A world of solidarity is possible

Project appouved in 2025

The Association presents the 2025 supported initiative !

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Our aims :

Promote the wellbeing and empowerment of underprivileged human communities by valuing and supporting their own capacities to understand and to act, their biological and cultural diversity, and their sense of solidarity—internal as well as with other communities.

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Community

There exist a plethora of human “communities” in the ordinary sense; they share a territory, a city quarter, natural resources, a language, a culture, traditions, etc. These socio-cultural communities are crucial for the work of the Foundation. There also exist human communities which are centered around one or several common issues or interests but whose members may not be linked geographically or culturally.

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Solidarity

Solidarity is first of all an attitude and a value. It means the acceptance of the other’s humanity, and turns the other into an equal subject, independently of possible social, economic, political or other differences. But solidarity is also an active engagement – between individuals, within a community, or between different communities – for instance to defend or to reinforce a common good or a common interest.

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Meeting the Stranger, this fundamental event

Emmanuel Levinas calls « event » the encounter with the other, he even calls it « fundamental event ». It is, according to him, the most important experience, which opens the greatest horizons.

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The Association

The Association Paul K. Feyerabend (APKF) promotes the empowerment and wellbeing of disadvantaged human communities. By strengthening intra and inter-community solidarity, the Association strives to improve local capacities, promote the respect of human rights, and sustain cultural and biological diversity.

The Association, officially declared of public utility in Switzerland, was created in 2025.  It is based on the experience of the Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation that, since 2006, engaged nominators and beneficiaries in over 70 countries, supporting 80 initiatives and honouring 38 laureates with the Paul K. Feyerabend Award.  The reason why the Foundation had to transform itself into an Association are briefly outlined here

Recent articles :

The struggle continues in the Caribbian Coast of Nicaragua

The struggle continues in the Caribbian Coast of Nicaragua

29 November 2021 · by · in

Among the bad news of this year, we have to lament a massacre that affected the indigenous Miskitu and Mayangna communities living in the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua in August 2021.  At least 11 persons lost their lives there as … Read more

Salatou Sambou: artisan of solidarity at the heart of the 'good life' of a fishing community in Casamance (Senegal)

Salatou Sambou: artisan of solidarity at the heart of the ‘good life’ of a fishing community in Casamance (Senegal)

3 September 2021 · by · in

Salatou Sambou has dedicated his life to serving his community Djola, in Casamance, helping it to restore its ‘good life’ and sustainably manage its territory. About 10 years ago, the local territory was still under open access conditions, its natural … Read more

Communities of ethnic and linguistic minorities strengthen their solidarity to defend themselves and their territories from expanding extractive industries in Zimbabwe

Communities of ethnic and linguistic minorities strengthen their solidarity to defend themselves and their territories from expanding extractive industries in Zimbabwe

3 September 2021 · by · in

By 2023, Zimbabwe is projecting a US$12 billion economic target from extractive industries (mostly for gold, diamonds, coal, gas, and lithium), supposed to support ambitious development targets. This industrial expansion is expected to allow multinational companies to tap into the … Read more

Sustaining in a practical way the spiritual force of women (zomo newen) to protect our Mapuche territory in the south of Chile.

Sustaining in a practical way the spiritual force of women (zomo newen) to protect our Mapuche territory in the south of Chile.

3 September 2021 · by · in

Our Lof Domingo Cayun Panicheo, located in the First and Second Corral of the Puelo River Valley in southern Chile, is a territory in which the zomo newen (women’s spiritual force) stands out and which we consider sacred.  It is … Read more

Children and youth of pastoralist peoples in Isiolo county (Kenya) learn from their elders how to become custodians of cultural and natural heritage

Children and youth of pastoralist peoples in Isiolo county (Kenya) learn from their elders how to become custodians of cultural and natural heritage

21 September 2021 · by · in

Ecologically harsh and sparsely populated, the northern regions of Kenya are home to different ethnic groups with livelihoods centered on mobile pastoralism and foraging.  Vibrant ecological knowledge and skills have enabled people like the Gabbra, Borana, Saakuyye, Somali, Turkana, Samburu, … Read more

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