Every child in the world has the right to a childhood.

Our endeavour is to leave no child behind, so we focus on the most marginalized communities and vulnerable children to ensure equity.

Terre des hommes (Tdh)

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.

Tdh has been present in India since 2008 and has reached 494,000 children, their families, and communities in eight states since 2016.

2023
2022
2021

21.5K

Direct beneficiaries reached

2489

Children supported through MHPSS interventions

14K+

Health screening for infants and children through IeDA

132K+

Indirect beneficiaries

983

Births attended by health professionals

0.95 M

Benefited from WASH in HCF

18133

Migration-affected individuals reached through counselling, awareness

0.35M

Direct beneficiaries reached

3230

Children supported through MHPSS interventions

19K+

Health screening for infants and children through IeDA

33K

Indirect beneficiaries

1585

Births attended by health professionals

0.129 M

Benefited from WASH in HCF

25K+

Migration-affected individuals reached through counselling, awareness

0.16M

Direct beneficiaries reached

5771

Children supported through MHPSS interventions

8K+

Health screening for infants and children through IeDA

12K+

Indirect beneficiaries

1585

Births attended by health professionals

39K

Benefited from WASH in HCF

6607

Migration-affected individuals reached through counselling, awareness

Programs

Health

Tdh’s health programme focuses on maternal and child health, with a particular focus within the perinatal period, where we support government healthcare workers, frontline nutrition workers, pregnant and postnatal women, new-borns, and children under the age of 5. Our health programme is deeply entrenched in digital technology and uses the same effectively to amplify the impact. At the core of Tdh’s health programme is a system strengthening approach. Furthermore, Tdh’s…

Migration

Tdh’s migration programme, Children and Youth on the Move (CYM), focuses on supporting children and young people affected by or at risk of unsafe migration to access their rights and quality services for their protection and development. One of our major goals is to ensure better child-based skills and knowledge among the government and other service providers working with children. Therefore, we work at a systemic level, engaging with government…

Access to Justice

Tdh, is committed to promoting a restorative and gender responsive approach based on child-friendly justice, encouraging non-custodial measures for children in conflict with the law, improving non-violent conflict resolution mechanisms and integration of children into communities. Tdh also supports systems strengthening of institutional practices and capacity building of all stakeholders across government officials, front line workers, CSOs, community members, children, and youth for effective service delivery. Our A2J programme takes…

Our Programmatic interventions aligns with the following SDGs

We work with a strong network of 30+ NGO partners who bring in their deep rooted contextual and grassroots knowledge for effective implementation of all our ongoing projects.

Our Donors

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Still I Rise

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IeDA

Tdh Annual Global Report 2023

The income available to our Foundation makes it possible for us to support children, defend their rights, and meet extraordinary young people who teach us incredible lessons about courage, resilience, and willpower each and every day.

Discover the progress we made for children in 2023.

Annual Report 2023