Media release - The development organization for young people and the self-organized youth culture project imagine of terre des hommes switzerland are moving from Grossbasel to Kleinbasel. The key data, the projects and the motivation.
"We are very much looking forward to the move to the kHouse", says Franziska Lauper, Managing Director of terre des hommes switzerland, development organization in Basel for young people in Africa, Latin America and Switzerland. The team from imagineThe "Kasernen", a self-organized youth culture project for diversity and against discrimination by terre des hommes schweiz, will then move into the main barracks building with a view of the Rhine.
Coworking space and the ecological footprint
"The direct exchange and networking with our new neighbors from culture and science will enrich us mutually," says Franziska Lauper.
"The coworking space is a great fit for us because it optimally promotes the newfound flexibility of our working methods between home office, hybrid meetings and concentrated work." "It also allows us to massively reduce our office space - and therefore also our ecological footprint," says Franziska Lauper from terre des hommes schweiz.
The relocation date and the archiving project
The relocation date for the approximately 25 employees of terre des hommes schweiz in Basel is mid-June. On June 20, 2022, the team will start in the new premises on the third floor of the kHaus.
By then, the Swiss development organization with roots in Basel and a member of the international Terre des Hommes Federation will also have prepared its archive for development cooperation and development policy for its transfer to the Swiss Social Archives in Zurich. terre des hommes schweiz is supported by the Basel-based company Miozzari and Co.
After 20 years in Gundeli to Kleinbasel
terre des hommes schweiz had its offices on Laufenstrasse in the Gundeldinger district for 20 years. "Now we are moving from the culturally diverse Gundeli to the heart of Kleinbasel in a wonderfully renovated building that invites many encounters with the local population," says Managing Director Franziska Lauper of terre des hommes schweiz.
20 years of imagine in Basel - Festival at Whitsun
Even before the big Züglete, the imagine Festival around Barfüsserplatz in Basel will take place on June 3 and 4, 2022, before Whitsun. imagine will finally be able to take place again after two years of corona. imagine will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
Photo: Franziska Lauper, Managing Director of terre des hommes schweiz, at a meeting with the crew of imagine, a self-organized youth culture project of terre des hommes schweiz. Photo Samuel Rink
