Daniel and Claude Heini receive Swiss Re’s 2007 Civilian Prize in recognition of their outstanding contribution to The Hunger Project Switzerland

The Swiss Re Civilian Service Prize was created in 2000 by Ulrich Bremi, former President of the Board of Directors of Swiss Re, through a generous Swiss Re share endowment. Since 2001, the Prize is awarded annually to one or several personalities who have made outstanding contributions to a common cause in parallel to their professional activities.

On the occasion of Swiss Re’s Annual General Meeting held on 20 April 2007, Peter Forstmoser , President of the Board of Directors of Swiss Re, conferred the Civilian Service Prize 2007 (Milizpreis) to the brothers Dr. Daniel Heini and Dr. Claude Heini. The Prize recognizes both brothers’ longstanding and strong commitment to the development of the Swiss Hunger Project. Both brothers have been actively engaged in this project since the 1990s, working in parallel to their professional careers which both are pursuing at UBS, Daniel Heini in the function of Regional Counsel for Latin America of Global Wealth Management and Business Banking, and Claude Heini as Head Business Learning, Education & Development.

The Hunger Project Switzerland was created in 1983. It is part of the Global Hunger Project. Daniel Heini is President of the Association “The Hunger Project Switzerland”. Claude Heini is its Vice President. The Association’s activities are focusing on raising funds in support of the activities of the Global Hunger Project whose primary goal is to overcome chronic hunger in developing countries. According to the annual report for 2005, the Hunger Project Switzerland raised over CHF 250’000.- in that year alone.

The activities of the Hunger Project Switzerland thus support one of the United Nation’s Millennium Goals, namely to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015.

In tackling its challenging task, the Hunger Project pursues: 

• the development of programmes with catalyst effect which strengthen individual responsibility and promote existing potential
• the strengthening of the position of women, e.g. by enabling access to
  microcredits
• the long-term consolidation of the results of development cooperation
  through market economy-based frameworks.

Further information on the winners’ activities: http://www.hungerprojekt.ch/news

For information on past winners of the Civilian Service Prize and and information leaflet on the framework conditions for the submission of applications: www.swissre.com/milizpreis

Photo (left to right): Ulrich Bremi, Daniel Heini, Claude Heini, Peter Forstmoser