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Streetkickers 39 is a social organization with the aim of providing particularly socially disadvantaged children and young people with low-threshold and joyful access to holistic exercise and educational opportunities. In terms of outreach social work, Streetkickers 39 helps where young people spend most of their time: in schools and districts.

Streetkickers 39 stands for freedom, respect, togetherness, courage and self-fulfillment. Find out more about this wonderful organization.

Bernhard Kämpf has established himself as one of the top swingers in Switzerland and is considered an important representative of Bernese swinging sports. His unconventional technique, paired with his competitive strength, makes him a feared opponent and popular athlete in the swing scene.

On his way to his 100th wreath - which only 32 athletes have achieved so far in the history of swinging sports - and the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival ESAF in Glarus 2025, we are accompanying Bernhard Kämpf as co-main sponsors. The 100-wreath mark is considered an important milestone in the career of a transducer and testifies to exceptional consistency and performance over many years.

As a sponsor of the Passion Snow Sports Foundation, we help to secure the future of Swiss snow sports and support young talent on their journey. The Passion Snow Sports Foundation focuses on supporting and promoting young snow sports talent in Switzerland. It is intended to make a lasting contribution to arousing interest in snow sports among both young generations and thus ensure that top performance can continue to be achieved in the eleven Swiss ski disciplines in the future.

We are pleased to support Nicole Steck's “Orbit” project in the Interlaken region. Orbit creates a space in which the diverse facets of bouldering and climbing can be experienced. With state-of-the-art infrastructure, Orbit offers beginners the opportunity to discover these exciting sports, and advanced learners ideal training conditions at every level. Through cooperation with communities and schools, Orbit supports youth work and enriches physical education. Orbit promotes the health of young and old and offers attractive, weather-independent leisure activities that both enrich Bödeli's living space and strengthens tourism.

In Tanzania, every fourth girl becomes pregnant before the age of 18. Safe contraception is barely known because the topic is taboo and sex lessons do not take place in Tanzania's schools. Students who become pregnant have to leave school and are often isolated and without support.

EBLI helps young mothers regain a foothold. Each year, the education program in Mwanza on Lake Victoria offers 100 young mothers aged 13 to 20 a new opportunity. They learn to take charge of their lives and to give their children a better future.

The comprehensive education program strengthens young single mothers by educating them about sexual health and rights. It provides basic entrepreneurial knowledge in business administration so that they can start their own small business. They also receive basic training in using computers and digital media. The program strengthens their self-confidence, which is crucial for their path to independence and self-reliance.

Following a long-standing partnership with terre des hommes Switzerland, Varem has directly taken over the financial sponsorship and support of the local partner organization EBLI since 2024.

Through our commitment at Chabri, we are promoting the transition to safe and energy-efficient cooking solutions. More than 2.3 billion people still use unsafe and environmentally harmful fuels for cooking. 4 million people die each year from diseases caused by smoke during cooking. Around 2% of global CO2 emissions are caused by this practice — almost as much as from all aviation traffic. In addition, over 10 million hectares of forest are cut down every year with disastrous consequences.

Chabri produces and sells alternative fuels from forest industry waste in the Mwanza region of northwestern Tanzania: Sawdust is used to produce organic briquettes, which are sold under the “KuniSmart” brand in particular to schools and private households. Chabri is also developing the energy-efficient “JikoSmart” cooking area from its own production. Since 2020, Varem has been helping social entrepreneur Bernard Makachia set up his business. In doing so, we not only provide financial support, but also entrepreneurial help through know-how and access to existing networks.