Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid.
Terre des hommes Foundation has been active in Ukraine continuously from 2015, since the beginning of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, contributing to the improvement of the child protection system and social assistance reform. We also promote children's participation in the development of their communities.
Prior to the full-scale invasion, we implemented a wide range of projects focusing on psychosocial support, as well as skills development and access to innovation, youth entrepreneurship, child participation, and individualized support for mine victims. In June 2022, Tdh launched an emergency response project to support internally displaced families with children and local host communities in western Ukraine and continues its support in 12 oblasts.
Humanitarian aid for internally displaced families: We improve the wellbeing of internally displaced children and their families by equipping accommodation centers, addressing their specific needs related to the winter period and providing cash assistance for families to cover basic needs.
Child protection: We strengthen the child protection system, improve provision of social services, and prevent risky situations by mobilizing communities and training social workers, teachers and other professionals in this field.
Psychosocial support: To help children and their families overcome stress and trauma, psychosocial support is provided through child-friendly spaces, learning spaces and mobile teams, based on Tdh methodologies. Positive parenting sessions are as well provided. The group activities are organized by local partners trained by Tdh or by Tdh mobile teams.
- “Ukraine Joint Response” (3 years, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- “Provision of psycho-social services for adolescents, youth, parents and educators in settlements near the contact line in Luhansk and Donetsk regions” (2 years, UNICEF and European Union)
- “Digital fabrication for vocational education” (1 year, USAID project “Economic Support for Eastern Ukraine”)
- “Young Citizens” (1 year, USAID project “Democratic Governance East Activity”),
- “Psychosocial well-being and an inclusive environment for children in Eastern Ukraine” (1 year, UNICEF)
- “CASTLE - Children left behind by labour migration: supporting Moldovan and Ukrainian transnational families in the EU” (2 years, European Commission)
- “ACTIV - Act against violence” (3 years, Active Citizens Fund Romania, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants 2014 - 2021)
- “Youth entrepreneurship” (3 years, Federation Vaudoise Cooperation – FEDEVACO, Switzerland),
- "SMILE - Support for children and their families during Migration and Integration in new Local Environments" (1 year, Oak Foundation and the Crisis and Support Center of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs)
- "ProAction - Improving Access to Housing, Education and Quality Social Services for Children and Families in Ukraine" (1 year, Swiss Solidarity, Crisis and Support Center of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs)
- "Courage in the palms of hands - Strengthening the protection of internally displaced children" (1 year, Ukraine Humanitarian Fund)
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"Preparing schools to be sites of social cohesion" (1 year, German Federal Company "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit" (GIZ) GmbH)
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid.
Operating in 30 countries, Tdh works with its own teams and local and international partners to develop and implement projects that significantly improve the daily lives of more than 4 million children and their communities every year, with a particular focus on maternal and child health, migration and access to justice for children.
We strive for 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 live in a safe environment and become the agents of change they want to see in their lives.
We strive to make meaningful and lasting changes in the lives of children and youth.
We ensure the well-being of children and the effective realization of their rights.
To make a difference, we pay special attention to issues such as maternal and child health, migration of children and youth, and access to justice.
We encourage the active participation of children and youth to empower them.
We advocate for the rights of children and support them in expressing their needs and interests.
We work in both fragile and conflict-affected environments and in stable environments.
