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Brazil: Development work with new momentum

It did not take long after the Confederations Cup for the international media to lose interest in reporting on Brazil. The social, economic and political grievances did not vanish into thin air as a result. The same applies to those who are working to solve the problems. On the contrary: the protests and actions have become smaller, but more diverse.

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Young asylum seeker at the computer with photos

What is home? This is our home...

Last Saturday, the cooperation between terre des hommes schweiz and the MNA Centre Lilienberg reached a preliminary climax: At a peaceful and beautiful autumn festival, the young asylum seekers presented their home countries to the visitors.

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For the most part, the protest marches are peaceful...

New media for alternative movements in Brazil

A wave of mass protests swept across Brazil in June. Hundreds of thousands of young people expressed their anger. Social networks played an important role in the spread of the protests. What role they played exactly will be the topic of a three-day symposium on 22 November in Weimar.
Andrea Zellhuber, responsible for violence prevention and campaigns

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Young unaccompanied asylum seekers build up a stand with the help of young people from imagine.

What is home? Open day at the MNA Centre Lilienberg

terre des hommes switzerland invites
The centre for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Affoltern will open its doors on Saturday 19 October and invites you to visit. In addition to the opportunity to find out how the young people live at the Lilienberg Centre, they will present the results of their imagine-workshop "What is home?" to the visitors on this day.

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Unaccompanied young asylum seekers from the MNA Centre Lilienberg present themselves to the public.

What is home? A tour of the Säuliamt

Young asylum seekers who are in Switzerland without their parents or other persons with custody have worked out their answers and presentations on this question together with Swiss young people from imagine. Next week, the young people will now present their home countries during a tour of the Zurich Säuliamt.

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A profile with three photographs by Luciano of Jesus Santos.

outcry of the excluded

Once a year the most diverse social movements in Brazil demonstrate together at the grito dos excluidos. Argemiro Ferreira de Almeida, a member of our project partner Comite da Copa Salvador, has recorded this year's demonstration in a short film.
Annette Mokler, Programme Coordination Brazil

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The Sahrawi refugee camp near Tindouf (Algeria).

Western Sahara: Young women successfully build up

Morocco has no intention of lifting the illegal occupation of Western Sahara. On the contrary, by building solar power plants cast in concrete, it is creating facts. This green cloak is intended to hide the fact that this is about the exploitation of raw materials. But this does not stop two young women in the Smara refugee camp from building for the future.

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Young spectators at a 2009 cultural festival in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria.

Sahrawi youths on hold: frustration increases

Last week the team from terre des hommes switzerland received a visit from the Sahrawi refugee camp Smara. Zein Sidachmed, who is responsible for youth work on site, reported on the situation in the camps and expressed his concern about the growing frustration of the Sahrawi youth a breeding ground for their radicalisation.
Annette Mokler, Programme Coordinator Western Sahara

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Young people from Afghanistan talk about their image of home in a group work.

Young migrants draw their picture of home

"Home is where I can live in peace with my family and friends." This was one young man's answer to the question what home is for him. This week, the unaccompanied minor asylum seekers of the Lilienberg Centre dealt with such and similar questions in various workshops.

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Nondumiso Gule (l.) and Haniffa Nzama (r.) from the South African organisation LifeLine care for people affected by sexual violence in the crisis centre they have set up.

Success for counsellors of victims of violence

The young South Africans Nondumiso Gule and Haniffa Nzama, together with our partner organisation LifeLine, have established a contact point for people affected by violence at the district hospital in Escourt. There they advise and accompany victims of sexual violence in particular. Now the hospital recognizes their work and places them in a permanent position.

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