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so she can go to school
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We free children from exploitative situations. We not only support victims, but tackle the problem at the roots.
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Female Genital Mutilation: the pressure of society
According to the WHO, approximately 3 million girls are genitally mutilated every year. The harmful practice i…
Asia's Youth Advocates
In the Asia region, Terre des Hommes Netherlands has networks of child clubs promoting its work of child prote…
Children have the right to be heard. But do adults listen?
Children like to think along about problems and they want to be heard. However, their participation must be en…
Fifty organisations urge Dutch government to look for alternatives to school closure
At least fifty organisations are urgently calling on the Dutch government to look for alternatives to school c…
Corona dossier - our response
Vulnerable children are at risk worldwide due to the corona crisis.They cannot go to school and therefore miss…
Terre des Hommes Netherlands: 1,500 girls under imminent threat of FGM in Tarime, Tanzania
Child rights organisation Terre des Hommes Netherlands warns that at least 1,500 girls are under imminent thre…
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Lawsuit against State, adoption organization Wereldkinderen and Terre des Hommes
Today the lawsuit of a woman adopted from Bangladesh against the Dutch State, adoption organization Wereldkind…
Terre des Hommes and adoptions from Bangladesh in the 1970s
In recent years, much attention has been paid to irregularities surrounding intercountry adoptions. Terre des…
"I get to go back to school"
Rajat is 12 years old and lives in India. A few weeks ago he still got up at six o'clock every day. He washed…
What we do
Within these themes we take children out of exploitation situations
Child labour
Millions of children do dangerous, dirty jobs. Even at very young ages, they are forced to work in mines and f…
Sexual exploitation
One billion children worldwide have become victims of physical, psychological or sexual abuse in the past year…
Child abuse
One billion children worldwide have become victims of physical, psychological or sexual abuse in the past year…
Humanitarian aid
Violence, hunger, disease and natural disasters make children especially vulnerable to exploitation. Terre des…
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