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terre des hommes Germany
The goal of terre des hommes Germany is a “terre des hommes”, an “earth of humanity”. We protect children from slavery and exploitation, help refugee children, take care of the victims of war, violence and abuse and look after children’s upbringing and education. We support boys and girls whose families have died of AIDS, advocate for children’s right to a healthy environment and the protection of discriminated population groups. terre des hommes Germany supports more than 407 projects in 31 countries.
terre des hommes Schweiz
terre des hommes schweiz works with various national and international partners on the vision of a fairer world. We support the economic, political and social self-determination of young people in ten countries in Africa, Latin America and Switzerland. In principle, we work together with local partner organisations. Our main fields of action are violence prevention, education and income and Sexual and reproductive health and rights. Psychosocial support and youth participation are the two core approaches in our work.
terre des hommes Suisse
Terre des Hommes Suisse is an independent non-governmental organization based in Geneva. It is recognized as being of public utility. For more than 60 years, it has been committed to the cause of children and sustainable development by acting on 3 priorities: access to quality education adapted to the context of the child, protection of children against any form of violence, and empowerment of children in participating in decisions that affect them. The organization is present in 10 countries and 4 continents, where it works in partnership with more than 60 recognized local partners and committed to defending the rights of the child.
terre des hommes International Federation
terre des hommes Germany and terre des hommes Switzerland are members of the "terre des hommes International Federation". The Federation consists of 10 member sections.