Cooperation instead of confrontation.
Green Cross Switzerland facilitates overcoming consequential damages caused by industrial and military disasters and the clean-up of contaminated sites from the period of the Cold War. Central issues are the improvement of the living quality of people affected by chemical, radioactive and other types of contamination, as well as the promotion of a sustainable development in the spirit of cooperation instead of confrontation. This includes the involvement of all stakeholder groups affected by a problem.More
Help us support disabled children in Vietnam
Donations from Switzerland make it possible for Vietcot, an orthopaedic centre in Hanoi, to provide prostheses and orthoses to around 500 children and adolescents every year on behalf of Green Cross. More
Study Trips
Interested parties, donors, benefactors and advocates have the opportunity to learn more about the Social and Medical Care Programme … More
Study on Uranium Mines
6.4 million people are exposed to radiation from uranium mines. This is the result of a first study on the health consequences of uranium mining sites.More
Sources of environmental toxins are causing 17.78 million lost years of life (DALYs)
Based on the database of the Toxic Sites Identification Program (TSIP), 17.78 million DALYs are attributable to toxic substances from ten sources of environmental toxins … More
