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The magazine and the 'One World' website will be discontinued in April 2024. In future, we are pooling our resources to provide all content on the SDC's official website at sdc.admin.ch.

18.12.2023

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A camel nibbles on a woman's headscarf. The woman holds the headscarf under her chin with one hand and strokes the camel with the other. © Nichole Sobecki/VII/Redux/laif

Here you will find all information on Swiss Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation.

New stories that could previously be found on the 'One World' website will be available on sdc.admin.ch/stories as of April 2024. The website will give you a good insight into Switzerland's daily work to alleviate need and poverty, strengthen respect for human rights, promote democracy and protect the environment across the globe.

As a taster of what to expect, you can already enjoy the three most popular SDC stories on the SDC website.

Cambodian street vendors in Phnom Penh: over two billion people worldwide work in the informal sector.

Better jobs for a better world

Decent work worldwide is considered a key factor for reducing poverty within international development policy. Cooperation with the private sector is an important plank but there are major challenges – and the pandemic has only added to them.

Coming and going: many locals buy and sell products, especially clothes, at the flea market behind the railway station in the capital Chișinău.

Moldova's health system buckling due to emigration

For years, Moldova has suffered from a rapidly shrinking population and the paradoxical situation that many young people are emigrating to the West because of political instability, a lack of employment opportunities and low wages, while at the same time the country faces a shortage of skilled labour. The health sector is in a particularly precarious predicament.

A ticking time bomb

Mental disorders can exacerbate poverty, reduce life expectancy and hinder the development of entire nations. Yet this issue continues to be neglected in international cooperation. The experiences of three very different countries illustrate why this is so and why there is hope nevertheless.

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