{"id":38218,"date":"2022-07-07T13:57:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T13:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solidarburkina.bf\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:34:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.solidarburkina.bf\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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About us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSolidar Suisse is a Swiss non-profit organization that promotes decent work and democratic participation worldwide, and implements humanitarian projects.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Who are we?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our NGO has been involved in international cooperation for over 80 years, drawing on long experience and institutional expertise in development cooperation and humanitarian action.<\/p>

Solidar Switzerland was founded in 1936 by the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions and the Swiss Socialist Party under the name OEuvre suisse d’entraide ouvri\u00e8re. Since 2005, its international department has been an independent organization called Solidar Suisse. Solidar Suisse has been present in Burkina Faso since 1974. Our organization continues its development cooperation work in West Africa with various projects. <\/p>

Always attached to our historical roots, we are committed to social justice and the fight against extreme inequality. In collaboration with local partner organizations, we do our utmost to eliminate abuses and open up new prospects for people in precarious situations. Since 2008, Solidar Suisse has been running awareness-raising campaigns in Switzerland to improve working conditions abroad. Our organization currently manages over 80 projects<\/strong> and employs 150 staff in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Southeast Europe and Switzerland. Organized as an association, Solidar Suisse is supported by collective members and a broad network of private members and donors. Private foundations and the public sector, in particular the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Swiss Solidarity and the Liechtenstein Development Service (LED), are important partners for us. <\/p>

Our organization is a member of SOLIDAR, a European network of over 60 civil society organizations (CSOs) working to defend social justice in Europe and worldwide. We are a partner of Alliance Sud, the Swiss alliance of some of the largest NGOs active in the field of international cooperation. <\/p>

In Burkina Faso, Solidar Suisse is a member of various development, education and humanitarian networks, including the Secr\u00e9tariat permanent des Organisations Non Gouvernementales (SPONG), the R\u00e9seau Education de qualit\u00e9 par le Bi-plurilinguisme au Burkina Faso (REB), and the Forum des ONG Internationales Humanitaires (FONGIH).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our vision<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our vision is of a just and equitable world, free from discrimination, exploitation and violence, in the spirit of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We fight for decent working conditions, social justice, equal opportunities and democratic participation for all, and want to eradicate extreme inequality. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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