permanent donation of a different amount also makes a difference.
"ena also works in places that aren't in the headlines. I think that's great!"
Karin Fritzsche, donor
Emergency aid projects
Where there is the greatest need.
Famine crisis in Sudan
Urgently needed food and hygiene for refugees.
Aid for Bangladesh
Food, health care and peacebuilding.
Effect
Achieving so much with every emergency aid donation.
CHF 100 is enough to provide 10 malnourished children with emergency food.
Just CHF 50 is enough for a food parcel for a family and with CHF 600 we provide refugees with drinking water for a month.
440'000 displaced Rohynga are waiting for urgently needed survival aid.
Especially because of the many refugees from Myanmar. Whether CHF 50, CHF 100 or more: every franc gives more people access to clean drinking water.
2,400 people have access to a safe latrine.
200 families and children at two schools in Yemen learn the importance of hygiene.
Opportunities change lives
Your donation for the emergency relief fund
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Quality and transparency
Donate effectively.
We run our global aid projects not only with a lot of heart, but also with the highest quality and transparency so that your donation achieves maximum impact. This is confirmed by various certifications and our accreditation by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) as part of the umbrella organization KoGe.
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Transparency
ZEWO seal of approval
The most established donation seal of approval in Switzerland guarantees that donations are used transparently and effectively.
Quality
ISO 9001
The ISO 9001 certification attests that our aid organization complies with quality and organizational standards and is constantly developing these further.
Responsibility
CHS Alliance
The CHS Alliance defines and monitors its members' compliance with important humanitarian standards worldwide.
Relevance
SDC
Our long-standing cooperation with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) as part of the umbrella organization KoGe guarantees that we are a professional partner.
About us
Effective emergency aid and development cooperation.
As an aid organization, we enable life-changing perspectives worldwide through uncomplicated help that works. To this end, we are involved in both short and medium-term emergency aid as well as long-term development cooperation. Based on mutual respect and understanding of the respective needs, we are primarily active in the areas of livelihoods, education, health and peace. The responsible and effective use of the donations entrusted to us is confirmed by the ZEWO seal of approval and our commitment to the standards of the CHS Alliance.