{"id":6303,"date":"2023-01-25T15:04:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T15:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asedswiss.org\/who-we-are\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T16:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:16:53","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asedswiss.org\/who-we-are\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
ASED facilitates access to education<\/strong> and training<\/strong>, paying particular attention to gender inequalities, conditions of marginalization and exclusion, and situations of physical or mental disability.<\/p>\n With a deep respect for cultures, ASED works with local partners in West Africa, Madagascar and India to strengthen the socio-educational spaces in which the younger generation evolves.<\/p>\n The aim is to promote equal opportunities to help everyone find an active place in society. A society that is more inclusive, more open, better able to manage its present and build its future. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t In 1988, Maryam and Jean-Luc Nicollier<\/b>, <\/b>on vacation in Turkey with their children, meet two young boys from the slums of Izmir. They are 5 and 9 years old, and spend their days shining shoes to survive. The couple go to meet their parents and discover a Kurdish family in an overwhelming situation. Touched by the living conditions of these children, who are the same age as their own, they decide to finance their education and are determined to extend their support to the whole neighborhood. <\/p>\n That was the spark. Back in Geneva, Maryam and Jean-Luc took up the cause of street children. They mobilized their friends and family and founded ASED on December 12, 1988. The two boys have grown up and now own their own stall in Izmir’s Bazaar. They have started a family and are actively involved in the development of their community. Since its foundation, more than 70,000 children and young people in precarious situations have benefited from the programs supported by ASED. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Astrophysicist, ESA astronaut and Honorary Professor at EPFL, Claude Nicollier was the first Swiss astronaut. On the last of his four space missions, he performed a spacewalk from the shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble telescope at an altitude of 600 km. <\/p>\n Another mission is close to his heart: defending the right to education for children affected by poverty. Highly committed, he has been the patron of ASED since its creation. <\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The ASED Committee is made up of a team of committed professionals who put their expertise and energy at the service of the association.\n
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Each member is a reference in his or her field of activity and provides support to ASED staff.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Alexandre Munaf\u00f2\n\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t