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Exhibition by terre des hommes switzerland

Currently, pictures on the theme of "Wearing Masks" from the MePower migration project are on display at the Crescenda restaurant in Basel. The photo exhibition provides insights into our work with young people with a refugee background. In the MePower project, young people with a refugee background learn about their strengths and possibilities for action and have the opportunity to network with each other. In the MePower summer workshop 2022 of terre des

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Swiss arms companies profit from Bolsonaro's weapons policy

On October 30, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro will stand for re-election. Whether the opposing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva can prevail in the second round of voting is still uncertain. From the perspective of human rights organizations, Brazil has experienced devastating regressions under Bolsonaro. The partner organizations of terre des hommes switzerland, which are involved in violence prevention in Brazil, see

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Dzvinka Vovk, participant of the MePower project. Photo Timo Orubolo

Integration through leisure

War and destruction have driven them to flee. A journey full of uncertainty and without a destination. A journey that forced numerous Ukrainians to find a home in a foreign land. One of them is 17-year-old Dzvinka Vovk from Lviv. Together with her mother and little sister, she has been living in Switzerland since mid-March. 

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Petition for a strong corporate responsibility law

Polluted rivers, highly toxic mine waste and destroyed rainforests: The unscrupulous business practices of some Swiss corporations have been well known at least since the vote on the Corporate Responsibility Initiative. Time and again, Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter promised before the vote that she would work for an "internationally coordinated" corporate responsibility law and for a "level playing field" for corporations in Switzerland and Europe. Now that even the

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At the expense of the world

The report published on July 6 by the Agenda 2030 platform, on which terre des hommes switzerland also worked, makes a sobering observation: Switzerland is not on track with its contribution to a sustainable world. The broad alliance of organizations calls for more leadership from the Federal Council to make the necessary changes, to halve poverty, to

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Lennon's dream lives on

imagine, the self-organized project of terre des hommes switzerland for diversity and against discrimination, has its birthday. The pioneering initiative, named after the legendary song by John Lennon, is more than a festival and has an impact that goes far beyond the stage. It all started with an exciting idea - a music festival against racism, with young

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Record revenue for sustainable prospects for young people

Media release - terre des hommes switzerland earned almost 10 million Swiss francs last year. This is the best financial result in the history of the Swiss development organization. The healthy finances allow terre des hommes switzerland to continue making a solid contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in favor of the prospects of young people. In the new

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The Music Festival and More - 20 Years of Imagine for Diversity and Inclusion

Media release - After two years of forced break from Corona, the popular imagine festival is finally taking place again in Basel at the beginning of June, a supra-regional crowd puller with a national message. Grandiose musical acts and a sensitization program to the imagine slogan "For diversity. Against discrimination" await young and old on two days before Whitsun on Barfüsserplatz and the Klosterhof stage. imagine, the self-organized youth project of terre

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New perspectives far from home

At the end of April, we held a workshop with 14 young war refugees from Ukraine. The aim of the meeting was for the young people to actively participate in the program content and to express their ideas and needs. It is a sunny Thursday afternoon at the end of April. In the pavilion of the Gartenstadt restaurant in Münchenstein, an unusual group has gathered -.

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