Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organization for children’s aid founded in 1960. Tdh operates in Albania since 1993 in the field of child rights, child protection, migration, and juvenile justice. Terre des hommes’ area of expertise ranges from psycho-social interventions to empowerment of local, regional, and national level governmental institutions and key stakeholders and strengthening of the child protection, juvenile justice system and social inclusion system for migrants in Albania.
PRIORITIES
- Our aim is to ensure that children in Albania are effectively protected and their rights are being properly respected. To ensure this, we operate through three main programs.
- Child Protection - To support child victims of abuse and violence, we ad¬vocate for better integration of policies and strategies into the existing legal framework & strengthen the child protection system, provide training for professionals, and support local child protection organizations through small grants. Affected children have access to psycho¬social services, counseling, and recreational activities.
- Migration and Anti-trafficking - To prevent unsafe migration and ensure reintegration of families returned to Albania, we provide support for sustainable socio-economic empowerment of children, youth & their families. We improve the regulatory framework for children on the move, and strengthen cross-border cooperation to prevent human trafficking and ensure access to services for victims.
- Access to Justice for Minors - To counter the phenomenon of children in conflict with the law in Albania, we support system strengthening and youth resilience building through a restorative justice approach. We strengthen the child protection system and work to prevent the reoffending of children in conflict with the law through developing and implementing reintegration programs.
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid. Through our health, protection and emergency relief programmes, we provide assistance to over four million children and their families in around 40 countries each year.
We aspire to a world in which the rights of children, as defined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, are always respected. A world in which children can thrive in safe environments and become the agents of change they wish to see in their lives.
Terre des hommes, founded in 1960, is an independent, neutral and impartial Swiss organisation committed to bringing meaningful and lasting change to the lives of children and youth, especially to those most exposed to risks. We strive to improve their well-being and ensure the effective application of their rights as defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant human rights instruments. To make a difference, we focus on the areas of maternal and child health, children and youth migration, and access to justice. We aim to empower children and youth through active participation. We advocate for the respect of children’s rights, supporting them in voicing their needs and interests. We work in fragile and conflict-affected settings, as well as in stable environments.
- We act in the best interests of the child, based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant human rights instruments;
- We promote and enhance child, youth, family and community participation and empowerment;
- We foster local partners’ ownership of projects and actions, reinforce local systems to support and enable various national and local stakeholders to provide expertise and best practices;
- We trust and build on the capacities of stakeholders and communities as primary responders and agents of change;
- We implement humanitarian, development and peacebuilding activities;
- We integrate constant learning, improvement, collaboration and knowledge sharing;
- We strive for innovation and sustainability in all our actions and programmes;
- We are accountable and transparent to beneficiaries, partners, donors and to ourselves;
- We partner with other organisations to advocate for the respect of children’s rights.
