For two weeks, the climate conference will negotiate the future of the next generations. The People's Summit, the civil society summit from November 7-10, is hosting numerous online events. This Saturday November 6, there will be a global off and online day of action - including our long-time partner organization Centro Sabiá from Brazil.
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
"Development work - Quo vadis?": This is the topic of a panel discussion on the 2030 Agenda on September 28 in Bern. Kristina Lanz from Alliance Sud will also be taking part. The working group of Swiss development organizations has been working for sustainable development in Switzerland for 50 years. terre des hommes schweiz is a partner organization of Alliance Sud. The
In the forgotten conflict over Western Sahara, there is an anniversary, but no reason to celebrate. Most Sahrawis still live in refugee camps or under Moroccan occupation. The situation is again very critical.
On Sunday 6 June, the first Swiss Refugee Parliament met in the Trinity Church in Berne. A historic milestone for Switzerland. At the end of the session, the participants presented ten selected demands to politicians present and connected.
In the latest report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Switzerland receives poor marks. The Children's Rights Network Switzerland, of which terre des hommes switzerland is a member, states that the federal government and the cantons are far from respecting all the needs and rights of their children and young people. The network makes five demands on the federal government and the cantons.Â
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
Social unrest has been raging in Colombia's major cities since the beginning of May. The government is fighting the protests brutally and with armed force. According to NGOs on the ground, more than 60 people have already died. The international community is alarmed and reiterates the concerns of the Colombian people and human rights and peace organizations. Members of the Swiss parliament demand in a letter that
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