Bangladesh
The situation in Bangladesh
In order to improve the lives of millions of children and their mothers, Tdh faces a number of challenges: malnutrition, poor access to medical treatment, sanitation and hygiene, and premature marriage. To make matters worse, a series of natural disasters regularly strike the area where living conditions are already extremely difficult.
What we do
Mother and child health
Water and hygiene
Natural disasters
Nazma lives in a small village near Kurigram, in a very underdeveloped region of Bangladesh. She and her husband, a casual worker, are members of the "poorest of the poor".
Nazma, the mother of three children
Read more...Where we work
Terre des hommes in Bangladesh
Beneficiaries in 2015
462,537 people
Expatriate staff / National staff
3 / 272
Budget 2016
CHF 1,444,071.-
Where we work
Kurigram and Barguna districts
Local partners
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Other partners
Tdh Italy
Supported by
Supported by
The Swiss Solidarity Foundation is Switzerland’s humanitarian solidarity and fund-raising platform. Swiss Solidarity led by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR idée suisse and also works closely together with the private and print media. Work in the field is carried out by experienced Swiss relief organizations. Particularly in emergency relief, the Swiss Solidarity Foundation is one of Terre des hommes’ principal partners.
Supported by
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international development cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). By providing financial means, it supports more than forty projects of Terre des hommes in several geographical regions. Terre des hommes cooperates directly with the SDC, particularly with the departments Regional Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Cooperation with Eastern Europe.
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Supported by
Children’s aid organisation Terre des Hommes Netherlands is passionately dedicated to stopping child exploitation in developing countries. For this reason, Terre des Hommes Netherlands supports nearly 300 projects, which are developed, established and implemented by local project partners. Additionally, Terre des Hommes Netherlands pursues a children’s rights campaign at national and international level consistent with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Terre des Hommes Netherlands was founded in 1965. TDH Netherlands in English
The Swiss Solidarity Foundation is Switzerland’s humanitarian solidarity and fund-raising platform. Swiss Solidarity led by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR idée suisse and also works closely together with the private and print media. Work in the field is carried out by experienced Swiss relief organizations. Particularly in emergency relief, the Swiss Solidarity Foundation is one of Terre des hommes’ principal partners.
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international development cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). By providing financial means, it supports more than forty projects of Terre des hommes in several geographical regions. Terre des hommes cooperates directly with the SDC, particularly with the departments Regional Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Cooperation with Eastern Europe.
> www.ddc.admin.ch
Children’s aid organisation Terre des Hommes Netherlands is passionately dedicated to stopping child exploitation in developing countries. For this reason, Terre des Hommes Netherlands supports nearly 300 projects, which are developed, established and implemented by local project partners. Additionally, Terre des Hommes Netherlands pursues a children’s rights campaign at national and international level consistent with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Terre des Hommes Netherlands was founded in 1965. TDH Netherlands in English
