
Cheap breaks for struggling fathers
Switzerland may be a rich country but many single mothers and divorced fathers with children find it hard to make ends meet. One company gives them a chance to get away from it all, despite their tight budgets.

I have a wealth of experience as a journalist working in Switzerland and enjoy producing videos, articles and podcasts on a range of subjects, recently focused mainly on politics and the environment. Born in the UK, I studied law at Nottingham University, then went on to attend the first-ever post-graduate radio journalism college in London. After working as a radio journalist in the UK and then Switzerland from 1984 to 1995, I returned to the UK to complete a post-graduate diploma in film at Bournemouth Film School. I have been working as a video journalist ever since.
The company Reka offers heavily subsidised vacations to parents who could not otherwise afford to holiday with their children. swissinfo.ch meets four fathers on the ‘Hello Pa’ scheme at a Reka village in Wildhaus, north eastern Switzerland. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch)
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