Why you?

By vonbergendotnet

Because they matter. We matter. It could be you, me, them… too much suffering seen? Let’s take a step together. Tip the balance into the right direction. A bit more help, a bit more solidarity and justice. I care – do you? Come with me and see – glimpses of here, today. Understand because you see in .raw .

How come I dare? 34 years in this world, 7 in humanitarian emergencies from Sierra Leone to Angola, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Chad (border to Darfur) and Colombia. Make it “swiss” for neutral and “ex-banker” for serious.

Hope to see you around! Cheers, Michael von Bergen

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  1. 1 nongnut gasser
    31 2008f May 2008 at 10:20 am

    why don t have fotos from thai temple in Gretzenbach?????

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  2. 2 nongnut gasser
    3 2008f June 2008 at 6:03 pm

    Thank you very much and
    fotos very nice.
    wish you have a good time in every where

    Nongnut

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  3. 3 jaxon
    25 2009f March 2009 at 6:20 pm

    I am a von Bergen — just found this — just curious. Father was always somewhat cryptic, and I never really cared for geneology — too painstaking of a task, I guess. Maybe a decade ago, a man by the name of John von Bergen contacted me — in SA, working for General Dynamics — YIKES!! and doing geneology. Guess I scared him off, as I never heard from him again — must have been something I said which came from my father’s mouth — like we are not proud of our male line, all war mongers. I can see you are not of that ilk, but are attempting to do good works. God bless.

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