Alliance Sud, the working group of Swiss aid organizations, is growing. terre des hommes schweiz, which has been involved in this Swiss development policy think tank for over ten years, is delighted about this. "Switzerland needs to be development-friendly," says Franziska Lauper, executive director at terre des hommes schweiz. "More than ever, we need a strong development policy voice in Switzerland." -
Media release - With Reto Mischler, Head of Communications and Fundraising at terre des hommes switzerland since September 1, 2021, a proven executive joins the Swiss development organization for young people. The fundraising expert and political scientist from Bern, born in 1969, has worked in well-known regional, national and international non-profit organizations. He spent several years in the Middle East and in
Media release - To mark International Children's Rights Day, four Swiss organizations for the rights and perspectives of children and young people are publishing a pedagogical toolkit for professionals in schools and education. It focuses on the topic of play, leisure and recreation. The toolkit can be downloaded free of charge from the website www.children-rights.ch.
Media release - Fertilizer producer EuroChem, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, received a shipload of phosphate rock from Western Sahara in Estonia in October. Phosphate mining in the occupied Western Sahara violates international law. Importing the phosphate rock from the former Spanish colony is therefore unethical and the company is acting without credibility.
Media release - Violence against individuals and groups is a worldwide problem and must stop. Young people from three continents and five countries - including Switzerland and Basel - are tackling the root of the violence problem. With the "Global Action Month" (GAM) in November they make themselves strong for diversity and against discrimination. With
For 20 years, a group of young people in Basel and the region have been demonstrating how youth culture, creativity and social commitment can be combined effectively and with pleasure. This is imagine basel, the self-organized project of terre des hommes switzerland. On June 4 and 5, a Corona-suitable alternative program to the world-famous sound festival will be held in Basel for
Media release - In Swiss asylum and refugee policy, there are often heated arguments. The people at the center of the debate hardly get a chance to speak. The First Swiss Refugee Parliament wants to change that. On June 6, the first Swiss Refugee Session will take place in Bern. Jeyani Thiyagaraja from Basel (picture from February 2021), participant in a project for refugees.
Her heart beats for exchange and diversity, the project imagine is her school of life. A portrait of Hannah Gasser, who co-ordinates the international youth network of terre des hommes schweiz.
Many young people with a refugee background are under enormous psychological pressure in Switzerland. In addition to xenophobia, uncertainty as to whether they will be allowed to stay in Switzerland, culture shock and the language barrier, traumatic experiences weigh heavily on these young people. High time for a power-up in the picturesque Jura. In the MePower workshop, young refugees learn about their strengths and resources.
Health and safety come first: In view of the Corona pandemic, the imagine crew has decided to cancel the imagine festival in June. Instead, "a big kick-off to the anniversary year" will take place this fall, imagine says. Next year, the project by young people for young people will have a round birthday. The anniversary edition of the imagine festival is scheduled to take place on the 4th and
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