For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
August 23, 2018 Twenty-seven migrant children were finally allowed to disembark from the Italian coastguard ship Diciotti yesterday, after being refused permission to leave for almost a week by Interior Minister of Italy Matteo Salvini. A Terre des Hommes employee at the scene describes what she experienced watching them leave the ship. In the last […]
CONTINUE READING →Terre des Hommes launches Nonscuoterlo! (Don’t shake the baby), the first Italian national awareness campaign to prevent the Shaken Baby Syndrome. Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)/Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) is one of the leading causes of death and disability in infants and young children. SBS/AHT describes symptoms resulting from violently shaking a child, direct blows to […]
CONTINUE READING →On the International Day of the Girl, Terre des Hommes is launching the Orange Revolution across Italy to stamp out violence against girls and gender discrimination – and instead spread a culture of respect across the country and beyond. Over 100 Italian municipalities will paint themselves orange in support of the campaign – saying “NO!” […]
CONTINUE READING →The handbook, ‘FARO Model Handbook: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support to Unaccompanied Minors and Families with Children in Reception Centres‘, is based on a multilevel system of intervention, responding to migrant children’s needs depending on where they arrive (hotspots, harbours, reception centres etc.). The handbook accurately describes the ways of working and main challenges and […]
CONTINUE READING →As yet more Palestinian children were detained by Israeli forces in East Jerusalem in April, the need for a high quality education system for the Palestinian side of the city is obvious. East Jerusalem houses around 300,000 Palestinians, 39 percent of whom are children. A third of Palestinian homes lack Israeli-issued building permits – placing […]
CONTINUE READING →Worldwide, about 70 million girls aged between 15 and 19 have been victims of some form of physical violence and about 200 million girls have been victims of genital mutilation. Every year, around 15 million girls get married before turning 18 and about 16 million girls aged 15 -19 give birth to a child. Every […]
CONTINUE READING →The 7.8-magnitude quake struck Ecuador’s Pacific Coast on Saturday (April 16), killing at least 500 people and injuring more than 4,000. This is the worst earthquake to strike Ecuador in decades. The damage to homes and infrastructure are considerable, especially in the areas close to the epicenter (located on the border between the provinces of Manabi and […]
CONTINUE READING →©Terre des Hommes Foundation Lausanne 28 April 2015 – Terre des Hommes has been mobilizing its teams in Nepal immediately after the earthquake. Together with our Nepalese NGO partners, we are providing immediate relief to the population, first aid kits and non-food items, water, hygienic kits, health care and immediate measures of child protection. In the meanwhile, […]
CONTINUE READING →Migrants Tragedies in the Mediterranean Europe must open humanitarian corridors from departure countries European leaders: political responsibility and concrete actions now! 19.04.2015 – Urgency is to open humanitarian corridors for those fleeing from conflicts and to put in place an adequate and serious rescue at sea operation to prevent tragedies like today. Terre des Hommes […]
CONTINUE READING →23 March 2015 – One year since the first cases of Ebola were detected. The virus has infected 24,000 people and killed 10,000 (source :WHO), among them a lot of children. It has affected mainly three countries : Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Despite a significant decrease in the number of cases, the epidemic is not over and […]
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