from late 1944 to 1948, he was the manager of swiss donation, and from 1948 swiss european aid (seh). he started aid for germany. from 1949 to 1970, he was a member of the international red cross icrc in geneva. in 1958, he led the east swiss evangelical home of wartensee. he founded the swiss aid organization for non-european areas (shag) with regina kägi-fuchsmann.