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Affordable Housing & Technology Fritz Hanselmann Affordable Housing & Technology Fritz Hanselmann

Construya – Safe & Sustainable Housing in Latin America

In 2011, together with its long-standing partner organization Swisscontact, the Hilti Foundation launched Construya, a qualification program for the informal construction sector in Colombia. Construya has developed training modules, in cooperation with state vocational training institutions, that teach better construction practices for the informal sector.

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Fritz Hanselmann Fritz Hanselmann

Hilti Foundation's 2021: The year in review

The global pandemic has caused a major setback in the fight against poverty. Although the COVID-19 restrictions have affected the Hilti Foundation’s work to some extent, we stayed the course in our programs.

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