July is a member of the National Youth Choir in Sinfonía por el Perú. For her, being part of the program has opened a completely new world. Not only did she discover a talent she didn’t know she had, but she has also found her favorite way to express herself and her feelings through music.

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.

The Hilti Group is committed to positively impacting social challenges around the world. In addition to supporting the Hilti Foundation’s work, Hilti also encourages its employees to participate in the corporate volunteering program Engaged Beyond Business. Find all about sustainability and social engagement at Hilti in the new Company Report 2021.

Since 1996, the Hilti Foundation has been working with French archaeologist Franck Goddio to support his research in Egypt. In this episode, you will learn how the long-term commitment of the Hilti Foundation has enabled Franck Goddio to revolutionize maritime archaeology with innovative research and documentation techniques.

The Hilti Family Foundation Liechtenstein (HFFL), in collaboration with the International School Rheintal (ISR), is launching a scholarship program for students displaced by the conflict in Ukraine.

The Hilti Foundation, on behalf of the Hilti Group and the Hilti Family set up a solidarity fund with an initial donation of 1M Swiss Francs to our longstanding partner Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Due to the pandemic, many programs in the field of music for social change had to adapt their ways of collaboration.

In this episode of In this Case, you will learn more about the Hilti Foundation’s emergency relief program. Join Bea Bättig Staud (Hilti Foundation), Abiy Tamrat (Médecins sans frontières) and Ran Goldstein (Physicians for Human Rights Israel).

Globally, an estimated 63 million children are not attending primary school and one in four girls suffer educational disadvantage. Agatha, now in her forties, used to be one of these girls.

The project-based cooperation between the Hilti Foundation and Hand in Hand International started in 2017, when the powerful educational program in rural East Africa was implemented. The training teaches basic entrepreneurial skills, financial literacy as well as best practice on livestock farming.

Globally, an estimated 1.6 billion people live in substandard housing. This has a significant impact not only on their safety and health, but also on their economic opportunities and social integration.

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.

Since 2017, more than 16,000 women and men in Kenya and Tanzania have escaped extreme poverty. Felista now leads a more self-determined life and has already diversified her micro-business to be even more resilient.

In January 2021, BASE inaugurated the BASE Innovation Center (BIC), a comprehensive research and testing facility for safe, affordable, green and sustainable housing technologies.

In this episode of In this Case we listen to Christine Rhomberg (Hilti Foundation), Gerald Wirth (Vienna Boys’ Choir) and Fiona Cunningham (AIM - Academy for Impact through Music) talking about the music programs the Hilti Foundation helps to fund and develop internationally.

In this episode of In this Case Johann Baar (Hilti Foundation), Scott Merrill (Habitat for Humanity), Corinna Salzer (Hilti Group) and Luis Felipe Lopez (Base Bahay) are talking about the Hilti Foundation’s approach to affordable housing.

In his lecture “The Portus Magnus of Alexandria”, organized by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA) and livestreamed by the University of Oxford on 2 December at 5pm (GMT), Franck Goddio will present the results of his 25 years of research in today’s eastern port of Alexandria.

Far beyond music education, the programs funded by the Hilti Foundation, aim to empower children and young people to overcome barriers and to grow personally.

The idea of music for social change was born in Venezuela in the 1970s and has since spread globally and inspired other programs.

Over six episodes, you will learn more about the Foundation's origin story, its operating principles and how the commitment, to empowering people to lead independent and self-determined lives, is reflected in every program, the Hilti Foundation supports.

Since 2018 the Basic Entrepreneur Training, a powerful educational program, has proven to be a successful way to fight extreme poverty in rural East Africa. Facilitated by the Hilti Foundation and led by the NGO Hand in Hand International, the program’s goal is to teach members of self-help groups how to start a micro-business and generate sustainable income.