{"id":4254,"date":"2023-04-27T01:12:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T23:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpvetica.ch\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2023-05-14T18:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T16:55:10","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helpvetica.ch\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;elliptical&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.22) 4%|rgba(0,0,0,0.71) 100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/helpvetica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/appenzellerland.jpg&#8221; background_size=&#8221;contain&#8221; min_height=&#8221;570px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;70%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||8px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>About us<\/h1>\n<p>Learn more about our association, the board of directors, and our motivation to help.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>The association<\/h1>\n<p>The HELPVETICA association was founded to help people in less privileged parts of the world to catch up with us and our safe, comfortable way of life with good opportunities for everyone. Our focus here is on beneficial help for self-help, especially in education. Since women are still disadvantaged or even excluded in many third-world countries, our focus here is primarily on women and girls. After all, they are usually the ones who hold societies together. 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In 2008\/2009 we have all worked together already in the squad of the same company and proved to be a harmonizing and successful team.  With HELPVETICA we want to prove this once again.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;70%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Holger Kappes&#8221; position=&#8221;Presidium &#038; Foreign Affairs&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/helpvetica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Portrait_HK1.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; position_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; position_text_color=&#8221;#006600&#8243; position_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; border_radii_image=&#8221;on|9px|9px|9px|9px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Computer scientist, born in 1967, I am an open-minded, life-affirming, inquisitive, pragmatic and helpful person, who gets around the world a lot through his hobbies &#8220;traveling &amp; photography&#8221; and has noticed that not all countries and people, like us in Europe, have arrived in the 21st century and its advantages yet. 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The meaningful support of disadvantaged groups of people is close to my heart. For this reason, I am happy to do voluntary work and it warms my heart and fills one with pride when one is allowed to follow the results.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Roland Raths&#8221; position=&#8221;Secretariat &#038; Public Relations&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/helpvetica.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Portrait_RR1.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; position_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; position_text_color=&#8221;#006600&#8243; position_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; border_radii_image=&#8221;on|9px|9px|9px|9px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Law studies at the Universities of Zurich and Bern. Court internship in the Canton of Zurich. Seven years with the Zurich Cantonal Tax Office, five of them as Chief Tax Commissioner. Specialized in the areas of trusts and foundations as a member of the management of a medium-sized trust company in Zurich. 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