Since the first day after the 26 November 2019 earthquake in Albania, Tdh was on the ground distributing hundreds of blankets and hygiene products and providing first-aid psychosocial support to the affected children and families to help them overcome the shock, anxiety, and trauma.

As winter closes in, thousands of refugees in Greece still face homelessness and destitution. While winter always poses a challenge, this year is likely to become one of the most challenging yet due to the ongoing pandemic, a deliberate decrease in the length of support for refugees, and the lack of a comprehensive integration strategy and strategy against homelessness from authorities. 

The results and findings of the “Life Under Coronavirus” survey will be disclosed during a virtual eventon December 9, 2020, 14:00 CET in the presence of our partners, stakeholders, decision makers, as well as children and young people.

Terre des hommes, in partnership with Pressley Ridge Hungary Foundation, set up the first Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) in the western city of Győr in Hungary, where children and young people can use specialised digital and technical equipment in a safe and child-friendly environment.  

During 25 November – 3 December, Eurocities organised the Integrating Cities Conference on the theme: Invest in local solidarity – cities and volunteers building an inclusive society. Terre des hommes took part in the conference’s “Protecting the rights of migrant children and youth” workshop, preceding the high-level event on 2-3 December. 

The FOCUS project aims at building knowledge, capacities and skills of justice professionals about standards and practices in the use of multi-disciplinary individual assessments. To achieve this purpose, a technical interface & a training manual needs to be developed to support the professionals in the process of conducting systematic multidisciplinary individual assessments with children.

The Regional Fundraising and Grant Writing Advisor will exercise a key fundraising role within the regional hub. This position is the lead in fundraising activities within the region and across the wider organization. S/he will lead and support the development of a culture of fundraising, while using their expertise to develop proposals and secure funding for Tdh.

Terre des hommes is concerned about the situation of migrant children and young people from non-European countries, asylum seekers or beneficiaries of a form of international protection in Romania. Tdh developed the advocacy paper "Access to education for migrant children and youth in Romania" with recommendations to the agencies responsible for the integration of migrants in the Romanian society.

At these exceptional times marked by a global pandemic, the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global
Compacts (the Initiative) has put together a collection of practices from its members, to support
governments to better protect and support refugee children by putting the Global Compact on
Refugees (GCR) into practice with children at its heart.

Members of Greece's parliament should urgently establish an inquiry into all allegations of unlawful returns of migrants to Turkey by law enforcement officers and others, 29 human rights and humanitarian aid organizations said in an open letter released today. These returns are carried out mainly through pushbacks and collective expulsions and are often accompanied by violence.