Named after | Ernst Sieber |
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Formation | 1963 |
Founder | Pastor Ernst Sieber |
Type | Non-profit organization and relief organisation |
Legal status | Foundation and relief organisation |
Focus | to alleviate the hardships around addiction, disease, violence and homelessness |
Headquarters | Zürich-Aussersihl, Canton of Zürich |
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Region served | Switzerland |
Method | capacity building |
Website | Official website (in German) |
Sozialwerke Pfarrer Sieber (SWS) is a Swiss charitable foundation and relief organisation based the municipality of Zürich. Initiated in 1963 by Ernst Sieber, a pastor associated with the Reformierte Kirche des Kantons Zürich, the relief organisation was founded in 1988. SWS supports disadvantaged people, to help to alleviate the hardships around addiction, disease, violence and homelessness.