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Martin’s vision: The Amazon Swim. From Atalaya, Peru to Belem, Brazil

My name is Martin Strel. I’m from a very small but beautiful country called Slovenia. It’s a small country, a tiny country, but over the last 6 years, I, for one, have set myself and achieved, some incredibly large goals: – To be the first and only person to swim the Danube river – 1877 [...]

Increasing life quality in Peru with Solar Energy

At the beginning of January, Swiss solar energy engineer Simon Rüegsegger is flying to Peru and staying there for the next three years. On behalf of the Bethlehem Mission Immensee (link), he will participate in a project that will introduce simple solar energy techniques to the population high up in the Andes. Until roughly a [...]

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