Munay comes from the indigenous Quecha language in South America.
The Munay Foundation dedicates its activities to the Munay-Ki.
“Munay” stands for love and will power, “Ki” stands for energy.
Munay-Ki reminds us that we wish to engage in an active,
loving and positive way.​
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Past Projects
GREENPEACE
climate change
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Greenpeace works for a sustainable and just world. Climate change is one of the great challenges that humanity is currently facing. The focus of Greenpeace’s main activities is on raising awareness to human behaviour with all its facets.
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We decided to move our support elsewhere in 2024. The decision was taken because Greenpeace has now reached "mainstream". We feel that Greenpeace is no longer the "lonely rebel" and has sometimes joined others in the shaming and blaming game, and using donations also for legal support and the instrumentalisation of people.
Munay Awards
Haiko Nitschke receives the Munay Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
In 2017, at age 70, Haiko Nitschke is honored for his work. He is the pioneer of the vision quest movement in the German-speaking world. The Vision Quest is a very old and widely used method of the search for meaning and self-healing in all cultures of the world. ‘Go into the wilderness, bless yourself and learn.’ With this invitation, for example, Native Americans have been sent to a vision search at turning points in their lives. The goal of this journey into the outer and inner loneliness is the examination of the eternal cycle of life and death. It makes it possible to reconnect with life, to recognize the meaning of one’s own existence and to find its own personal task of life.​
Since 1992, he has supervised vision search groups. Between 1997 and 2015 he also conducted training in
visionquest management and one-year pedagogical trainings in initiatory natural experience. In 1997
Haiko Nitschke founded “ÖKOSYS Institute for Ecological Systemic Education” (www.oekosys.org) and
chaired it for nine years. He was also a staff member of the American School of Lost Borders,
and a board member and member of the Elder Council of the WGC Wilderness Guides Council.
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Who We Are
Founded in 2015, we are a family charity.
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We are devoted to ameliorate and uplift mankind mentally, and to support nature by
contributing to the healing of our planet with a vision of sustainability and gratitude.
Also, we believe in the concept "helping people to help themselves".
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​Roland is the founder and president of the Foundation. His family contributes to the discussions and also
visits some of the projects occasionally. One of his sons is a member of the board.
Roland Leutwiler
Roland is an entrepreneur (www.rolandleutwiler.com). He holds a BS in Business Administration from the Zurich Business School and has completed an MBA-type Program at the International Bankers School, New York. Further studies include the Sommer School Program On The Global Financial System at Harvard University. He was a founding partner of GL Funds AG, now Bellecapital Partners (www.bellecapital.ch), a former Chief Investment Officer of Credit Suisse, New York and also a former President of the Grasshopper Club Zurich (www.gcz.ch).
Get Involved
we do not respond to requests for support or project reviews at this time
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DONATIONS
Munay Foundation, Arosa, Switzerland
IBAN CH19 0077 4010 3067 7440 0
SWIFT GRKBCH2270A
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we do not accept anonymous donations
donations are tax-deductible in Switzerland