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10.09.2018 Terre des hommes wins CHF1 million humanitarian award The prestigious Balzan prize-winners have been announced for 2018, with the Swiss Terre des hommes foundation winning a special award.

30.08.2018 Venezuela's crisis boosts trafficking risk for women, children - experts Desperate for jobs to send money back home to feed their hungry families, migrants make easy prey and are vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers

13.03.2018 Swiss NGOs on frontline of South Sudan’s forgotten war NGOs say the biggest problem in South Sudan is hunger

25.10.2016 Islamic State: Boys fleeing militant recruitment find refuge in Debaga camp in Iraq Children tell their stories after fleeing ISIS and finding refuge in the Debaga camp in Iraq.

04.08.2016 We need to change approach to address the exploitation of Syrian refugee children The war in Syria is continuing, with its consequent suffering and violations of human rights, and no prospect of a rapid resolution. A study by Fondation Terre des Hommes (TDH) published in June 2016 gives chilling insight into the survival conditions of Syrian refugee children, and the different forms of exploitation they are subject to.

16.06.2016 NGO blasts Swiss policy on detaining migrant children The Swiss non-governmental organisation Terre des hommes has criticised Switzerland’s ‘illegal’ and opaque policy of detaining unaccompanied minor refugees. In 2015, it held 142 migrant children.