Palestinian Territories
Terre des hommes (Tdh) has been active in the Palestinian Territories since 1973. Projects are held in restorative juvenile justice, child protection network, child labour and psychosocial support. In 2011 more than 21,800 people benefitted from Tdh activities.
The context
More than 60 years of conflict have resulted in deepening poverty throughout the West Bank and Gaza. Special attention needs to be paid on children who represent more than half of the total population. Many Palestinian children live in an environment of violence, fear and limited horizon. They grow up in armed conflict conditions leading to several tens of deaths among them each year. Every day these children witness and suffer from violence which causes increasing psychological distress. Besides that food insecurity concerns most of the popula-tion which leads to malnutrition. Socio-economic conditions are difficult and access to employment, health and education is limited.
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34.311562
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Gaza
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Hebron
Centered at 33.505 30.0 6
The Situation for the Children
- 2.9 million are under 18 years old (CH: 1.5 million)
- Child mortality rate (under 5): 30‰ (CH: 4‰)
- Growth retardation rate from moderate to severe (under 5): 10.7%
- Child marriage: 19%
Delegate: Jérémie Bron
Expatriate staff: 3
National staff: 34
Budget: 1'511'883 CHF
In collaboration with: DCI, PCHR, MoSA, BLDA, DWRC
Juvenile Justice Hebron and Gaza Strip
The objective of the project is that children at risk of being in conflict with the law have their rights respected at all stages of the Juvenile Justice system in Hebron Governorate and in Gaza Strip. To achieve this objective, Tdh provides legal aid to children in conflict with the law, reinforce knowledge of child rights and coordinate with Juvenile Justice actors.
Fight against child labour
Contribute to the eradication of the worst forms of child labour trough prevention, protection and provision of alternatives for working children and their families. Psychological services are provided, reintegration into school and vocational training promoted and community engagement and stakeholder’s awareness increased.
Technical Unit support to the Child Protection Network
Tdh established together with UNICEF a Technical Unit to support the Child Protection Network. The objectives are: 1.) Strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Social Affairs to supervise the Child Protection Network (CPN). 2.) Complete the mapping of child protection service providers. 3.) Strengthen the capacity of social workers in family centres to develop referral and case management approach.
Psychosocial support Hebron
School age children, their parents and other caregivers at schools and in the communities should be able to jointly generate and organize self-derived and sustainable responses to child psychosocial and protection concerns. Recreational and psychosocial activities are implemented to increase the quality of the children’s relations with their parents and teachers especially.
- In Gaza, Tdh is supporting the system of protection with the reinforcement of the “Child Protection Network” and 21 community centres. It has also launched a project on behalf of child labourers, which are unfortunately a new phenomenon in Gaza. The activities of Tdh are increasingly oriented toward the protection of children, while support for the nutrition project continues and, thanks to the community intervention of Ard El Insan, the number of mothers breastfeeding exclusively has risen by 26% in the target zones.
- In the West Bank, the project aimed at child victims of the occupation continued in the schools in Hebron, with more than 4,000 children participating in psycho-social activities. 332 teachers and employees of the Ministry of Education were trained in the “movement, game and sport” method and in the policies of child protection.
