Corona dossier - our response
Vulnerable children are at risk worldwide due to the corona crisis.They cannot go to school and therefore miss their safe place. Many parents cannot work and poverty is increasing. This makes these children even more vulnerable to exploitation. The consequences are alarming.
The economic stress and disruption to education resulting from the corona outbreak is increasing the cases of abuse, exploitation and violence against children.
Children in the most vulnerable situations are less able to protect themselves from corona. Closure or inaccessibility of basic services for vulnerable children, stigmatization, exploitation and sexual abuse due to school closings are real threats putting in risk those children most in need.
That is why we are sounding the alarm for these children. They urgently need protection during this difficult time.
How is Terre des Hommes helping children?
Children’s safety is our first concern. We’re implementing new measures to ensure the wellbeing and protection of all children and their communities in our projects.
1. With humanitarian relief
The corona outbreak is quickly changing the context in which children live all over the world. In addition to health issues, social and economic disruptions caused by the pandemic present risks to children’s well-being and protection. TdH is rapidly responding to these needs by providing hygiene kits, food and cash transfers to those most in need.
Humanitarian relief initiatives
A leader's heart
A leader’s administration and leadership is put to a test in every calamity. Charlie Operario, a 35-year-old w…
Humanitarian Response in India
Terre des Hommes Netherlands in India is working towards responding to the crisis resulting from COVID-19 in i…
Cash transfers to support vulnerable families in the COVID-19 crisis in Kenya
In response to the current COVID-19 crisis, Terre des Hommes Netherlands has started monthly cash transfers to…
COVID-19 prevention essentials for Turkana shelter, Kenya
Terre des Hommes Netherlands has provided essential COVID-19 prevention items to the shelter of our partner SA…
2. With awareness raising
We educate parents and children about the risks and how to prevent them from becoming victims of exploitation. TdH is constantly in contact with the communities to provide reliable information, counseling and advice.
Awareness raising initiatives
Through Rough Roads, Sokhim Continues his Meaningful Work
Sokhim Chek is a Project Officer at Terre des Hommes Netherlands in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia. Keen in mak…
We stay inside to educate the people outside
While the world is struggling to combat COVID-19 and the people in affected countries are under lockdown and s…
Awareness raising continues in Cambodia amidst COVID-19 risks
Terre des Hommes Netherlands has facilitated the distribution of more than 200 prevention posters that were pr…
When awareness is empowerment, TdH and partners combat corona in India
The IMAGE (Initiatives for Married Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment) project in rural Karnataka executed a COVID-…
3. With protection from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Terre des Hommes Netherlands has protected 169 girls aged between 8 and 16 years from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Kuria district of Northern Tanzania.
FGM projects
Influx in FGM rescue centre after Covid-19 school closure in Tanzania
The Masanga centre, the safe space where children are protected from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) during th…
Rescued from mutilation during the COVID-19 school closedown in Tanzania
“When I came home after my school had closed, my aunt told me ‘We are planning to have you cut.’ I felt extrem…
Home can be a warzone too. Where will you hide?
Imaging staying home by demand because of the coronavirus restrictions. Try to imagine how it feels staying…
4. With children’s education
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a widespread crisis, affecting all walks of life. India is currently under a national lockdown till 3rd May 2020. In this context, children’s education has taken a mighty blow, specifically in rural areas across India, which do not have access to digital learning facilities at home.
Children’s education initiatives
Psychosocial support is a long term investment
Within the frame of the ‘Back-to-the-Future’ project supported by Terre des Hommes Netherlands, our partner Te…
Learning doesn’t stop in India's Mica Dependent Districts
However, some children from the state of Jharkhand in India are taking matters into their own hands.
Make way for the Digital Lab!
Much like the rest of the world, Terre des Hommes Netherlands’ Girls Advocacy Alliance programme in India is f…
When cartoons save the world
Our most fond memories of childhood are found in cartoons. Whether it’s Tom running after Jerry, or Bugs Bunny…
Together we can help
Corona measures affect how children grow and develop. Reduced parental supervision, changes in family structure and loss of income can mean that children’s basic needs are not met so they are more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
Worldwide, child exploitation is increasing as a result of the corona crisis because home is not the safe place it should be.
Because children can’t wait, we can’t stop. No threat will stop us. We will continue this fight until our work is accomplished.
Will you help us to protect children together? Donate now!