Nouvelle Planete: Solidarity projects and volunteering abroad

Youth Trips

Summer 2025

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. Information sessions on January 31st in French or German

Symbolic gifts

Christmas 2024

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

Benin

Food-processing unit

Support a woman in Benin by offering her training in manioc processing for CHF 35.-. Many thanks in advance!

Guinea

Environment

Project visits are an opportunity to gauge the pulse of the communities. Fears about climate change were omnipresent during our visits.

Madagascar

Sustainable agriculture

The inhabitants of Ambohimandroso have taken advantage of the agricultural irrigation project to develop new economic activities. A concept as clever as it is astonishing!

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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

21Nov

Séance d'information des voyages d'entraide en famille - été 2025

L’été prochain, partez en voyage d’entraide en familles et créez des souven

24Nov

Match LHC vs SCL Tigers

Nouvelle Planète tiendra un stand lors de ce match solidaire du LHC.

25Nov

Stand d’information au Lycée Blaise Cendrars

Nouvelle Planète tient un stand afin d'informer les étudiants au sujet des

2024: current status

16

projects in progress

2380077

allocated for the projects

10

solidarity trips already completed

80

trip attendees

432

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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