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Ardan Michael Blum
A dachshund lover, cellist, Swiss-born American, consultant, volunteer, Freemason, generally center-left in outlook … and a geek.
- A Memory
In 2001, driven by a commitment to combat loneliness among the elderly, the NGO Vivre Avec le 3ème Âge was established in Geneva, Switzerland. Over the subsequent decade, this charity undertook a range of impactful initiatives. One of these involved securing and distributing substantial hardware and software donations from leading technology partners—Logitech, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft—to equip senior centers and nursing homes throughout French-speaking Switzerland. This would prove to be one of the charity's most significant achievements.
Another successful project was the creation of a website enabling senior citizens to share their life stories. The French-language site Histoires de Genève was developed for this purpose.
Cultural engagement was a key focus, exemplified by a free concert organized with the Swiss National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) at Geneva’s Victoria Hall.
The following year, a special winter holiday season dinner was hosted at Geneva's Brasserie Lipp, providing a festive gathering free of charge for eighty senior citizens.
These events represent only a selection of the diverse activities undertaken by Vivre Avec le 3ème Âge. Further details can be found in the accompanying press articles.
