The state of Hiamachal Pradesh in the Northwest of India, and in particular Dharmsala, is home to displaced families from the poorest areas of India. They live in slums of up to 600 people, struggling to survive with begging and waste collection. Being out-of-state citizens they have no rights and no government support.

Read more: Tong-Len in Dharamsala - Vocational Training: first class of electricians started

The Mount Sunzu Coffee Estate is an agricultural project in Zambia where high-quality Arabica coffee is being produced. Of the 780-hectare property in Northern Zambia 200 hectares are used for coffee production. The remaining 580 hectares are left in their original state as Miombo forests and Dambo wetlands. 

Read more: Sustainable coffee production in Zambia

Eastern Sri Lanka is traditionally where the Tamils live. It is an area of low economic growth, poor infrastructure and, in contrast to the rest of Sri Lanka, with only little tourism. It is therefore poor and offers only very limited job opportunities.

Read more: Eastern Sri Lanka – job training for young Tamils

Fontana Foundation supported the installation of 46 solar tents (greenhouses) for 46 families in Achacachi in the Bolivian Andes. The goal of this project was to enable and train these families to grow their own vegetables year round and thus give them food security. 

Read more: Bolivia - Greenhouses to grow vegetables and combat hunger and malnutrition

Camata Sud, a village at 3'842 meters above sea, was looking for a solution to bring drinking water to its 500 inhabitants.

Initiated by the engineering company SIAB (Servicio Integral Agropecuario  Boliviano) a project was defined to build two windmills to generate electricity and activate pumps to transport the underground drinking water to two elevated tanks of 7’000 liters each. From there the water is distributed to the households in the village. The system is fully redundant.

Read more: Drinking Water in the Altiplano, Bolivia