India
In India, children and young people face violence, migration, poor health services and natural disasters. We support victims of trafficking and exploitation return to safe, protective and resilient communities and empower girls at risk of unsafe migration. Through innovative and sustainable approaches, we improve access to healthcare, sanitation and nutrition for vulnerable children and mothers.
What we do
Mother and child health
Child protection
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Key projects
Global intervention for the protection and health of children
Manjuara, 9 months old, suffered from severe acute malnutrition. After being admitted to hospital, she benefited from Tdh's project targeting malnutrition in India's West Bengal region.
Manjuara, a young girl cured of malnutrition
Read more...Terre des hommes in India
Beneficiaries in 2020
116,741 people
Expatriate staff / National staff
1 / 17
Budget 2020
CHF 16,000,845
Where we work
Supported by
Financial partners
Founded in 1989, the FEDEVACO (Fédération vaudoise de coopération – Swiss cooperation federation) unites about 40 different NGOs in the area of development and cooperation, including Terre des hommes. The FEDEVACO is a privileged partner of the public entities at national, cantonal and municipal level when it comes to financing development projects in countries of the global South and East. These projects are subject to strict regulations imposed by a Technical Commission which consists of expert volunteers with profound experience and knowledge of field work.
> www.fedevaco.ch
Financial partners
Comic Relief is a major UK charity, with a vision of a just world, free from poverty. Their mission is to drive positive change through the power of entertainment.
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
USAID is the U.S. federal government agency for development cooperation. Since 1961, it has been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.
> www.usaid.gov
Founded in 1989, the FEDEVACO (Fédération vaudoise de coopération – Swiss cooperation federation) unites about 40 different NGOs in the area of development and cooperation, including Terre des hommes. The FEDEVACO is a privileged partner of the public entities at national, cantonal and municipal level when it comes to financing development projects in countries of the global South and East. These projects are subject to strict regulations imposed by a Technical Commission which consists of expert volunteers with profound experience and knowledge of field work.
> www.fedevaco.ch
Comic Relief is a major UK charity, with a vision of a just world, free from poverty. Their mission is to drive positive change through the power of entertainment.
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
USAID is the U.S. federal government agency for development cooperation. Since 1961, it has been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.
> www.usaid.gov
Timeline
Latest news
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How are children in detention affected by Covid-19?
How does COVID-19 impact development aid?
How does COVID-19 impact development aid?
Improving children's lives, WITH children
Improving children's lives, WITH children
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How many children are detained worldwide?
Annual Report 2018: Helping more children through innovation
Annual Report 2018: Helping more children through innovation
4 questions about malnutrition
4 questions about malnutrition
Asia: Tackling child labour in the cotton industry
Asia: Tackling child labour in the cotton industry
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India: "What you see in the news is the reality here"
Related publications
Annual Report 2020
Thematic Policy - Mother and Child Health
Thematic policy - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Infopage WASH_EN
