Terre des hommes foundation (Tdh foundation) Updates

This statement is delivered on behalf of 109 NGOs, including humanitarian organizations with operations in countries covered by the GHO. We are witnessing unspeakable human suffering due to the...

Since the war broke out a year ago, losing family and seeing loved ones killed is what children in Gaza face everyday. The children will carry what they have seen with them for the rest of their...

In July the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a historic advisory opinion concluding that Israel’s decades long occupation and annexation of Palestinian territory is unlawful because it...

Bogotá. 21 de mayo de 2024. Motivados por los eventos de violencia perpetrados por actores en el marco del conflicto armado, durante las últimas semanas en el país que han afectado la vida de niñas,...

Next week marks two years since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. How are the children who live near the front line or who have been forced to flee their homes feeling? And how is humanitarian aid...

From Gaza to the West Bank, Palestinian children are under attack. Even children who will survive to see the next ceasefire are traumatised and will live with debilitating memories for the rest of...

More than a million Afghan refugees and migrants are being forced to return to Afghanistan, leaving many with nowhere to go once they cross the border. Terre des hommes Lausanne, the leading Swiss...

We have witnessed unfathomable death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Thousands of people have been killed, injured, displaced, and nearly two hundred remain held hostage, including...

Drawing New Ways on Empowering Girls and Adolescents and Reducing Child Marriage in the MENA Region Terre des hommes Lausanne launches a “Child Marriage Model of Action for the Middle East and North...

The Syrian people are mourning 10 years of war and millions of displaced people. The consequences of the conflict is disturbing and threaten their mental health. The Swiss child relief organisation...

Guinea has been facing a resurgence of the Ebola virus since February 13. The population's reluctance to be vaccinated may hamper response efforts. The Swiss children's relief organisation Terre des...

Joint News Release Bangkok, 11 October 2020 - Six of the world’s largest child-focused international development sector organisations comprised of World Vision International, ChildFund Alliance, Plan...

**A qualitative study conducted by the child relief organisation Terre des hommes among Syrian refugee communities in Lebanon and Jordan explains the causal link between refugee status, the...

The past decade has seen a gradual increase in terrorism-related crimes; a phenomenon that is accompanied by a growing trend of involvement of children and youth in terrorism-related offences. This...

In response to the pandemic in West Africa, the Swiss children's aid organisation Terre des hommes is developing new functionalities on its digital diagnostic tool deployed in 1200 clinics in Burkina...

In Bangladesh, Greece and Lebanon, refugee families were already living in very precarious conditions. Housed in tents or emergency shelters, they are now suffering the full force of the devastating...

Overcrowding in prisons and limited access to medical care pose a threat to the health of imprisoned children in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Terre des hommes is active in many prisons...

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, it poses risks for children and families living in vulnerable situations worldwide: access to medical care is compromised, education disrupted and mental distress...

The conflict with Boko Haram has uprooted more than two million people in their own country, 80% of which are children and women. Displaced through attacks on their hometowns, families have been...

Access to drinking water is one of the top fundamental needs to be covered in an emergency. 210 million children living in situations of fragility or conflict do not have such access. Epidemics like...