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Support in the eden21 garden

Winterthur or Hagenbuch (ZH)

Year-round

Free spaces available Year-round recurring

In the Garden eden21, it’s not just flowers and herbs for delicious teas that grow – it’s also a unique collaboration. People with and without disabilities work hand in hand: from planting to drying, to packaging and selling. The result? A product that not only delights with its taste but also carries a powerful message: diversity enriches us all and strengthens our society. Our project breaks down barriers, highlights individual talents, and demonstrates how rewarding collaboration on equal footing can be – for the community as well as the market. Would you like to be part of this inspiring project? We would be delighted to welcome your support and engagement! Together, we can create something truly unique.

Participation in the Clean-Up Day

The whole of Switzerland

Seasonal

Free spaces available Seasonal recurring

The Clean-Up Day is just around the corner and will take place this year on September 19 and 20 for the 13th time. For many, this day has long been a fixed date in the calendar. During the last Clean-Up Day, over 750 clean-up actions were carried out – an impressive number that shows the great commitment to our environment. This day offers a fantastic opportunity to send a strong message for sustainability. Through local clean-up actions, we can all make a visible difference together. Every single action counts and amplifies the positive impact. With combined efforts and mutual respect, great things can be achieved. Whether as individuals or groups – everyone can help and take a stand against littering. Become part of this important movement and help make our surroundings cleaner and more livable.

Job Coaching at Powercoders

across Switzerland

Year-round

Free spaces available Year-round recurring

Accompany a Refugee / Migrant during their Internship: Powercoders is a work integration program for refugees and migrants. We offer a 3-month coding bootcamp, followed by a 6-12 month internship in an IT company or IT department. To support the participants in making their internship a success, all of them are accompanied by a volunteer Job Coach. The Job Coach meets the coachee regularly and supports him/her in reaching their goals. The Job Coach also joins monthly meetings at the company and supports the coachee in his/her social and professional integration. Job Coaches can be based anywhere in the Romandie or Deutschschweiz.

Mentoring by fokusnetzwerk

Kanton Zürich

Year-round

Free spaces available Year-round recurring

As a mentor for fokusnetzwerk, you can use your knowledge and experience to help refugees gain new perspectives and enjoy a richer life in Swiss society. Together with a person from a refugee background, you can practice German over a coffee or during a walk, pursue a hobby or complete math homework together. Of course, there are other areas that you can choose, or you can suggest your own. At fokusnetzwerk you can work with a refugee for six months on an area that suits your strengths and interests.

Hedge Day in Parsonz

Parsonz / GR

18.10.2025

3 places are still free 24 days remaining until

Wild hedges serve as a habitat for countless animals and plants. On National Hedge Day, wild hedges are planted and maintained at various locations in Switzerland, including Parc Ela. In the unique landscape of Parsonz in Graubünden, we plant and maintain hedges together and learn a lot of interesting things about the history of the landscape, the benefits of hedges and how the quality of the habitat can be improved with simple methods. We will also be helping the agricultural sector with its work.

Doctor-patient-communication app to overcome language barriers

The whole of Switzerland

Year-round

Free spaces available Year-round recurring

PICTOMED’s key project is a web-based, non-verbal, visual communication tool to overcome language barriers in doctor-patient-communication. We enable healthcare providers and patients who do not share a common language to communicate with ease, simply by pointing to pictures. We provide over 300 illustrations of medical symptoms. The website app should be interactive, quick and easy to use to guarantee user-friendliness. Our communication tool offers a wide range of application through independence of language and alphabet.

Commitment to wild honey bees

The whole of Switzerland

Year-round

Free spaces available Year-round recurring

Many people know the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) only as a honey provider, but it is much more than that. Originally native to our forests, it has adapted to natural environmental conditions over 10,000 years. Today it is highly endangered in the wild in Switzerland. The loss of old trees with natural cavities, diseases such as the Varroa mite and intensive beekeeping are among the factors that severely affect them. In order for honeybees to form stable populations again, they must be able to adapt naturally to environmental changes and require suitable habitats. They depend on our support. We must give them back the place in nature that is rightfully theirs. But their protection is currently still being subordinated to economic interests and ideologies. FreeTheBees is committed to preserving the honeybee in the wild and therefore promotes its original habitat: the tree cavity. We are investigating whether honeybee colonies can survive for multiple years in the wild, what factors influence their increased mortality and what is needed for them to form stable populations again. This is not only about protecting honeybees themselves, but also about preserving natural biodiversity. Because tree cavities are not only a habitat for honeybees – many other animal species such as countless insects, birds and bats also depend on them. To achieve these goals, we work with two key projects: Swiss BeeMapping and the project ”Tree cavities – biodiversity for the forest”. For this, we rely on the support of volunteers.

Doctor-patient-communication app to overcome language barriers

The whole of Switzerland

Year-round

Free spaces available Year-round recurring

PICTOMED’s key project is a web-based, non-verbal, visual communication tool to overcome language barriers in doctor-patient-communication. We enable healthcare providers and patients who do not share a common language to communicate with ease, simply by pointing to pictures. We provide over 300 illustrations of medical symptoms. We are looking for volunteers who can help us design medical illustrations. Well-designed illustrations enable healthcare providers and patients to overcome language barriers. Thereby, providing health equity which allows for social and economical integration of migrants and refugees.

Collaboration on Project App Extension

Basel-City / Basel-Country

Year-round

Free spaces available Year-round recurring

Babsy has been around since 2018, and since 2022 we have been operating an app in the greater Basel area that helps parents and caregivers find each other based solely on donations. We have built the safest contact platform currently available in Switzerland. Searching, booking, finding, chatting, and video calling are already possible, but our users' wish list is extensive, which is why we would like to tackle the next development steps together with you. Topics such as the mutual rating system, extensions to include day care providers, etc., are important to provide relief for parents and at the same time offer great job opportunities for sitters. The association is officially non-profit and is very committed to issues related to integration, equality, and social justice. The assistance can be very individually tailored, work can be done on-site and remotely, and you can use your strengths in a targeted manner.

Support in the eden21 garden

Participation in the Clean-Up Day

Job Coaching at Powercoders

Mentoring by fokusnetzwerk

Hedge Day in Parsonz

Doctor-patient-communication app to overcome language barriers

Commitment to wild honey bees

Doctor-patient-communication app to overcome language barriers

Collaboration on Project App Extension

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