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terre des hommes switzerland participates in Culturescapes 2023 Sahara

This year's edition of the cross-disciplinary art festival Culturescapes is dedicated to the Sahara. With several film evenings, discussion rounds and a city tour, terre des hommes schweiz puts the Western Sahara in the spotlight. At this year's edition of the art festival Culturescapes, terre des hommes switzerland is participating as a partner on Western Sahara. This against the background that the Western Sahara is a program country.

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Do not save at the expense of the Global South

The federal government wants to save on development cooperation: Next year, the new International Cooperation Strategy (IC) 2025 - 2028 and the budget for it will be discussed in parliament. It is already clear that cuts for IC are imminent. terre des hommes switzerland asked young people in Basel for their opinion on this. The Federal Council has

Swiss Alliance against SLAPP founded

In Switzerland, too, intimidation suits and threats of legal action against non-governmental organizations are on the rise. Such so-called SLAPPs are intended to prevent unwelcome reports and intimidate civil society.

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"I have found a second home in Switzerland".

Many young people with a refugee background are under enormous psychological pressure in Switzerland. In addition to the uncertainty of whether they will be allowed to stay in Switzerland, the culture shock and the language barrier, traumatic experiences put a great strain on these young people. With the project "MePower" terre des hommes switzerland fills a gap and offers psycho-social support for young migrants. At

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Generation Global: Why young people get involved in international cooperation

A policy for the future must take the perspective of young people seriously. This also applies to international cooperation, which is a concern of the younger generation. A generation is growing up around the world that thinks and feels much more globally than their parents and grandparents. Young people today are growing up in a highly interconnected globalized world. They are

A scrapbook for the European Football Championship, with stickers, an artistic alternative album to the Panini album.

Making the tschutti heftli 2024 possible together

The tschutti heftli, the alternative scrapbook for football fans, needs our support. For years, fans have enjoyed this unique project, which is considered an artistic alternative to the traditional, commercial Panini albums. But the tschutti heftli is more than just a scrapbook - it also has a social purpose. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the tschutti

Drag queens as a crowning finale

The imagine Festival 2023 will be remembered: With a drag show, a parcour for the lake-disabled, a high quota of women or DJs in wheelchairs, the event stood for diversity and variety on stage. On the weekend of June 9/10, 2023, it was not only the weather that played along: in midsummer temperatures, around 28,000 visitors once again came to the Imagine Festival at the

"I'd rather be behind the camera than in front of it."

Salome Brügger is 24 years old and has been involved in the imagine youth project of terre des hommes switzerland for three years. The prospective master's student in clinical psychology works in catering and in infrastructure and security at the imagine festival. How did you get involved with imagine? Already during high school imagine was a highlight for me

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imagine festival on June 9/10 - diversity on stage

After imagine celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, it is now going into the next round: On Friday and Saturday, June 9/10, the popular imagine festival, a national crowd-puller with a national message, will once again take place on Barfüsserplatz in the heart of Basel. A grandiose and diverse music and awareness program once again underscores this year's

Healthy finances give young people prospects

In 2022, terre des hommes schweiz collected almost 12 million Swiss francs, making it once again the best revenue year in the history of the development policy organization. The healthy finances allow terre des hommes switzerland to continue making a solid contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in favor of the perspectives of young people. In the current

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terre des hommes switzerland participates in Culturescapes 2023 Sahara

Do not save at the expense of the Global South

Swiss Alliance against SLAPP founded

"I have found a second home in Switzerland".

Generation Global: Why young people get involved in international cooperation

Making the tschutti heftli 2024 possible together

Drag queens as a crowning finale

"I'd rather be behind the camera than in front of it."

imagine festival on June 9/10 - diversity on stage

Healthy finances give young people prospects

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