Guinea
What we do
Mother and child health
Specialised care
Child protection
Juvenile Justice
Key projects
Joseph lives in a village around 100 kilometres from the Guinean capital. At two years old, his weight was less than half that of an average child. His mother had tried desperately to treat him with herbs and roots.
Joseph, a young Guinean boy cured of malnutrition
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2016: Tdh child relief reaches a new peak with 3 million beneficiaries
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Guinea: Resuming the journey back to life
Guinea: Resuming the journey back to life
Some 2.3 million children and relatives helped in 2015
Some 2.3 million children and relatives helped in 2015
Guinea: Treatment and prevention of esophageal caustic stenosis in children
Guinea: Treatment and prevention of esophageal caustic stenosis in children
Guinea: Terre des hommes supports the children victims of Ebola.
Guinea: Terre des hommes supports the children victims of Ebola.
Guinea: School kits to give the children a future
Handwashing Day: “Our Hands, Our Future!”
Terre des hommes in Guinea
Beneficiaries in 2016
107,222 people
Expatriate staff / National staff
1 / 14
2016 Budget
CHF 428,282.-
Programme locations
Conakry, Kindia and Guinea Forest Region
Local partners
Sabou Guinée, Le Monde des Enfants, the Ministries of Health, Social Affairs, Justice, Security and Defence, National Department for childhood
Where we work
Supported by
Financial 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
Financial partners
The European Union (EU), composed of the Member States and the European Commission, is the world’s biggest aid donor. The Commission’s EuropeAid co-operation office manages EU external aid programmes and implements development assistance worldwide. EuropeAid works in close collaboration with its partners to ensure coherence, complementarity and coordination in its assistance programmes. EuropeAid currently supports the projects of Terre des hommes against violence towards children (in Afghanistan and in Burkina Faso), for food security (in Burkina Faso) and for child protection and rights (in Brazil, Burundi and in Haiti). (Situation 04.11.2016)
Financial partners
UNICEF is a UN agency that promotes children’s rights, ensures their development and fights against all poverty, violence, disease and discrimination they may face. UNICEF supports the activities of Tdh in various fields, such as in the fight against child trafficking, juvenile justice, malnutrition, in psychosocial activities or in emergency operations.
> www.unicef.org
Financial partners
Government of the Netherlands
Financial partners
Town of Vitoria in the Basque Country in Spain
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
The European Union (EU), composed of the Member States and the European Commission, is the world’s biggest aid donor. The Commission’s EuropeAid co-operation office manages EU external aid programmes and implements development assistance worldwide. EuropeAid works in close collaboration with its partners to ensure coherence, complementarity and coordination in its assistance programmes. EuropeAid currently supports the projects of Terre des hommes against violence towards children (in Afghanistan and in Burkina Faso), for food security (in Burkina Faso) and for child protection and rights (in Brazil, Burundi and in Haiti). (Situation 04.11.2016)
UNICEF is a UN agency that promotes children’s rights, ensures their development and fights against all poverty, violence, disease and discrimination they may face. UNICEF supports the activities of Tdh in various fields, such as in the fight against child trafficking, juvenile justice, malnutrition, in psychosocial activities or in emergency operations.
> www.unicef.org
Government of the Netherlands
Town of Vitoria in the Basque Country in Spain
