Bernhard "Bene" Wissler and Christine Oberli work as volunteers in Addis Ababa for an aid project that delivered discarded wheelchairs from Switzerland to Ethiopia at that time.
Christine and Bene, together with Marianne Locher, found the Addis Guzo association in Bern and plan to build a wheelchair workshop in Addis Abeba.
The groundbreaking ceremony takes place on the site of a center for war-disabled people. Only a few months later, the wheelchair workshop, built from four old containers, a lot of corrugated iron and countless hours of welding, is ready.
Opening!
We are recognised as a foreign charity and open our doors.
The sports field for wheelchair basketball is built.
The first basketball groups start weekly training.
Skills development
After the first micro-entrepreneurial training group (candle making), others follow: tailoring and doll making
A daycare for families with disabled children is established and physiotherapy for adults follows.
Salome Inclusion Day!
Celebrating the diversity of our community! Employees, a football club from the neighborhood and our basketball team enjoy an exciting afternoon full of fun, team spirit and fair play.
Addis Guzo is moving to Geja Sefer, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. Preparations for the new site are in full swing.
The Addis Guzo Contemporary Dance Group is founded.
The move and inauguration of the new project site takes place. In the same year, we partner with Kukuk-Kultur Association to build the first inclusive playground in Ethiopia.
Corona! With appropriate protective measures, we can continue our work almost without interruption.
Face-lifting
After almost 10 years in the red and grey design, it was time for a new logo!
The third project phase begins - our focus: education and training!
We celebrate: 10 years of Addis Guzo! With us: Dr Ergoge Tesfay, Minister for Women and Social Affairs.
Training in Switzerland!
In addition to the intensive training on site, further training is being organized in Switzerland for the first time. Our physiotherapist Addisalem is in Bern for 4 weeks and takes away many impressions which she incorporates into the development of the early intervention program.
The early intervention program is developed and the training of our physiotherapists is successfully completed.
The babies have arrived!
40 children aged 0 to 2 years are now also taking part in the program.
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