The Aeschimann children (Swiss Stories 2017, by Didier Ruef) - Swiss Press Award
Didier Ruef
Switzerland. Basel. St. Jakobshalle. Dolma Knell (L), Yangchen Büchli (C) and Dicki Shitsetsang (R) greet and pay tribute to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. They offer him scarfs, called khata, with a humble bow before them, with head bent over and palms joined in respect. The three women are part of Aeschimann's children who arrived 50 years ago in Switzerland to receive custody on a private initiative by an influential Swiss industrialist, Charles Aeschimann. Yangchen Büchli (C) holds in her hand an old black and white picture shot before her departure and depicting her as child with the young Dalai Lama. 8.02.2015 © 2015 Didier Ruef
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Photo / Swiss Stories
2017
Didier Ruef
Half a century ago, 158 Tibetan children were taken in by Swiss families at the initiative of industrialist Charles Aeschimann. A report on the lives of these children, who have now become adults and are fully integrated into German-speaking Switzerland.
