Media release - The development organization for young people and the self-organized youth culture project imagine of terre des hommes switzerland are moving from Grossbasel to Kleinbasel. The key data, the projects and the motivation.
Media release - Rejected asylum seekers in Switzerland usually end up in the emergency aid system. Here, the conditions are almost everywhere inhumane and harmful to health, criticize about 450 professionals from medicine, psychotherapy and psychology. In an open letter to the authorities and politicians, as well as to offices and enforcement organizations, they demand humane treatment of asylum seekers with negative decisions. Support
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
Media release - With streetcar posters and bicycle kistlis in the Basel region, terre des hommes schweiz is calling for support for young smallholders in Africa and Latin America. The autumn campaign of terre des hommes schweiz focuses on the issues of sustainable livelihoods of young people in the global South and climate justice. The physical campaign lasts until October 23, online
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.
Media release - Weapons from Germany and Switzerland are used in police operations in Brazil. This often results in serious human rights violations against children and young people. An independent study by terre des hommes switzerland and terre des hommes Germany gets to the bottom of seven exemplary cases of lethal gun violence and uncovers serious deficiencies in control
Media Release - The Corona crisis is exacerbating social tensions worldwide. The perspectives of young people have darkened considerably. There is a need for a Swiss foreign policy that supports the development prospects of young people in the global South. This is what the two women at the helm of terre des hommes switzerland write in their joint foreword to the Annual Report 2020 of terre des hommes
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