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Between nostalgia and a fresh start

Young people with a refugee background face many challenges, but they also have a wealth of potential and strengths. With the "MePower" project, terre des hommes schweiz is responding to the lack of psychosocial support available for young refugees in Switzerland. A visit to the summer camp on the theme of "Home". 

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A young man, in a checkered shirt, laughs into the camera, a green meadow behind.

"I have found a second home in Switzerland".

Many young people with a refugee background are under enormous psychological pressure in Switzerland. In addition to the uncertainty of whether they will be allowed to stay in Switzerland, the culture shock and the language barrier, traumatic experiences put a great strain on these young people. With the project "MePower" terre des hommes switzerland fills a gap and offers psycho-social support for young migrants. At

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philanthropist and initiator 

Irene Bush built up the Psycho-Social Support PSS for young people at terre des hommes schweiz. Now Irene Bush is retiring and will remain with terre des hommes schweiz as a consultant. Reason enough to talk to her about the guiding principles of her work, about justice and a sense of community, the principle of hope and her commitment to young people from North

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"Positive energy combined with concrete success is phenomenal"

For almost ten years, terre des hommes switzerland has been implementing the Youth2Youth programme in southern Africa, which trains young people in the application of the solution-oriented approach. But how successful is this programme really? Psychologist Berenice Meintjes and education expert Sharon Grussendorf investigated this question in an independent evaluation.
Interview conducted by Sascha Tankerville

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It is worth placing trust in young people

Together with the child and youth psychiatrist Dr. Therese Steiner, Irene Bush has been leading the Youth2Youth training program (Y2Y) for eight years, which is very successful in our project countries. We asked her where this success comes from and what she has learned from this time.

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