«Moral courage for equal opportunities in the workplace»
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2023
2022
«Commitment to young people from Appenzell to Ouagadougou»
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2020
Competence centre for sports for the disabled in Switzerland
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2016
Working tirelessly over four generations for the well-being and development of children
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2015
Working tirelessly with Aids victims in Zimbabwe
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2013
Voluntarily engaged for 125 years
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2012
2011
Helping socially marginalized young people
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* In April 2017, the achievements of Jürg Jegge – for which he was awarded the Doron Prize – were overshadowed when serious misconduct on the part of the prize winner came to light. The Foundation Board utterly condemns this misconduct, but will not strip Mr Jegge of the prize as he has not been convicted under criminal law at present.
2010
Adult home placements in farm families
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2008
Solar cookers to preserve Madagascar’s tropical rain forests
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2007
Hospital clowns for sick children
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2005
For providing durable aid to children in distress.
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2004
For its role as social worker and employer in one.
2003
For encouraging young people to volunteer for farm work for over 70 years.
For giving ambulatory help to victims of torture and war.
2002
For his live-long dedication to the benefits of other people.
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2001
For 45 years of education and humanitarian help in Northern Greece.
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2000
For his initiatives in developing self-help groups for people who suffer from depression.
For humanitarian aid in third world countries, including projects for street children.
1999
For training dogs and their masters to assist in therapeutic treatments.
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To Dr. h.c. Sigmund Feigel for protecting minority rights in Switzerland.
1998
(special award)
For his life-long mentoring of humanitarian projects worldwide.
For his life-long mentoring of humanitarian projects worldwide.
1996
For establishing and administering the Swiss branch of the international humanitarian organization.
1994
For medical and social support to an isolated mountain area.
1992
For the establishment of a pioneering air rescue organization.
(special award)
For WWII rescue efforts of Jewish children in occupied France.
For WWII rescue efforts of Jewish children in occupied France.
1991
For development projects in Northeast Brazil.
For developing solar energy technology and for research securing nuclear power stations.
1990
To volunteers who undertake special rescue training in the disciplines required for saving lives.
1989
For establishing and administering a home for rehabilitation of drug addicts.
1988
For research on the correlation of human beings and the environment.
To volunteers staffing a 24-hour hotline for the distressed.
1987
For diligent and successful management of Swiss Alpine Region assistance programs.
1986
To volunteers for training dogs to work in rescue efforts during catastrophes.
For the establishment and management of a home and handicraft centre for disabled persons.