On Saturday, June 19th 2010 ( 01:30 PM until 07:00 PM ))

BASAID is present with some boots in the Visitor's Center / Fabrikstrasse 6 .

We will share some information about our projects and invite everybody to participate to some activities related with projects or activities of our organization.

All members are invited to participate to our

General Assdembly 2010

Wednesday, April 14th   5:00 PM

Mission 21          Missionstrasse 21, Basel

Earthquake in Chile

Dear members,

this new devastating natural disaster has attracted our attention. BASAID does not have presently the capacity to support a new fund raising action and does not have the competent contacts in the region to identify and realize projects within our scope. We hope that help is ensured through other institutions.

The directors

Tuesday, March the 2nd 2010

Since the devastating earthquake in Haiti in mid-January, associates here in Switzerland have donated CHF 320,000 for the earthquake victims. Now, at the end of the donation campaign, Novartis will match the donated sum, making available a total of CHF 640’000 for reconstruction aid in Haiti.

A warm thank you to all Novartis associates here in Switzerland who responded so generously to the call for donations in support of relief efforts in Haiti!

The next steps. A committee made up of Leopold Wyss, Head of Sponsoring & Donations; Dr. Sasank Mohanty and Luciano Pellegrini, both members of the Steering Committee of BASAID; Professor Dr. Klaus M. Leisinger, Executive Director of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development; and Armin Zust, Head of Novartis Switzerland; will identify and evaluate various reconstruction projects in Haiti over the next few weeks and will then decide how the donated money will be directed.

Devastating natural disasters such as these require particularly careful evaluation of various projects in order to identify suitable reconstruction projects with a sustainable impact. This will take time. The primary objective must be to use this money for those affected by the earthquake in a way that is both meaningful and in particular also of sustainable benefit.

We shall keep you informed about the deployment and use of the donated money, both through the internal Novartis information channels and the BASAID website.

your contributions have reached      230'500.- CHF    Thank you!

Payments until February 28th 2010 will be matched by Novartis. Many thanks to the management!

Monday, February 8th, 2010

ca. 900 payments have surpassed the CHF   200'000.-  mark. Thank you.

Tuesday, February 2. 2010

After just 14 days, already over 157'684.81 francs donated

In the first two weeks since the start of the Novartis donations campaign for the earthquake victims in Haiti, more than CHF 157'684.81  ( 700 donors ) have already been paid into the BASAID account. Novartis will then match the total donations of its associates here in Switzerland.

We are deeply impressed by the solidarity of the Novartis associates here in Switzerland and we offer our warmest thanks to everyone who has donated so far. Novartis will match all donations of its associates that have been paid into the BASAID post-office account for the earthquake victims in Haiti by February 28, 2010.

BASAID post-office account 40-547916-7
(IBAN CH48 0900 0000 4054 7916 7; BIC POFICHBEXXX)
BASAID - Verein für Basishilfe, Schwarzwaldallee 215, 4015 Basel-Stadt
indicate reason for donation: “Earthquake victims in Haiti”

The donations will be used in full for reconstruction projects in Haiti. A committee made up of representatives from Novartis, BASAID and the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development will examine various reconstruction projects in Haiti and then decide how the funds will be used. In this way, we can make sure that our aid for the people affected will also have a long-term and sustainable impact beyond the immediate relief operations.