For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
24 April 2015 – Terre des Hommes condemns the short-sightedness and hypocrisy with which the heads of state of the European Union have decided to deal with the humanitarian emergency unfolding before our eyes. The decisions taken during the Summit of yesterday do not respond in the slightest to Terre des Hommes demand to address the […]
CONTINUE READING →Terre des Hommes Position Paper There is no more time. Fortress Europe has to open its doors to human lives. Terre des Hommes urges the European Council and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to initiate clear and decisive interventions recognizing and protecting the right to life and […]
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 →8 April 2015 – Syria’s Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp is a small snapshot of a wider war. But it presents the clearest of pictures of overwhelming distress and destruction, and the loudest of messages of the need to find a way out. At least 3,500 children are today trapped inside Yarmouk. Terre Des Hommes calls for […]
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 […]
CONTINUE READING →Terre des Hommes: “Channels for regular arrivals of migrants, now ! The sole priority is to save lives. The rest is just words.” Milano/Brussels, 03 October 2014 – A year after the tragic sinking of Lampedusa, which highlighted the danger of leaving migration flows in the hands of smugglers, Terre des Hommes continues asking the […]
CONTINUE READING →05 September 2014 – The conflict in Iraq has led to approximately 1.45 million displaced people in 2014 alone. Large number of the population remains trapped due to the conflict, in fear of violent attacks and with no access to basic resources and humanitarian assistance. Children in need Children represent a high proportion of the […]
CONTINUE READING →01 August 2014 – The Israeli offensive “protective Border” in the Gaza Strip started on 17th of July. This is the bloodiest since 2009 and the fourth since the Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. More than 1,444 Palestinians died so far. Three-quarters were civilians according to the UN, about 250 children. On Israeli side, […]
CONTINUE READING →12 November 2013 – Saturday 9 November 2013: Haiyan, the most murderous typhon in the Philippines devasted Leyte province. Estimates talk between 2500 and 10.000 people died so far. Around 10 milion people affected. More than 600.000 displaced persons. Access for humanitarian intervention remains largely obstructed. Along international community and humanitarian actors, Terre des Hommes […]
CONTINUE READING →Lampedusa, 17th October 2013 – The conditions for the assistance of children at the Center of First Aid (Centro di Primo Soccorso) in Lampedusa are absolutely unacceptable. Designated for the reception of a maximum 250 people, the Center is now hosting around 800 people, about 200 of them are children. There are many families with […]
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