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Terre des hommes advocates for children and their rights. Our volunteers and employees organise campaigns to raise awareness of our work among the public and to collect donations.

Our projects in Switzerland

Advocacy

Terre des hommes advocates for the rights of all children living in Switzerland. Irrespective of their status or their papers, every child has the right to their own bed, warm clothing in winter, decent healthcare and to attend school. We focus our efforts on promoting the rights and protection of migrant children in areas where administrative detention persists, despite the fact that it could be avoided.

Volunteer work

In Switzerland, Terre des hommes can count on the support of over 2000 volunteers in different cantons. They organise various events such as orange sales and sponsored walks to raise awareness of children’s rights and Tdh’s work among the public. These events are a much needed means of collecting donations for our projects in the field. Tdh has been extremely fortunate to have a wide base of volunteers from day one. They are one of the pillars of our foundation.
 

Key projects

Timeline

1960
Creation of Terre des hommes by Edmond Kaiser.
1962
First orange sale organised by Terre des hommes volunteers.
1966
The charter setting out the primary objectives and ethical principles of the foundation is drafted by Edmond Kaiser and adopted.
1970
'La Maison’ children’s home opens in Massongex, in the canton of Valais.
2003
A petition signed by 128,000 people is filed requesting the acknowledgement of the existence of organised crime against children in the Swiss Penal Code.
2016
Publication of a report on the administrative detention of migrant children in Switzerland.
2017
Launch of our Education programme, which sensitises children in Swiss schools to their rights.
2018
Publication of a second analysis on the administrative detention of migrant children.
2022
End of our specialised care programme.

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Annual report 2021
Our Values (not up to date)

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