28.10.2026 Bolzano, 26 October 2026 – As every year, the association World Doctors has published a calendar for 2027. The proceeds go entirely to the “Loving Home” project in Ethiopia, which gives young people the chance to build a future in their ...
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08.10.2026 The organisation World Doctors have supported Dhulikhel Hospital in Nepal for many years and launched an appeal for donations following the devastating floods. Thanks to the generous support of South Tyrolian donors, a total of 65.000 Euro was ...
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28.08.2026 World Doctors support emergency medical aid with €10,000 and call for donations Nepal is currently facing a severe flood disaster. In several regions, people and entire villages are urgently in need of medical care and essential relief ...
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07.08.2026 Gubrie/Attat/Bolzano – The non-profit organization World Doctors looks back on a highly active and successful summer in Ethiopia. Over the past few weeks, several volunteers from South Tyrol were deployed across various local projects, spanning ...
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18.05.2026 Improve lives. That’s what it’s all about. The association World Doctors takes stock. Christian Streitberger and Nadia Giarbini receive the Helping Hands Award. Keeping calm in the storm. Focusing on what truly matters. Giving people a ...
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04.05.2026 It does not cost you anything, but it is worth a lot to us!THANK you for your support!
08.04.2026 Charity Exhibition for the Association World DoctorsOpening Reception on Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM at the Raiffeisen Gallery Bruneck The Artists The couple Ingrid and Peter Sapelza from Bruneck are generously providing artworks free ...
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06.03.2026 Dr. Rita Schiffer is a doctor, missionary, and since 1997 the director of the Attat Hospital in Ethiopia. As a specialist in gynecology, she is responsible for surgical gynecology as well as emergency surgical care in one of the poorest regions ...
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06.03.2026 Name confusion Since we are often mistaken for Doctors Without Borders, we would like to point out that Südtiroler Ärzte für die Welt is an independent association based in Bolzano and has no connection with the international organization ...
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04.02.2026 As part of a voluntary mission, five South Tyrolean craftsmen – members of the association World Doctors – worked for two weeks at the hospital in Attat, Ethiopia. With great professional expertise, dedication, and commitment, Peter ...
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27.11.2025 25 Years of World Doctors Italy: Missions of eleven Doctors and Volunteers this Autumn and Film Premiere for the Anniversary The association World Doctors Italy celebrates 25 years of dedicated and voluntary work this year. Since its foundation, ...
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30.10.2025 “The greatest strength in life is gratitude.” (Hermann Brezel) For our new annual calendar, we have chosen gratitude as the central theme. It is especially important to us to convey the deep gratitude of those in need—people we have been ...
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14.10.2025 From the world's major problems to the places where hope grows Humanitarian aid with heart that arrives and has a lasting impact – from South Tyrol to the world. This summarizes the long-standing work of the association. “Today, 25 years ...
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05.08.2025 As part of a volunteer mission, three South Tyrolean craftsmen—members of the association World Doctors Italy—were on duty for two weeks at Attat Hospital in Ethiopia. With great expertise, dedication, and a willingness to help, Franz Hofer, ...
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26.07.2025 A Week Full of Joy, Community, and Lived Compassion. For the fifth time, the association World Doctors Italy organized a summercamp in Attat, Ethiopia, in collaboration with the Diocese of Emdibir. Three dedicated young volunteers from South ...
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28.03.2024 Rapporto di collaborazione Medici dell'Alto Adige per il Mondo e WeWorld
20.05.2025 After her first volunteer experience, Berta Schweitzer decided to return to Ethiopia for three weeks to support the Salesian sisters at the Gubrye social center. But shortly after her arrival, Sister Rosaria, the head of the center, had to be ...
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30.04.2025 World Doctors Italy and the White Cross South Tyrol provide ongoing humanitarian assistance in war-torn Ukraine Plans rarely survive contact with reality — particularly in a war zone. “Originally, we intended to support reconstruction ...
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16.04.2025 World Doctors Italy: ENT specialists Christian Streitberger and Nadia Giarbini protect children from hearing disorders at Dhulikhel Hospital. Hearing is essential for children to “grasp” the world. In our part of the world, newborns are ...
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07.03.2025 Sofia Asfa and Her 79 Colleagues When we look, we see them. Let’s zoom in on Ethiopia. Women are there, every single day. They send their children to school. They walk for miles to fetch water. Where there is construction, they carry the ...
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28.03.2024 Recently, five craftsmen from Vinschgau, members of World Doctors Italy, returned from Ethiopia, where they provided valuable services at the Attat Hospital for ten days. Their efforts focused particularly on optimizing the hospital's water ...
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28.03.2024 We sincerely thank the Foundation "Südtiroler Sparkasse" for their contribution of 5,000 Euro for the construction of a library at the Abba Pascal Secondary School in Soddo, Ethiopia. The foundation had already supported this school ...
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28.03.2024 This incredible amount is entirely dedicated to the needy patients at Attat Hospital, who cannot afford medical treatment. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this initiative.
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26.11.2024 World Doctors Italy: visit of the projects in Ethiopia These are not just numbers: 31 wells, 23 km of water pipelines for 35 villages and 18,500 residents. These are people, many people, who now, thanks to access to clean drinking water, can ...
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15.03.2024 Over the past years, World Doctors has set up many projects in the fields of education, medicine and hygiene using South Tyrolean taxpayers' money. Five per thousand on your tax return. For World Doctors, that makes all the difference. ...
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16.05.2024 Continue, now more than ever! We courageously keep going on. Development assistance gets more important as more bad news reach us from the world: crises, wars and diseases must not weaken our enthusiasm. "The world remains an insecure ...
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27.03.2024 Shortly before Christmas, Margarethe and Anna Näckler, two members of World Doctors Italy, returned from their mission at Mother Teresa's Home for the Destitute in Calcutta. Many people have they accompanied on their last journey through life. ...
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28.02.2024 World Doctors report on their mission in Ethiopia "Attat Hospital was without water for days," reports the dentist Andreas Ploner from Bolzano, Italy, after his return from Ethiopia. Together with his wife Irene, he went back to the ...
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26.09.2023 The Rotary Club and Soroptimist Merano collected the incredible sum of 20,000 euros at a charity carnival party on February 3rd at the KIMM in Merano Untermais. This amount has been divided between the two associations, the South Tyrolean ...
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31.05.2023 NEW VIDEO from Giulia Pedron: Ethiopia 2023
20.06.2023 On 26 May, the Dr. Josef Röd secondary school in Bruneck organized a charity run in aid of the World Doctors association. Over 400 pupils took part and in the end, an incredible 21,389.60 euros were raised. Manuela Mölgg, Werner Heel and Gert ...
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15.05.2023 Go. Staying. Where does the feeling tilt? The World Doctors Association takes stock. Keyword 2022: Loving Home. That is possible if there is medicine, education and water. Or in other words: perspective. Dreams bring people across the sea. ...
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06.04.2023 Over the past ten years, World Doctors has set up projects in the fields of education, medicine and hygiene using South Tyrolean taxpayers' money. Five per thousand on your tax return. For World Doctors, that makes all the difference. ...
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