Press releases

“We want privacy AND protection.” This powerful sentiment from a child in the Netherlands participating in the VOICE research encapsulates…

More than 150 NGOs – also Terre des Hommes – call for a ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel and…

Children often rely on their instincts to navigate the digital world due to a lack of actual or perceived alternatives,…

Launched in March 2024 by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Terre des Hommes Netherlands in Cambodia, and popular social…

Today, at the European Parliament, 23 Civil Society and International Organisations working on children’s rights are launching the #VoteforChildren campaign.…

This International Day of the Girl Child, we officially announce our ‘Safe Online Word for Girls’ #campaign in partnership with…

A woman adopted from Bangladesh in the 1970s filed a lawsuit in 2019 against Wereldkinderen, Terre des Hommes Netherlands and…

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child published authoritative guidance to States on what they must do…

A historic She Leads learning event that fostered insightful discussions, reflections, and valuable learnings took place in Uganda in June…

The She Leads team in Ethiopia participated in the Great Ethiopian Run on 26th March 2023 under the theme ´Women´s…

Terre des Hommes proudly welcomes Margreet van Steijn as a new member of the Supervisory Board.

To celebrate Safer Internet Day on 13 February, Terre des Hommes Netherlands in Cambodia, AusCam Freedom Project, and APLE launched…

Terre des Hommes Netherlands in the Philippines, in partnership with Bidlisiw Foundation, will launch a three-year programme entitled “Safety for…

The policy briefs highlight progress,challenges and recommendations in advancing gender equality and strengthening meaningful engagement of girls and young women…

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly increased child abuse and exploitation, in the Philippines specifically online. As a response, child rights…

Our director Leonard Zijlstra will be leaving the organisation. Leonard has been absent for a long time due to a…

Terre des Hommes Netherlands introduces Trauma-informed Care in Cambodia for the Benefit of Child Victims of Abuse and Exploitation.

On Thursday, June 16, we celebrated the Day of the African Child, a day to remember school children who marched…

We are delighted to welcome Ms. Marianne Verhaar-Strijbos as the new chair of the Supervisory Board of Terre des Hommes…

Terre des Hommes Netherlands won the Diversity and Inclusion Award for Best Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) Promoting Human Rights!

Globally—but particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa—women play a massive role in food production and the agricultural labor force as a whole.…

In the past 3 days, donors across the Netherlands contributed €9.8 million to the Giro555 campaign “Together for Ukraine”. The…

Dutch Aid agencies like the rest of the world are deeply concerned about the impact of the large-scale hostilities in…

Like many people in the world, Terre des Hommes is shocked by the war that has erupted in Ukraine, as…

Girls and Young Women (GYW) took part in a critical regional peace-building conference in November 2021 that enabled them to…