St. Martin Foundation
The St. Martin Foundation was founded in 1992 by the Swiss entrepreneur Alfred Müller, based in Baar in the canton of Zug, under the banner of international solidarity. Alfred Müller is the founder of Alfred Müller AG . The purpose of the foundation is to "support the" L'eau c'est la vie "development project in Otélé, Cameroon; can also support other projects worldwide or be active as a social work ". Her current focus is on the drinking water project "Water is Life" in Cameroon .
Areas of activity
Since its establishment, the St. Martin Foundation has mainly supported the drinking water project Water is Life . This creates wells for the rural population in southern Cameroon. It was launched in 1989 by the Engelberg Benedictine Father Urs Egli and has been under Swiss management since the beginning. The center of the project is Otélé, Cameroon. So far, Wasser ist Leben has created over 1,500 wells in almost as many village communities, giving more than 420,000 people reliable access to clean drinking water.
Despite the local population's own efforts, the St. Martin Foundation is dependent on donations for the construction and maintenance of wells. The foundation and the project management on site try to obtain the necessary financial resources from international organizations, the European Union, the Confederation, the Swiss cantons, local communities and parishes, service clubs, companies and private individuals.
Economic key data
According to the foundation's own presentation, the start-up capital is 2.5 million Swiss francs.
history
The foundation was established by Alfred Müller in 1992 to provide financial security for the "Water is Life" project. Alfred Müller is the owner of the real estate company Alfred Müller AG in Baar, a leading Swiss general contractor . Alfred Müller is President and his son Michael Müller is a member of the Board of Trustees of the St. Martin Foundation.
The "Water is Life" project goes back to the initiative of the Engelberg Benedictine Father Urs Egli, who, as head of the Otélé mission station in southern Cameroon, was confronted with high child mortality rates and poor health among the population. The cause of the widespread infectious diseases was the polluted water that people drew from open waters. Father Urs Egli's idea was to get clean water from the ground by building simple, solid wells.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry of the “St. Martin Foundation” in the commercial register of the canton of Zug ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
