Elodia Nieves Balanta (picture) heads the Paz y Bien Foundation in the Aguablanca district of the Colombian city of Cali, a poor district with 1 million people and a high Afro population. terre des hommes switzerland supports the charitable work of Paz y Bien in Aguablanca. 200 young people from 140 families are supported here so that they can find a path other than
Media release by GSOA and the Young Greens - The War Business Initiative, which will be put to the vote on 29 November, has broad social support. More than 40 organisations now belong to the JA Alliance. The initiative's concern to stop the financing of producers of war material mobilises in particular church circles. terre des hommes schweiz supports the petition for a referendum.
Conditions in Brazil are like those of the civil war. Every day innocent people are killed by bullets from police and drug gangs. Among the dead are also many young people and children. A big problem are the political hardliners who give the police a free hand. For many officials, the population in the favelas is under general suspicion.
At the end of January 2021, the World Health Organization declared an international health emergency. In mid-March, the government in Tanzania imposed a total curfew, which has been extended indefinitely at the time of going to press in early May. Costantine Nyambajo, who coordinates terre des hommes switzerland's projects in Tanzania, provides information on the Covid 19 lockdown in his country in early May and
The violence in El Salvador is omnipresent. Young people find themselves caught between the police, youth gangs and the prejudices of society. They only have a chance if they distance themselves from the violence and take their future into their own hands.
On 19 May we will vote on the adoption of the EU weapons directives in Switzerland. The new rules create more control and security in the possession of weapons. This is welcome, because weapons are not toys.
In the region of Geita, in northern Tanzania, violence against children and women is a daily occurrence. In regular radio broadcasts, our partner organisation Nelico talks about gender-specific violence and thus launches a public discussion on the subject.
Sascha Tankerville / Samuel Rink
As every year, the international 16 days of action against violence against women begin today. Between 25 November and 10 December, actions and events will take place worldwide to make the taboo subject public. Our South African partner organisation Lifeline also organised a protest march in Pietermaritzburg today.
Hafid Derbal, Programme Officer South Africa and Zimbabwe
Violence and crime reign in many slums of Latin America. Young people grow up in communities that no longer have any cohesion or common commitment. In this context, the partner organisations of terre des hommes Switzerland work with young people in football courses: Here they discover that there is community and protection even beyond violent and criminal gangs.
Andrea Zellhuber, Violence Prevention Unit
Many of the partner organisations of terre des hommes schweiz have been dealing with the problem of gender-specific violence for years. In Africa, more than every third woman suffers violent assaults. However, it is not only women from countries of the South who are struggling with this phenomenon. The annual campaign "16 days against violence against women" draws attention to this problem and its consequences.
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