Afghanistan: Amalgam between running away and adultery
Aisha, mutilated for running away after a forced marriage, becomes a sad symbol of an afghan amalgam between running away and adultery. Tdh provides support to children to improve their conditions of detention and facilitate reconciliation with families. Read more
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22 May 2012
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Various, Health and nutrition Switzerland, Burkina Faso
EPFL Conference - Technologies for sustainable development: A way to reduce poverty?
The EPFL organizes a conference from May 29th to 31st on the link between science, technologies and Millennium Development Goals. Terre des hommes will show an innovative strategy implemented in Burkina Faso and which improves the quality of the diagnoses made by health person... Read more
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18 May 2012
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Child protection systems Albania
Albania: Conditional Micro Loans - A positive model for ensuring child protection
Terre des hommes Albania in collaboration with a local NGO by the name of Common Action Against Poverty (CAAP) and New Opportunity Albania (NOA) Financing, has been directly supporting families in need by providing conditional micro loans. Read more
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17 May 2012
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Trafficking and exploitation Togo
Togo: 18 young victims of violence now safe with host families
After two years of waiting for the establishment of a reliable procedure, 14 families have now taken in 18 youngsters who were victims of or exposed to the risks of exploitation, trafficking and abuse. Six of the children have already been able to return to their biological fa... Read more
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10 May 2012
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Trafficking and exploitation Morocco
Morocco: Shepherd or domestic children – The fight against unlawful practices
In the Souss valley, one often meets children working in the fields or who have gone to work as ‘little maids’ in families in the towns. Tdh is developing a scheme to protect the children or to release hundreds of them from a situation of exploitation as domestics or farm work... Read more
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10 May 2012
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Street children Myanmar
Myanmar: Terre des hommes reintegrates children living on the streets
Terre des hommes reintegrates, in their families or in the community, boys and girls who had been living on the streets and were shut away in retraining centres in the Yangon area, the former capital of Myanmar (ex-Burma). Read more
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9 May 2012
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Trafficking and exploitation Romania
Europa League - Final joy for Romanian children
UEFA, the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) and UEFA's social responsibility partner Terre des hommes (Tdh) have teamed up to offer ten deprived children in Romania a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend Wednesday's UEFA Europa League final between Club Atlético de Madrid... Read more
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8 May 2012
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Child protection systems Lebanon
Lebanon: Palestinian refugee adolescents make their voices heard
Thanks to the support of Terre des hommes, 100 young people held their own conference with players from governance actors and civil society. They all got together in Tyre to talk about protection for children living in Palestinian refugee camps. Read more
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3 May 2012
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Child protection systems Lebanon
Lebanon: Teenagers look after younger children in the refugee camps
Many hundreds of adolescents living in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon have become involved in developing micro-projects for the protection and wellbeing of other children in the camps. Terre des hommes has been supporting these youngsters in three camps and three set... Read more
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2 May 2012
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Trafficking and exploitation Romania
'Driving the Roma away is useless'
The head of the Terre des hommes delegation in Romania, Joseph Aguettant, replied to questions asked by Le Matin. He recommends tackling root-causes of the problems, by promoting quality education in Romania. Read more
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