Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid. Since 1960, Tdh has helped build a better future for children and youth, especially those most exposed to risks, making an impact with innovative and sustainable solutions. Active in more than 30 countries, Tdh works with its own teams and/or local and international partners to develop and implement field projects which significantly improve the daily lives of over four million children and members of their communities every year, with a focus on mother and child health, migration and access to justice for children.
Children are at the heart of everything we do.
Guided by our mission, vision, and values, we empower children, strengthen communities, and work toward a world where every child can thrive.
Terre des hommes (Tdh) Global
Our Vision
We aspire to a world in which the rights of children, as defined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, are always respected. A world in which children can thrive in safe environments and become agents of the change they wish to see in their lives.
Our Mission
Terre des hommes, founded in 1960, is an independent, neutral and impartial Swiss organisation committed to bringing meaningful and lasting change to the lives of children and youth, especially to those most exposed to risks. We strive to improve their well-being and ensure the effective application of their rights as defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant human rights instruments. To make a difference, we focus on the areas of maternal and child health, children and youth migration, and access to justice. We aim to empower children and youth through active participation. We advocate for the respect of children’s rights, supporting them in voicing their needs and interests. We work in fragile and conflict settings, as well as in stable environments.
Our Commitments
- We strive to make brave choices and to act with conviction and determination;
- We aim to bring about positive, significant, and lasting change in the lives of children and youth, their families and communities;
- We favor an honest, responsible, and open approach, based on cooperation and on promoting diversity;
- We endeavor to act with humanity and professionalism with and around children and youth and to promote fairness and equity;
- We strive to make brave choices and to act with conviction and determination;
- We aim to bring about positive, significant, and lasting change in the lives of children and youth, their families and communities;
- We favor an honest, responsible, and open approach, based on cooperation and on promoting diversity;
- We endeavor to act with humanity and professionalism with and around children and youth and to promote fairness and equity;