The winter session is coming to an end with cuts of millions in the 2025-2028 payment framework (CHF -151 million) and in the 2025 development cooperation budget (CHF -110 million). Parliament's decisions will have dramatic consequences at the expense of the poorest countries and were characterized by many false arguments, criticizes Andreas Missbach, Managing Director of Alliance Sud.media release of the development policy competence center Alliance Sud, which is supported by terre des hommes schweiz and other Swiss NGOs.the tug-of-war over the armament of the army was characterized by freely interpreted figures, false arguments and a procedural trick. For a few minutes on December 9, both councils had opposed cuts to the payment framework of the IC strategy.

Four Swiss organizations have prepared the topic of "Mental health and children's rights" for school lessons to mark International Children's Rights Day. The teaching material is now available free of charge to teachers throughout Switzerland.20 November 2024 is International Children's Rights Day. To mark the occasion, the Pestalozzi Children's Foundation, Integras and the terre des hommes schweiz / Terre des Hommes Suisse alliance have published new teaching materials entitled "Children's rights: do you know them?". This year's focus is on the topic of mental health. The teaching material is available to teachers free of charge and in three national languages. It is adapted to the curriculum

On November 1 and 2, 2024, the "Solidarity Alert" will make a stop in Basel. Swiss development organizations, represented in Basel by terre des hommes schweiz and IAMANEH Switzerland, are using this campaign to protest against the planned cuts in international cooperation. This week, terre des hommes schweiz and IAMANEH Switzerland, two organizations based in Basel, are bringing the "Solidarity Alarm" to the Schifflände. There, passers-by can trigger an alarm at the touch of a button and send a strong signal to parliament in Bern. The aim of Alliance Sud's campaign is to make the public aware of the

The three terre des hommes organizations in Switzerland have adopted a joint environmental policy. In it, they commit themselves to promoting the fundamental right of children and young people to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and to implementing measures to reduce their ecological footprint. Millions of children and young people worldwide are suffering from the consequences of the climate and environmental crisis and the ongoing exploitation of natural resources. Those who are already disadvantaged are particularly hard hit. In 2023, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child officially recognized that all children and young people have the right to grow up in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. By adopting a common environmental policy, terre

terre des hommes schweiz is committed to greater solidarity In 2023, a year marked by global crises, the organization terre des hommes schweiz consistently continued its commitment in Africa, Latin America and Switzerland and supported 373,000 young people. While the Federal Council plans to cut the budget for development cooperation, the need for solidarity with people in the Global South is increasing. 2023 was marked by crises and conflicts around the world that exacerbate the suffering caused by hunger and poverty. In the face of these challenges, strong international cooperation is needed. "Despite this, the Federal Council is planning to provide less money for the Global South and