ESMERALDA CHARITY CUP

The tournament was founded by the Limmat Foundation’s project director, Juan J. Alarcon.
Together with Martin Holz, at the time club champion of the Lucerne Golf Club, he organized the first Esmeralda Charity Tournament to fund projects for street children in Colombia. The founders were actively supported by Olympic medalists Pirmin Zurbriggen and Max Julen.
On July 6, 1996, both ski champions proved themselves successful athletes on the fairways of the Lucerne Golf Club. 10,000 CHF were booked in 1996 as the proceeds of that pioneer Esmeralda Tournament, which enabled 100 children from a slum in Cartagena to attend elementary school for a year.

Since then, the Esmeralda Charity Cup has continued to grow, and now belongs to the most traditional tournaments on the Swiss charity golf scene.
In the past 25 years, 12,000 enthusiastic golfers have raised 2’700’000 Swiss francs. 100% of the proceeds have been channeled into 46 projects, improving living conditions for about 32,500 children.
All of the projects are sustainable and continue operations without further foreign financing.

FOR THE STREET CHILDREN

More than 25,000 children and youngsters live on the streets of Colombia day and night.
Most of them have run away from home to escape the human misery (physical and mental abuse, alcoholism, quarrels) and poverty of the family.

The street children try to earn a living with irregular jobs, such as washing car windscreens, selling cigarettes, recycling rubbish, or by committing small theft.
Prostitution, especially for girls, is also a source of income.

Their bed is the sidewalk; their blanket, the sky; their food, often cheap drugs (glue, gasoline). Abandoned and pursued, they have no life befitting a human being.
Without education and training, they have no prospects.

SUPPORTED PROJECTS

PROJECTS 2022

Former child soldiers catch up on schooling and vocational training to integrate into civilian life

Training daycare mothers who nurture young children living in poverty

Esmeralda Charity Cup 1996 – 2022

Since 1998, every year around 625 underprivileged children are receiving integral care and the opportunity for better future.
The following list is impressive in that many of the projects have been implemented and are sustainably effective and continue without additional foreign financing.

  • Vocational training in innovative argricultur for rural youth.
  • Support for slum children with school dificit due to corona restrictions.
  • Saberes: praxis-oriented training and coaching for day care providers, Colombia.
  • Iwoka: Reintegration of School Dropouts, Pereira.
  • Aluna: Centre for Curative Education, Cartagena.
  • Reintegration of former child soldiers, Medellín.
  • Saberes: training for day care providers: Diploma course for women from the simplest circumstances.
  • Reintegration of former child soldiers, Medellín.
  • Saberes: training for day care providers: Diploma course for women from the simplest circumstances.
  • Training and continuing education for special education teachers, Cartagena.
  • Peacemakers at Problem Schools, Cali.
  • Praxis-oriented training and coaching for day care providers, so called Madres Comunitarias. Care and education of small children, Colombia.
  • Job-oriented training for youth, Cali.
  • Saberes: Praxis-oriented training and coaching for day care providers, so called Madres Comunitarias, who take care for small children in Slums, Colombia.
  • Coaching and reintegration of school dropouts, Pereira.
  • Praxis-oriented training for daycare providers, Columbia.
  • A specialized team at a therapeutic school cares for handicapped children at home, Cartagena.
  • Construction of a kindergarten for 350 children from a slum in Cali.
  • Daycare and Kindergarten for 120 Children of Needy Families, Yumbo.
  • Expanding the La Maria Boarding School, El Zarzal for 120 street children, Valle del Cauca.
  • Vocational Education for 450 young people from the slums, Fundesia, Cali.
  • Expanding the La Maria Boarding School, El Zarzal for 120 street children, Valle del Cauca.
  • Vocational Education for 175 Teenage Mothers, Funcación Juan Felipe Gomez, Cartagena de Indias.
  • Saberes: training for day care providers for 350 young people and day nannies, Actuar por Bolivar, Cartagena de Indias.
  • The expansion of the San Gabriel Elementary School for 150 children, Fundesia, Cali.
  • Construction of playrooms and schoolrooms for 1,300 children and the training of teachers, Cali.
  • Construction of carpentry, electrical wiring and car repair workshops at the Bosconia-Marcelino School for 240 young people, Fundación Servicio Juvenil, Cali.
  • The establishment of the Línea 106 child helpline, 700 “cases” of children, CorpoLatin, Cartagena.
  • Expansion of the Helpline 106 for children, 650 “cases” of children, CorpoLatin, Medellín, Manizales.
  • Construction of the Kindergarten Amiguitos for 300 children, Club 20-30, Cali.
  • Bosconia-Pacífico Center for the care and education of 400 street children, Fundación Servicio Juvenil, Buenaventura.
  • Construction Educational Center Edupaz for 150 disadvantaged children, Fundesia, Cali.
  • Construction Educational Center Edupaz for 150 disadvantaged children, Fundesia, Cali
  • Expansion of the Helpline 106 for children, 700 “cases” of children, CorpoLatin, Cali.
  • Construction of a vocational training center for 150 young people from the slums, Actuar por Bolivar, Cartagena.
  • Construction of the Bosconia-Pacific Center for 400 street children, Fundación Servicio Juvenil, Buenaventura.
  • Construction of the Home Las Palmas for 80 abandoned girls, Fundación Hogar de la Luz, Cali.
  • Construction of the Bosconia-Caribic Center for 170 street children, Fundación Servicio Juvenil, Galerazamba.
  • Construction and furnishing of a crèche and kindergarten for 200 children, Actuar por Bolivar, Cartagena.
  • Construction and furnishing of a school for 60 mentally handicapped children, Grupo Colombo Suizo de Pedagogía Especial, Cartagena.
  • Construction and furnishing of a crèche and kindergarten for 150 children, Fundación Hogar Juvenil, Cartagena.
  • Music School at the Bosconia-Nemocon Training Center for 125 young people, Fundación Servicio Juvenil, Bogotà.
  • Construction and furnishing of a crèche and kindergarten for 150 children, Actuar por Bolivar Cartagena.
  • Construction and furnishing of a center for care and education for 100 street children, Fundación Servicio Juvenil, Zarzal.
  • Expansion of the pedagogical facilities for 40 handicapped children, Grupo Colombo Suizo de Pedagogía Especial, Cartagena.
  • School facilities for 200 working children at the marketplace, YMCA, Cali
  • Day-care center Patio-Bosconia for 70 street children, Fundación Servicio Juvenil, Medellin.
  • Construction of a kindergarten and crèche for 180 children, Fundación Gotas de Amor, Cartagena.
  • Construction and furnishing of a school canteen for 220 children, Fundación Hogar Juvenil, Cartagena.
  • Construction and furnishing of a home for 30 young girls, Fundación Hogar de la Luz, Cali.
  • Scholarships for 100 needy out-of-school children, Fundación Hogar Juvenil, Cartagena.

TOURNAMENTS DATES AND RESULTS

QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS 2022

MATCH VENUE
GC Goldenberg – Thu, 02.06.2022
GC Heidental – Wed, 13.07.2022
GC Crans-sur-Sierre – Sun, 31.07.2022
GC Bad Ragaz – Thu, 11.08.2022

 

RULES

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Teams of 2 players 4 ball best ball, stableford, 3/4 hcp.

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The two best gross scores and the four best net scores will qualify for the final.

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The tournaments are open to guests with maximum handicap 30 (ASGI members max. handicap 24, whenever accepted by the clubs).

FEES AND GREEN FEES

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Start fee:CHF120 or EUR 110 as contribution to the projects.
The main sponsor, J. Safra Sarasin Bank will match the start fees from the players.

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Green fee for non members: normal green fee (between CHF 100 and 130, depending on the Golf club).
Some of the golf clubs also contribute half of the green fees to the street children projects.

PRIZES

For each tournament

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5 bests net teams

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2 bests gross teams

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6 times closest to the pin (different for ladies and for men)

… and many more!
 
All the prizes are provided for by our co-sponsors:
100% of the golfers’ contribution goes to the projects for the street children

SPECIAL PRIZE

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The winners of the net competition at the final (Wylihof) will travel to Colombia, where they will visit the Limmat Foundation’s street children projects.

Bank J. Safra Sarasin is a leading Swiss private bank whose many years of banking experience has made it consciously opt for sustainability as a key component of its corporate philosophy.
It provides a high level of service and expertise when acting as investment advisor and asset manager for private and institutional clients.

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Other contributions to the street children projects are welcome. The Limmat Foundation guarantees that 100% of the proceeds from the golf charity cup will be used for the street children projects.
 
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