Terre des hommes (Tdh) was founded in 1960 and is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid.
Terre des hommes Foundation has been active in Greece continuously since 2016, contributing to the improvement of the child protection system and to the reform of social assistance. We also facilitate the participation of children in the development of their communities.
Each year, thousands of children and parents benefit from the projects that Tdh implements in Greece.
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- To protect and promote children's rights by strengthening the protection system. We mobilize communities to prevent risk situations and we collaborate with social workers, coaches, trainers, and other professionals to protect children from abuse and neglect. We seek to increase children’s and youth’s resilience; we help them participate in making decisions that concern them. We invest in education, health, social services, and infrastructure in order to improve the lives of all children in Greece.
- To support children, youth and families affected by migration. In this field, our priorities are preventing children’s and youth’s unsafe migration and making sure that children already affected by migration have access to their fundamental rights.
- To change practices in the Greek justice system to ensure that each child has access to a justice that is respecting their rights and is adapted to their specific situation and needs. We do this by building the capacities of professionals to work in a multidisciplinary way on individual assessments of children involved in criminal proceedings. We also empower children to become agents of change and advocate for child-centered justice. Tdh encourages a restorative approach and a reduction of recidivism.
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid. Through our health, protection and emergency relief programmes, we provide assistance to over four million children and their families in around 40 countries each year.
We aspire to a world in which the rights of children, as defined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, are always respected. A world in which children can thrive in safe environments and become the agents of change they wish to see in their lives.
Terre des hommes, founded in 1960, is an independent, neutral and impartial Swiss organisation committed to bringing meaningful and lasting change to the lives of children and youth, especially to those most exposed to risks. We strive to improve their well-being and ensure the effective application of their rights as defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant human rights instruments. To make a difference, we focus on the areas of maternal and child health, children and youth migration, and access to justice. We aim to empower children and youth through active participation. We advocate for the respect of children’s rights, supporting them in voicing their needs and interests. We work in fragile and conflict-affected settings, as well as in stable environments.
- We act in the best interests of the child, based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant human rights instruments.
- We foster local partners’ ownership of projects and actions, reinforce local systems to support and enable various national and local stakeholders to provide expertise and best practices
- We implement humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding activities.
- We partner with other organisations to advocate for the respect of children’s rights.
- We strive for sustainable change in all our actions and programs by creating a positive impact.
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