Nouvelle Planete: Solidarity projects and volunteering abroad

Youth Trips

Summer 2024

Would you like to contribute to a solidarity project and immerse yourself in the daily life of a village in Africa or Asia? Then register for one of our solidarity trips.

Senegal

Sustainable agriculture

This Christmas, give a Senegalese family a beehive for CHF 65.-! This project will enable members of three associations to fly the nest economically, socially and ecologically. Thanks a lot!

Symbolic gifts

Christmas 2023

Give your loved ones an original, ethical and sustainable present for Christmas.

Benin

Water

The wells in the village units are also used by the inhabitants. The details of cohabitation need to be settled.

Madagascar

Water

The appropriation of a project is not something that can be decreed; it has to be put in place and experienced. Sometimes that takes time. Here's a look back at an eventful period at Manirisoa.

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Who we are

Nouvelle Planète, founded in 1986, is a Swiss non-profit organisation without political nor religious affiliation.

We support rural communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, empowering people to build better lives and protect their environment.

We keep our administrative costs as low as possible, limited at 8% of the money we receive.

learn more about us

Donate

Projects

Find out what sets us apart and how we help some of the world’s poorest communities to build better lives and protect their environment. Learn more about where we work in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Support our work

Solidarity trips

Our solidarity trips offer a rare opportunity to learn about life in an African or Asian village and to live and work alongside local communities. The trips are open to people of all ages, as well as to schools, families and other groups.

See the world differently

Events

12Jan

Séance d'info et de lancement des voyages d'entraide de jeunes 2024

Tu as entre 17 et 35 ans et tu souhaites passer trois semaines en été à par

19Jan

Info-Anlass für Einsätze für junge Erwachsene 2024

Möchtest du einen Beitrag zu einem Hilfsprojekt in Afrika leisten?

19Jan

Séance d'info et de lancement du voyage-découvertes à Madagascar

Accompagnez le partenaire stratégique de Nouvelle Planète, rencontrez les b

2023: current status

19

projects in progress

2316234

allocated for the projects

10

solidarity trips already completed

106

trip attendees

517

hours of time volunteered

They trust us

« I am proud to have contributed to a concrete project that allows the villagers of a whole region to feed themselves. »

Magali Di Marco, bronze medallist at the Sydney Olympics in triathlon

They trust us

« I will never forget my experience with Nouvelle Planète. It was wonderful! »

Andrea Gmür-Schönenberger, State Councillor, Le Centre

They trust us

« Nouvelle Planète introduced me to Africa, to incredible people, and to the tree of my childhood dreams. I was swept away! »

Raphaël Domjan, explorer and lecturer

They trust us

« Six years after participating in a solidarity camp, I returned to visit the project and it was still working »

Pierre-André Page, National Councillor, UDC

They trust us

« With Nouvelle Planète, the hope of a better world becomes tangible, based on mutual solidarity. I am happy to continue my involvement with this organization. »

Willy Boder, former journalist at the daily newspaper « Le Temps »

They trust us

« I back Nouvelle Planète because its team works on intelligent, human-scale projects that are, above all, sustainable for people and the environment. »

Christophe Ballif, EPFL professor, Director of the Sustainable Energy Center of CSEM

They trust us

« The practical, grassroots work of organizations such as Nouvelle Planète is exemplary and one of the surest ways to bring profound improvements to the lives and environments of its beneficiaries. »

Luc Recordon, political figure, Les Verts

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