Our
MISSION

AidforAll is a not-for-profit charitable association with the following goals:

Support charitable entities or individuals who provide assistance to those in need
Improve children's education and provide help to very poor families around the world
Provide ad-hoc relief and aid to people in times of crisis or disaster

Latest news

FUNDRAISING

CERN Women In Technology Bake sale Feb 2025

February saw the fabulous CERN Women In Technology group hold a Bake sale Feb 2025 (photo on the right from restaurant 1 at CERN with some of the team running the stand) successfully raising funds for AidforAll.

July brought with it the annual Hardronic Festival - the CERN Music Club’s legendary music festival featuring a programme of fantastic CERN bands in a field on the CERN site. AidforAll ran the bar and raised a lot of money that night thanks to the hard work of so many volunteers.

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AIDFORALL IN THE FIELD

easter trip to India

AidforAll President Connie Potter spent 10 days at the Jhalak school outside of Kolkata over Easter. From supervising the renovation of the school toilet block to running a mini-Olympics event on the weekend it was a very busy - but very successful trip. Read more about it here.

donating to the Village St Joseph in France

AidforAll were approached by long-time friend Alexia asking if we’d like to support her niece and husband who were buying and renovating a house in France as part of the Village Saint Joseph organisation. This young couple, with small child, undertook to buy and renovate an old house in order to receive people in complicated situations such as addiction, homelessness due to loss of employment, and to help them get back into mainstream society. A fundraising night was held to which AidforAll donated a sum of money. We wish this wonderful young couple every success in this endeavour.

donating to the Refugio de Maria, in Sueca

The unprecedented DANA floods that struck Valencia, Spain on 29 October 2024, caused catastrophic human, economic, and ecological damages, resulting in 223 fatalities, the displacement of 15,000 residents, and long-term health and environmental consequences. On a recent visit to Valencia, AIdforAll President Connie Potter was able to go to the Refugio de Maria, in Sueca, near Valencia, an animal (mainly dogs) refuge that was heavily damaged by the DANA floods, and make a donation on behalf of our Association. These two women are doing fantastic work saving, caring for and rehoming abandoned and mistreated dogs.

a new, local collaboration with Dr. Francis Meier, head of Emergency and general GP at the Hospital de la Tour

A new collaboration, the first local one here in Geneva for AidforAll, with Dr. Francis Meier, head of Emergency Services and General Practitioner at the Hospital de la Tour, near CERN in Geneva and Fondation Carrefour will begin in October 2025 to support Dr Meier’s new weekly free medical consultation at the the Point d’Eau centre in Geneva. We are proud to support Dr. Meier with covering the cost of medication he prescribes to all those in need - homeless, underprivilege in the Geneva area.

Previous NEWS

LEBANON

AidforAll were contacted by some Lebanese members of the CERN community who have family in Lebanon and were asking if we could help with some aid for the tens of thousands of people who had left their homes in parts of Lebanon under bombing and were trying to find shelter in Beirut.

We have been fortunate in identifying a group of students at the University in Beirut who were already trying to help at schools that had been given permission to convert to shelters for these ‘refugees’. They told us there was little to no aid being given on the ground and that hygiene products, underwear and bedding were the essentials. Find out more on the Lebanon page.

FUNDRAISING

The CERN Music Club Hardronic Festival took place on Saturday 6 July and again, AidforAll were running the bar to raise funds for the Association. This popular festival held on the CERN site, and featuring bands comprised mainly of members of the worldwide CERN community, welcomed again almost 1000 people. Even the occasional bursts of rain didn’t stop them dancing and drinking all night long. We raised a good amount of money, thanks to a great team of friends and volunteers who helped set up the bar, built by our co-founder Chris Thomas, and named Chris’ Bar. We are very grateful to all those who helped and to the CERN Music Club for their continued support.

INDIA

In March 2024, co-founder Connie was at the Jhalak school in Kolkata to inaugurate the new sewing room at the school. Beautifully finished with white tiles and walls, and equipped with two manual sewing machines and plenty of materials, the room is open to all who want to come to learn to sew. We have a teacher who comes for 3 hours every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The sewing classes are proving extremely popular, averaging 12 to 15 women each day.

UPDATE:

Connie is returning in November 2024 to the school to expand the sewing room, and renovate the floors on other buildings!