Terre des Hommes Annual Report 2024
Protecting children from violence & exploitation, Child Labour, Children on the move, Annual Report
In 2024, children faced intensifying global challenges amidst a decline in resources and political will to uphold their rights. In response, the Terre des Hommes International Federation remained unwavering in its commitment, reaching 6,785,210 children and young people across 105 countries through collaborative action with 857 partner organisations. Our work focused on pioneering innovation and advocacy to protect children’s environmental rights, combat all forms of violence—including online exploitation and forced labour—and deliver vital humanitarian assistance in crises such as Gaza and Ukraine. Despite a daunting global outlook, we strengthened alliances, secured political commitments, and advocated for groundbreaking legislation, demonstrating that together, we can build a future where every child’s rights are protected and advanced.
See the projects and their impact on children and their communities in 2024 by viewing or downloading the pdf here.
Terre des Hommes Annual Report 2023
Protecting children from violence & exploitation, Child Labour, Children on the move, Annual Report
In 2023, children and young people have faced substantial and growing challenges, and the enforcement of their rights has further declined worldwide. In response, Terre des Hommes intensified its efforts: together with 886 partner organisations, we supported almost 7,000,000 children and young people, their families and communities in 68 countries, through innovative programmes, advocacy and campaigns -and notably by ensuring fruitful collaborative initiatives with children and youth.
Starting with the environmental crisis, 2023 being the hottest year on record, it underscored the urgent need for action to protect the planet for current and future generations and the importance of joining forces with and empowering children and young people in these efforts. Terre des Hommes supported children, their families and communities in countries significantly affected such as Thailand, the Philippines, India, Nepal, Peru and Zimbabwe.
Combatting all forms of violence against children and young people, including abuse and exploitation, has also been a priority of the Federation. In 2023, we delivered innovative programmes to support children involved in forced labour and their families in Asia and Latin America. Terre des Hommes supported emergency responses to several conflicts, including in Gaza, where we redoubled efforts to provide essential assistance to children and young people.
See the projects and their impact on children and their communities in 2023 on the online Annual Report webpage or download the pdf version here
Terre des Hommes Annual Report 2022
Protecting children from violence & exploitation, Child Labour, Children on the move, Annual Report
In 2022, some progress was made in advancing child and youth participation in global policy and decision-making processes. To amplify children’s voices everywhere, we facilitated their participation -for the first time ever- at the 5th Global Conference on the elimination of child labour held, by the International Labour Organisation, in May 2022.
However, the challenges of 2022 have been formidable, marked by multiple crises that unfolded simultaneously and that were often interconnected. The lingering socio-economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the inflation in energy and food prices due to the conflict in Ukraine, plunged millions of families into poverty and widened global inequalities making children more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
In the face of these adversities, Terre des Hommes took proactive and robust measures to safeguard children’s rights worldwide. More specifically, we prioritised ensuring a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable environment for children, ending all forms of violence against them as well as abuse and exploitation, improving the protection of children on the move, and finally, enhancing child and youth participation. This year, through the implementation of 890 projects in 68 countries across the globe, we have supported 8,204,543 persons –children and young people as well as their family and community members.
See the projects and their impact on children and their communities in 2022 on the Terre des Hommes Annual Report here.
Terre des Hommes Annual Report 2021
Protecting children from violence & exploitation, Child Labour, Children on the move, Annual Report
Active child and youth participation has been a crucial response in 2021, a time in which children may not hold so many fond memories due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This crisis has posed multiple challenges: it has exacerbated existing children’s vulnerabilities while enhancing the number of children in vulnerable situations. And it has substantially increased child poverty, inequalities and violence against children across the world.
Children and their families have also experienced other consequences of the environmental crisis, as communities have been struck by unexpected floods and landslides as well as an increase in droughts, which affect their health and protection.
Confronted with these very difficult conditions, Terre des Hommes continued to strongly believe that we can build back a better world for and with children. And we further engaged to address the challenges of the pandemic, poverty, inequalities and violence, through our 730 projects, across 67 different countries while campaigning for the rights of the child.
See the projects and their impact on children and their communities in 2021 on the Terre des Hommes Annual Report here.