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2 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch Giving the most vulnerable © Tdh / Ollivier Girard - Lebanon children a real childhood, allowing them to grow up in safety and in good health, to have fun together and go to school – that’s what we are committed to.

Summary

4 Interview with the President of the Foundation 30 Children in humanitarian crises Council and the Director General 34 Advocacy : ensuring children’s voices are heard 6 Where we worked in 2016 36 Our activities in Switzerland 8 « Saeed, speaking for a generation of Syrian children », by guest contributor, 38 Risk management Xavier Colin 40 Our beneficiaries in 2016: overview by country 10 An overview of our main emergency aid projects in 2016 42 Financial report

12 Child migrants 54 Council of the Foundation and Executive Board

16 Exploitation of children 55 Special thanks

20 Children in the justice system

24 Mother and child health

28 Specialised care and surgical missions

3 « We are on the right track. » Interview with Beat Mumenthaler and Vito Angelillo

Were there any achievements you were particu- ence in the field of children’s rights. To do so, we will larly proud of in 2016 ? need more support in 2017 and the years ahead. We Beat Mumenthaler (BM) : In 2016, Terre des hommes (Tdh) have already observed some positive signs, which show developed its vision through to 2030 and its strategic plan that we are on the right track. As the President of the for the next five years, which clearly set out the fields we Council, I can confirm that Tdh will continue to expand will work in : child protection, the health of young children and become stronger in the future. and mothers, and emergency aid in humanitarian crises. To meet our goals in each of these fields, the organisation VA : Despite economic growth in some developing coun- has reinforced its skills and structure. tries, millions of children and families lack access to ba- sic services such as health or education. Another major Vito Angelillo (VA) : We work in 38 countries, so plenty challenge is the political instability shaking the Middle of things come to mind. We faced challenges in Syria East and other regions we operate in. These crises have and Iraq but didn’t give up : we stepped up our efforts lasted for several years, and we sometimes have trouble and improved the lives of thousands of children and their accessing affected populations. Millions of children are families fleeing combat zones in dangerous conditions. cut off from their homes, forced to work, and deprived Following the World Congress on Juvenile Justice in of an education. The need for aid is huge, but there are 2015, we reinforced our dialogue with several govern- worrying signs that indicate that financial support from ments seeking to improve their legal systems for minors, governments, institutions and the public is drying up. which led to some promising developments. We also The migrant crisis has also raised questions about values helped change the healthcare system in Burkina Faso : in developed countries and protecting children’s rights in the government adopted a law making healthcare free this climate is an on-going challenge. for pregnant women and children under five, which sig- nificantly increased the number of health centre visits. How do you plan to address these challenges ? In addition, our electronic tablet application to diagnose BM : As President of the Foundation Council, I am com- childhood illnesses helped improve the quality of health- mitted to giving my full support to all the operations that care in more than 270 health centres. Over 1.2 million have been developed as part of the strategy, as well as consultations have been recorded, and analysing these fundraising activities. I will do all I can to help the man- records will enable us to improve care for sick children. agement team, our employees and volunteers, by con- Innovations like these need years of work and are essen- tributing my professional experience, my time and my tial in bringing about a significant and lasting improve- strength, offering guidance and advice at all times. ment in the lives of vulnerable children. VA : Unfortunately, we are unable to stop conflicts and What are the main challenges for 2017 and the prevent natural disasters. But as experts in children’s aid, years ahead ? we must keep up our commitment and increase the im- BM : Our new strategic plan is about « making a differ- pact of our programmes, by developing innovative solu- ence ». It focuses on growth as one way of achieving our tions, applying best practices in the countries we work in, goals. We want to help more children in more countries, and adapting our operating approach to each geograph- and consolidate our position as an international refer- ical and humanitarian context. We want to be as effi-

4 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch cient as possible for the people we support. And we will VA : I am concerned and confident at the same time. I am continue to make the voices of vulnerable children heard, concerned for the millions of children who need support regardless of where they live, to raise awareness of their and protection. I am confident in the progress we have needs and ensure their rights are respected. made, and confident that the world will not remain indif- ferent to these children’s fate. I am also proud to lead an What state of mind are you in today ? organisation that is courageous enough to work where BM : Generally speaking, poverty is dropping, more chil- it counts, sometimes in very difficult conditions, giving dren are going to school and respect for women is grow- children the opportunities they deserve, defending their ing. But, in reality, the world takes a long time to change. rights and « making a difference ». Last year, racism and discrimination made a comeback in some parts of the world. Tdh fights these out-dated Lausanne, 9th June 2017 attitudes and that is why I put all my energy behind the organisation. I want to make the world a better place and give hope to children everywhere.

Beat Mumenthaler Vito Angelillo President of the Terre des Director General of Terre des hommes Foundation Council hommes

5 Where we worked in 2016 Switzerland

Morocco

Haiti

Nicaragua Mauritania Mali Benin Panama Senegal

Nigeria Guinea Colombia Togo Burkina Faso Ecuador

Peru Brazil Serbia/ Legend Macedonia Child protection

Switzerland Hungary Health Ukraine Moldova Emergency aid and humanitarian crises Romania

Albania Kosovo Syria Greece Lebanon

Palestine Afghanistan Iraq Nepal Myanmar

Jordan Egypt

India Pakistan Benin Bangladesh

Nigeria South Sudan

Kenya

Burundi

78.9 3 million million francs raised, of which 1726 88% were invested beneficiaries, staff worldwide directly in our 1.5 of whom are programmes children ©Tdh/Ollivier Girard - Burkina Faso Saeed, speaking for a generation of Syrian children

Xavier Colin, one of Terre des hommes’ ambassa- The war has lasted for more than six years. That’s longer dors, tells the fictional story of Saeed, a young Syr- than any world war. Over the past six years, bombs, ian whose experiences reflect those of an entire shells, missiles and terrorist attacks have destroyed generation of children. Despite being mistreated or seriously damaged a quarter of all schools. Some and abandoned by an adult war, they refuse to be schools are still standing, but have been requisitioned considered « lost ». to house displaced persons. I hope that one day I’ll be able to go back to school. I’d like to be a surgeon, like « After reading the newspaper one day, my cousin Thaer Rasha’s father. He hasn’t left, not like some. The other told me that more than two million children had stopped day he told us that half of Syria’s 30,000 doctors had going to school in our country. For the first two years of been forced to leave the country. In any case, more than the war, Thaer went to school in Aleppo, but he stopped half of the hospitals have been destroyed. because it was too dangerous. That’s not all. I heard Rahaf’s older brother explaining Thaer said, ‘You know, Saeed, first we were scared of something to the humanitarian workers who had come walking to school – we were worried about shells. But to help him. He knows what he’s talking about ; he’s a then it got even worse. The school was bombed, and they psychiatrist. He said that, as children, we’re suffering found 23 students and five teachers buried in the ruins.’ from what specialists call ‘toxic stress’. This kind of stress can have lasting repercussions on us, including Thaer knows a lot about the war. For example, he said when we’re adults. The constant fear and tension we that 255 children had been killed at school or in sur- live in can have a serious impact on our development. rounding areas in 2016 alone. In my country, Syria, more And a lot of us are affected. They say that every day, than three million children under five have never known three million Syrian children experience stress caused by anything but war – that’s one in three ! bombing or conflicts. They also say that if three Syrian children are standing in front of you, two of them will have lost a family member, had their homes destroyed or back to school or university, we want to learn, we want been wounded during the war. Rahaf also explained that to become adults and we want this conflict that has a quarter of all children don’t know who to talk to when taken so much from us to end. We want to be happy, they’re scared, sad or depressed. It’s easy to see that it’s that simple. Because of this war, we have lost time, the stress makes us aggressive. Hamida, the nurse I see some of us have lost hope, and many of us have lost sometimes, told a foreign doctor that the constant stress family. But we do not want to be a generation without a makes seven out of ten children still wet their bed. future. This is why we need the world’s help to face that challenge. A challenge that an ‘abandoned but not ‘lost’ I also wanted to talk about Zeinab, my sister Nour’s best generation can overcome.» friend. She got married last month. Actually, she got married off, to a boy called Wael. Zeinab is only 15. We knew she didn’t want to get married, but that’s how it goes. Her father thought that Wael’s family would look after her, and it was one less responsibility for him. Xavier Colin Journalist With all these problems and worries, you might think Ambassador of Terre des hommes we’re a lost generation.

My name is Saeed, I’m 15 years old, and I wouldn’t say that. We’re the children of Syria, and we’ve only known war. We can no longer go to school ; millions of us have had to flee our homes and country. We’re unlucky, mis- treated, betrayed and abandoned, but we are not lost – we refuse to be. We want to survive. We want to go ©Tdh/François Struzik - Palestine fected by humanitarian crises. crises. by humanitarian fected peopleaf 600,000 over field, assisted we in the teams our of and commitment million,three including 1.5 million than expertise more the to children. Thanks by Terre over reached year, people hommes des of supported number the Last 1.5 millionchildren around world the 2016,weimprovedIn livesofmore the than -

© Tdh / Peter Käser - Iraq An overview of our main emergency aid projects in 2016

On the Balkan route Facing the forces of nature © Tdh - Serbia © Tdh/C.Baussan - Haiti

The closing of the Balkan route and the signing of an We were on site when an earthquake hit Ecuador and agreement by Turkey and the European Union in March Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti in 2016. We worked 2016 created new difficulties for thousands of refugee quickly to provide relief to affected children, distributing children and their families. The flexibility of our emer- essential goods – especially hygiene products – to help gency programme enabled us to adapt our approach by families meet their basic needs. In Ecuador, our experts taking into account political decisions about migration rehabilitated water facilities for 24,700 residents in four and moving operations to where children needed us most towns. In Haiti, we ran recreational and psychosocial ac- – Greece, Macedonia and Serbia. In 2016, we provided tivities for approximately 2300 children. essential goods and psychological support to over 60,000 refugees, giving 20,000 children access to safe spaces.

In the midst of the Syrian crisis On the front line in Iraq © Tdh - Iraq © Tdh/O.Girard - Jordan

In 2016, the Syrian crisis entered its sixth year. Living The Islamic State’s activities in Iraq have affected near- conditions have become extremely difficult for displaced ly five million children. We were the first international and refugee children, who face exploitation and vio- NGO to provide assistance to families fleeing the conflict lence. Girls are often married at a very young age. Since along the Baghdad-Mosul corridor. We provided access the start of the conflict, we have supported refugee to drinking water for more than 60,000 displaced per- families and host communities in Jordan, Lebanon and sons and toilets to 5000 displaced persons. We ran rec- Egypt. In 2016, we began using new psychosocial sup- reational and psychosocial activities in safe spaces for port techniques such as theatre, storytelling and sport more than 3000 children. In Sherqat, a town less than to help build children’s resilience. In Syria, our protection 150 kilometres from Mosul, we provided educational project supported more than 750 children. support to 1500 children.

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4800 84,000 professionals and children on the move 16 community members countries of accompanied and trained to protect children intervention protected on the move

Worldwide, nearly 50 million children are on the move, fleeing war or escaping poverty. In Eastern Europe and West Africa for example, a lot of children leave their country of origin to find better opportunities, putting themselves at risk of exploitation and trafficking. Many of those children are separated from their families. Travelling alone, they are exposed to serious dangers.

Supporting and protecting migrant children

In 2016, more than 84,000 children affected by migration had been left behind by their migrating parents. Our social benefited from Terre des hommes’ activities in 16 coun- workers empowered children on the move by informing tries. Our projects helped reduce the risks of migration, them about the dangers they might encounter and offering protect children on their journeys and improve the lives them opportunities for education and vocational training. of children who had either reached their destinations or

In Eastern Europe We empower local communities to prevent unsafe mi- who had experienced migration received psychosocial gration, particularly for the very young. In Kosovo for and educational support, making it easier for them to example, we improved the livelihoods of more than 130 reintegrate into society. One of our most important children and their parents with income generating activ- achievements in Albania was the opening of a commu- ities and vocational training. More than 1000 children nity centre that provides services on the prevention of

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risky migration, child and family support, and education sensitized and empowered more than 25,000 Roma com- to more than 900 children in 2016. We supported 1000 munity members in Romania and offered 1500 children Moldovan migrant children in difficult situations outside access to education. In 2016, we started a project on of their country, and almost 3000 children left behind entrepreneurial skills to improve those families’ socioec- at home while their parents work abroad (page 14). To onomic situations. reduce the number of Roma children migrating alone, we

Raising the bar for child protection workers in Europe The « Child Hub » is an online platform for the protection of children in South East Europe, designed for the regional community of professionals to share and develop knowledge and policies in child protection. In 2016, we counted more than 2000 online members from eight countries and trained more than 400 child protection professionals and an additional 170 frontline workers in contact with refugee and migrant children.

In West Africa We have established strategies to guarantee the rights In Mali, more than 4300 children were counselled at sev- of migrating children even under the most challenging en « Hope Points » (safe spaces set up on their routes), conditions. Since the start of our regional mobility pro- as well as through community groups. 270 children who ject in 2013, we have protected 10,800 children on the were likely to migrate got social support and more than move. More than 22,000 children have been made aware 100 started vocational training. 115 professionals and of the risks they might encounter and the rights they are community members were trained in child protection in entitled to when migrating. At the 65 community spaces the context of migration. In order to change the percep- and groups we have established, children can take part tion of migrating children, more than 1000 people were in recreational activities and learn life skills that rein- mobilised through awareness sessions. force their natural resilience. ©Tdh/O.Girard « Thanks to the listening ears and the help I got from Tdh in Tombouctou, I could start the vocational training of my choice : carpentry. The training and the starting kits gave me the possibil- ity to be independent and have my rights respected. » Lassine*, 16, was exploited as a child labourer on a construction site in Mali. We supported him with literacy class- es, life skills activities and vocational training in carpentry.

The names marked with an asterisk (*) have been changed.

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Giving a voice to children left behind in Moldova Migration is a widespread phenomenon in Moldova. About one-quarter of the country’s pop- ulation (almost 900,000 people) lives abroad. As a result of labour migration, up to 270,000 children under 14 are left behind by one or both parents. Due to less supervision and greater emotional challenges, children are more vulnerable and at risk of severe issues such as isolation, integration problems, violence or truancy.

Protecting children whose parents work abroad Terre des hommes’ « Families without Borders » ­campaign visibility, we raised awareness among migrating parents raises awareness and aims at reducing the negative ef- and changed people’s attitudes towards children left be- fects that migration can have on children left behind. Our hind. We improved the communication between children experts provide useful and practical advice on how to and parents and helped them better understand each maintain a sound relationship between children and the other’s situation. parents working abroad. The campaign’s core messages reflect the way children perceive their parents’ absence, Our local team supported 1000 affected children, gave their understanding of the situation, their needs and recommendations to parents and trained more than expectations. Our work aims at assuring the well-being 100 teachers and psychologists from 66 schools. These of children despite the geographical distance that sepa- schools subsequently carried out psychosocial activities rates them from their families. with 2760 children and 1770 parents. Furthermore, 400 protection professionals participated in workshops where From October 2016 to February 2017, we reached hun- they improved their capacities to assist potential migrat- dreds of thousands of people through public events, ing parents and to better protect children left behind. media, social media and the campaign’s website, which was visited by more than 4300 people. Thanks to this

All figures are based on the full length of the « Families without Borders » campaign, from October 2016 to February 2017.

4530 500 687,000 children and caregivers professionals trained people reached through participated in in assisting migrating the social media psychosocial group parents and children campaign activities left behind © Tdh - Moldova

14 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch © Tdh/Olivier Batiste Mihaela*, abroad working mother her 14 old, about years support.» my needed she that understood wrong I We then each afterwards. and hugged other something was do afraid She truth. the me Iwould that tell askedto her and courage my Itook there. be troubled me. not These thoughts would wake mother my and up day one afraid Iwould that even think to Iwas worried sleep, not Iwas and Icould it. leave,to denied she was going she Iaskedif her was wrong. Every time something that « When my mother decided work to abroad I When mother my felt time, first for the needs, creating a climate of trust in which they can grow despite the challenges the face. they despite in can grow which they trust aclimate of creating needs, their children’s and understand to listen to learn parents where communication, on positive include workshops sessions The their parents. of absence the with emotionally cope better and to enables them migration, of and effects causes the helps children understand gramme pro in The Moldova. Mihaela in activities psychosocial our and Veronica group participated Veronica*, old boy a10-year of mother son. our with morespeak often works husband My abroad prepare for this. We should emotionally them opinion. before children abroad, their going their ask with openly learned speak parents I’ve that activity should during this but migration, We children. stop cannot our abroad, order for in education and provide to aliving work to than option have other many no people and « The economic situation of our country is very difficult verydifficult is country our of The situation economic ; I will encourage to ; Iwill him » - Exploitation © Tdh / Ollivier Girard - Burkina Faso

216,000 16,000 children were 20 people received protected from countries of child protection exploitation intervention training

More than 85 million girls and boys worldwide are involved in the worst forms of child labour, risking psychological, physical and social harm. The issue of child labour is closely linked to poverty : children work to ensure that they and their families survive.

In 2016, Terre des hommes ran 28 projects in Asia, Africa, focused on domestic labour, sexual exploitation and child Europe and the Middle East to help protect 216,000 chil- labour in small companies. Many children had been ex- dren at risk of or victims of exploitation. These projects ploited after leaving home in search of a better life.

Increasing family income to keep children at school

In Egypt, Tdh improved living conditions for many vul- tive learning methods to prevent students from drop- nerable families by encouraging them to take up reve- ping out of school. We also boosted school enrolment nue-generating activities. By boosting their incomes, rates in Asyut and Luxor (4000 students in total) by they were able to pay their children’s school fees. We distributing daily meals to students and giving month- also provided entrepreneurial training and support to ap- ly food rations to families with children at school. proximately 2000 mothers in Asyut, raising awareness Finally, our teams held several seminars to inform 1240 of the importance of childhood education and the dan- community members about the dangers of exploitation, gers of exploitation. children’s rights, and Egyptian legislation in the field of Working with the Education Department in Asyut and child protection. Qena, we trained more than 1500 teachers on ac-

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Handing a child protection centre over to the community At the end of 2016, Tdh handed its centre for children in ties and providing psychological support at a special child Torkham, a city in eastern Afghanistan, over to local or- protection centre. We have also negotiated with the Edu- ganisations. In this region bordering Pakistan, many chil- cation Department to open four new schools in Torkham, dren work to help their families meet their basic needs. giving 360 children from the centre the chance to go back Since 2006, we have worked with local NGOs to protect to school. children by running educational and recreational activi-

©Tdh/S.Calligaro « A lot of things have changed : we can go to school now. When we’re sick, social workers take us to the doctor and give us medicine. All the village children come to the centre, even girls. » Ahmad*, a young Afghan boy who regularly visits the Tdh centre.

Giving hope to exploited children in Gaza through education In Palestine, our teams gave exploited children individual During the year, 35 children were able to go back to support, which started with visits to their homes. In 2016, school, and 146 others took part in professional appren- we provided approximately 550 child workers who had ticeships. We distributed uniforms and school supplies, left school with psychological support, balanced meals and ensured children had access to transport. In addi- and recreational activities, and gave them access to re- tion, 105 people, mostly women, attended events raising medial classes. 300 other children identified in previous awareness of the importance of reducing child labour in years continued to visit our protection centres. the Gaza Strip.

Our goal : to reduce child exploitation in the supply chain

We aim to make an impact by working with multinational organisations to reduce child labour and improve social conditions for children. In 2016, we started our research and had the first exploratory discussions with agricultural companies in Africa and clothing companies in Myanmar.

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Brick kilns in Nepal : developing a code of conduct to protect child workers The smoke from brick kilns pollutes the city of Kathmandu. Each kiln employs between 500 and 600 people who work up to 15 hours per day, seven days per week. Families live on site in poor sanitary conditions. According to a survey by Terre des hommes, children under 16 represent 20% of this workforce.

Rural exodus is a major problem in Nepal. Droughts, workers – especially children and pregnant women – see flooding and erosion have affected crops, making life in a doctor at least once a year and that they have access isolated villages extremely difficult. Entire families mi- to drinking water and sanitary facilities. We installed grate to the capital city to look for work. The 2015 earth- toilets for 3600 people and provided drinking water to quake accelerated this phenomenon. Today, hundreds 4700 people. The owners have also undertaken to edu- of artisanal brick kilns are located on the outskirts of cate children who live in the brick kilns. In 2016, we gave Kathmandu. The number of children they employ is esti- individual support (school supplies and medical care) to mated at around 28,000. Most are hired to mould clay, 100 children. More than 2000 people attended sessions turn dried bricks and arrange them in piles. Others cook raising awareness of hygiene practices. Five hundred and distribute food to workers, or lead the donkeys that pregnant women and new mothers received training on transport bricks to construction sites. These children do health, nutrition and breastfeeding. Two travelling clin- not attend school and grow up uneducated. They suffer ics treated 385 people. respiratory problems due to the dust and smoke. To curb the seasonal rural exodus of families to the cap- Since 2010, Tdh has worked to improve living and work- ital Kathmandu, we plan to work directly with their vil- ing conditions for the children in this sector. In the six lages and strengthen existing protection mechanisms (in brick kilns we have operated in for the past three years, particular, awareness-raising activities for teachers) to conditions have improved significantly. Owners have prevent moves that are harmful for children. signed a code of conduct stating they will not hire chil- dren aged under 16. They have agreed to ensure that all

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« When I was eight or nine years old, my family came here to work for the six winter months. I had to stop going to school five years ago because I couldn’t catch up when I got back to the village. Here, I make between 700 and 800 bricks a day and I get paid one rupee (1 centime) for each brick I mould. I want to help rebuild our house, which was destroyed in the earthquake. I take part in the children’s club at the brick kiln. It was there that I learned that I have rights that must be respected. I saw a doctor at the mobile clinic. The social worker also gave us information on sexual health and hygiene. Toilets have been built, which makes things much easier for me. We have had access to drinking water since filters were installed. My brother, who is 13, can go to the informal education centre for four hours a day. Today I feel more sure of myself. I want to learn to sew so I can be a seamstress in my village and not have to rely on seasonal work. » Binita*, 17, who lives with her sick father and young brother in a hut at a brick kiln in Jhyauli. Juvenile justice © Tdh /Will Baxter - Burundi

21,000 15,000 children in conflict 16 legal professionals with the law countries of received training received legal intervention support

Although some governments are turning to more punitive forms of juvenile justice, many others have recognised the advantages of restorative justice – rehabilitating children instead of sending them to prison. Terre des hommes advises countries regularly in this area.

For the past 20 years, Tdh has worked to improve legal 15,000 legal professionals in Africa, Eastern Europe, Lat- systems by ensuring that they respect children’s rights. in America and the Middle East. Our restorative justice In 2016, we provided legal, medical, psychological and programme has given a second chance to thousands of educational support to 21,000 children, and trained children in conflict with the law.

Alternatives to prison for Burundian children in conflict with the law In Burundi, we have worked closely with the government that children are remanded in custody has dropped by for the past ten years, producing some encouraging re- two thirds in four years : from 12 months in 2013 to four sults. In 2016, more than 50% of all children taken into months in 2016. Hearings for children now take place in police custody were given alternatives to prison sentenc- closed courts and children are no longer imprisoned with es. We helped ensure that the age of criminal responsi- adults following the creation of a rehabilitation centre bility was raised from 13 to 15 years. The length of time for children.

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A new law to protect Palestinian children In Palestine, five years of awareness-raising have cul- (such as petty theft) will be given educational opportu- minated in new criminal legislation being passed, which nities instead of prison sentences. For the first time, chil- promotes restorative rather than punitive justice, help- dren will be given a chance at rehabilitation through vo- ing to protect children’s fundamental rights. From now cational training at locations outside detention centres. on, young people taken into custody for minor offences ©Tdh/F.Struzik

Khaled*, 16 years old, was imprisoned for stealing two jerrycans of water from his employer, who had refused to pay his salary. The police made him sign a declaration even though he could not read. After the new law was passed in Palestine, we worked to have Khaled freed. He was released after five months in prison and has begun training as a panel beater.

Medical care for Egyptian children in prison In 2016, doctors visited children at Egypt’s Asyut De- to our work with the Ministry of Health. The project to tention Centre for the first time. In April and December, improve access to health care is one of several support- specialists in dermatology, otorhinolaryngology (ORL) and ing children in the Egyptian legal system. We also provide internal medicine examined 66 children aged between 11 rehabilitation assistance and promote child protection and 18, many of whom were anaemic and had skin prob- standards among juvenile justice professionals. lems. This medical treatment was free of charge, thanks

Research on customary justice In 2016, we carried out research into customary justice was possible to reduce discrimination against girls and the systems in the Middle East. In these regions, more than degrading treatment sometimes experienced by children. 80% of disputes are resolved through customary justice. We met regularly with customary justice actors, which This form of justice, which is faster, more accessible and helped raise awareness of these issues and increase the better known in villages, focuses on reconciliation. Victims participation rates of children in conflict resolution. In receive compensation to restore their honour. We carried Egypt, the areas in which the two-year study was carried out research in Egypt and Palestine, which showed that it out showed participation rates increase from 25 to 75%.

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Using mediation to address violence in Brazil For children growing up in Brazil, violence, drugs and gangs are part of everyday life. In the past 25 years, the number of firearm homicides has increased more than 600%. Today, the coun- try is home to 21 of the world’s 50 most dangerous cities. Terre des hommes promotes peaceful solutions and restorative justice to help young people escape the vicious cycle of crime.

Tdh helps curb and prevent violence by working in public bullying, physical violence or other forms of violence are schools, sharing conflict resolution and constructive dia- reported, the teacher in charge of conflict resolution calls logue techniques with teachers and students. Last year, a meeting attended by all those involved. This is called a we provided training on mediation to 30,000 children and mediation circle. « Each student gives his or her version of teenagers at four schools in Fortaleza and 35 schools in events, »says Vanessa, who was bullied at school and on the Rio Grande do Norte and Rio Grande do Sul regions. social media. « I told them that I was afraid of coming to According to the director of one of the schools taking school. » Hearing Vanessa describe her suffering helped part in the project, « When mediation is well done, you the other students to understand her position and apolo- nearly forget it’s a conflict resolution technique. It be- gise for their actions. They also agreed to delete untrue comes almost natural ! » information that had been published online using a fake social media profile. The mediation circle helped the stu- Violence has been reduced in all the schools taking part dents find common ground, allowing the school to avoid in this project since it was launched three years ago. In expulsions and police involvement. Osires Pontes primary school in Fortaleza, we recorded a 78% drop in violence between 2013 and 2016. Whenever

Mediation in criminal proceedings When a teenager has committed an offence, mediation their actions in order to reintegrate society. By favouring is used to help rebuild ties between the offender and the community service over imprisonment, restorative justice victim(s). In 2016, more than 1000 adolescents in conflict gives young people the opportunity to make amends for with the law benefitted from our project supporting re- their actions and contribute to their communities. storative justice for children. Restorative juvenile justice is not about letting young offenders out of prison without punishment. Young people must take responsibility for

Restorative justice : creating a win-win situation Prevention Mediation

Every CHF 1 spent on prevention generates Victim satisfaction is more than 80% following savings of CHF 7 by minimising the victim-offender mediation, compared to less than 60% consequences of criminality and violence. in traditional justice systems (United States and Canada). : studies by Kaye L. McLaren, 2000 / Umbreit, Coates and Vos, 2003 Sources

22 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch © Tdh/Drawlio Joca ©

Miss Switzerland visits girls in prison « During my visit to Brazil, I met with girls in prison. Some told me how they grew up surrounded by violence and insecurity, without respect or anyone to talk to. They told me how they wanted to change and find work. »

Lauriane Sallin, Miss Switzerland 2015 Mother and child health © Tdh / Sajana Shrestha -India

800,000 9000 children treated 17 health workers in 2016 countries of received training intervention

The global mortality rate for children under five has been halved over the past 25 years. This encouraging result reflects the health initiatives and innovations adopted by the World Health Organisation, governments and local and international NGOs. However, six million children under five still die every year – 16,000 per day. Forty-five per cent die during their first 28 days of life.

In 2016, Terre des hommes ran health programmes for countries in Asia and West Africa, focusing our efforts 2 million children and their families. We worked in 17 on children under five and the first 1000 days of life.

Healthcare for all children In Africa and Asia, most children die from preventible or more than 650,000 consultations from late 2014 to late curable diseases because of limited access to health- 2016. In Bangladesh, approximately 12,000 children re- care. Our teams work to improve medical access and ceived treatment for malnutrition and various childhood coverage for newborns, children and mothers. In 2016, a illnesses at specialist nutrition centres and community total of 800,000 children received treatment. clinics supported by Tdh. In Burkina Faso, our IeDA [1] project (see page 27) has significantly improved the quality of diagnosis, recording

[1] IeDA : Integrated e-Diagnostic Approach

24 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch Mother and child health ©Tdh/O.Girard « A country cannot develop without a healthy population. » Guillaume Foutry, Director of the IeDA project in Burkina Faso

Prevention is better than cure Improving water quality and hygiene practices can pre- To tackle widespread malnutrition, we raise awareness vent 58% of deaths caused by diarrhoea in children of the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for the first under five. To reduce the risk of water and hygiene re- six months of life, as well as healthy, balanced diets lated illnesses, our specialists gave 330,000 people in for young children and pregnant women. We also share schools, communities and health centres in nine coun- good practices in the fields of hygiene, vaccinations and tries access to clean drinking water in 2016. They also emergency care with communities. In 2016, our aware- built more than 3500 toilets for 22,000 people. In the ness-raising activities targeted almost 800,000 people, Kurigram District in northern Bangladesh, we installed mainly in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Afghanistan, Benin, 300 flood-proof wells. Guinea, Mali and Mauritania.

Medical training for better health services We provide professional training to strengthen local In Mali, a doctor and midwife team travelled to health health services and build the capacities of medical staff. centres in the Macina community. Using educational In 2016, we trained more than 9000 nurses, midwives material and a resuscitation kit, they trained staff on and nursing assistants. In Afghanistan, we have trained saving lives during childbirth – for example, in the event midwives working with displaced families in Kabul for of maternal haemorrhage or neonatal asphyxia. This over 20 years. In 2016, these midwives took part in a 20- training included case studies and simulation exercises. day course on child protection, psychosocial follow-up Since October 2016, midwives in Macina have saved 18 care and the latest medical techniques in the field of babies using the techniques they were taught. mother and child health.

Emergency medical care : a Terre des hommes training course The first Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) training course on mother and child health in humanitarian crises has been very successful. The first ten participants – three doctors, three midwives and four nurses – completed their training in November 2016. This diploma, which was developed in partnership with HESAV (the High School of Health Vaud), is for doctors, nurses and midwives interested in working in emergency situations and humanitarian crises. It includes 130 hours of classes and 200 hours of individual study. A second course has been planned for autumn 2017.

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Free healthcare : a victory for the children of Burkina Faso In spring 2016, healthcare became free for pregnant women and children under five in Burkina Faso. The new law was passed by the Council of Ministers after eight years of advocacy and government consultations.

In Burkina Faso, infant and maternal mortality rates are nered with other NGOs to bring the programme to the among the highest in the world. Every year, 100,000 chil- attention of the Burkina Faso government, which had dren under five die (22 times the mortality rate in Swit- just launched a universal medical coverage plan. Work- zerland), generally because families are unable to afford ing closely with the Ministry of Health, we contributed appropriate medical treatment. Half of the population of to social reform measures, which were passed in April Burkina Faso lives on less than 50 centimes per day, and 2016 and included free medical treatment for pregnant doctor’s appointments cost an aver- women and children under five. age of 1.50 francs. « Free health care has saved a lot After the new law entered into of children in our village. Many effect, the government asked Tdh Since the implementation of the parents couldn’t afford to take their and three other organisations to new law that guarantees free children to the doctor. Now, all that check compliance with the new has changed, » healthcare, more children and preg- free health care rules throughout says Awa, who received free health nant women are consulting doctors the country. care for her child. earlier, which has resulted in bet- ter treatment and lower mortality and morbidity rates. To support the healthcare reform, we also trained approx- Following this measure, the number of people visiting imately 275 doctors and nurses in eight health districts. health centres is likely to double. Indeed, access to health care is not only a question of price – it is also an issue of quality. From 2017 onwards, A successful pilot project we will continue to build the skills of health care staff In 2008, Tdh launched a pilot programme offering free by offering innovative professional training programmes. healthcare to pregnant women and children under five in two health districts in Burkina Faso : Tougan and ­Seguenega. Following this successful experience, our teams part-

270,000 2 times 275 children received as many consultations doctors, nurses and treatment since health care nursing assistants became free received training ©Tdh/O.Girard

26 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch Mother and child health

IeDA : a digital health care revolution The IeDA [2] application for digital tablets helps medical staff diagnose childhood illnesses. This revolution, which would have been considered utopian dream just a few years ago, is now a reality for thousands of chil- dren in Burkina Faso. Between late 2014 and late 2016, 1,800 nurses carried out more than 650,000 consulta- tions in 270 health centres using Tdh tablet computers. At the request of the government of Burkina Faso, our teams are now rolling out the project in other centres, in particular in the Sahel region. In Mali, the application was launched in one district in 2016. Other West African countries such as Mauritania have also expressed interest in incorporating the IeDA application into their health care systems.

How a tablet can change everything

Helps identifying Ensures continuous care by dangerous diseases. filing medical records.

Allows accurate diagnostics Offers self-training for and adequate treatment. healthcare staff.

More info on the technology : www.tdh.ch/ieda

[2] IeDA : Integrated e-Diagnostic Approach © Tdh /Ollivier Girard Specialised Care © Tdh /Clin d’Oeil

255 94 422 children brought to children operated on children supported Europe for complex locally during surgical in their social surgery missions reintegration

The year 2016 held several challenges for children with heart disease : having no access to adequate healthcare is still a reality for many families living in poverty. In addition, complex cases cannot yet be treated in most parts of West Africa. Nevertheless, specialised care has improved in quality as well as in the number of children cured, especially in Senegal, Morocco and Benin. Thanks to the training of local personnel and improvements in infrastructure, some children with cardiac malformations have already benefited from surgery.

Transfers to Europe

In 2016, Terre des hommes organised the transfer of 255 two years convalesced in the hospital in Geneva or with children with heart disease or other malformations – one of our six host families. In their home countries, 660 who did not have the possibility to be cured locally – to children received post-operative and follow-up care and Europe (Switzerland, Spain and France). Most of them 422 children were reintegrated into school or received were operated on in Switzerland at one of our three part- professional training. In addition, we provided economic ner hospitals in Geneva, Lausanne and Bern. After their and social support to the most vulnerable children and successful operations, they received post-operative care their families. at « La Maison » in Massongex, the home of Terre des hommes Valais for recovering children. Children under

28 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch Specialised Care ©Tdh

« In 20 years, I have seen the capacities to diagnose develop quicker than those to treat malformations. We have trained a network of local cardiologists and contributed together with our partners to the set-up of a child surgery service in Benin and a cardiac surgery centre in Senegal. The challenge is to improve those services and to develop others to operate locally on as many children as possible. » Dr. Carlos Royo is one of the founders of the specialised care programme at Tdh.

A chain of solidarity Terre des hommes is the European leader in the field of tals and the 64 volunteers who visited them during their medical transfers, taking care of 40% of all the children recovery, offering 4900 hours of their time. Thanks to treated. The ongoing success of this more than 55-year- the collaboration with « Aviation sans Frontières », we are old programme was guaranteed in 2016 by the support able to accompany the children on their flights to ­Europe of 71 volunteers who brought the children to the hospi- and once recovered, back home.

Opening our programme to more countries In 2016, Mali became an integral part of our specialised we resumed our specialised care programme after its in- care programme. This allowed the transfer of 22 Malian terruption for two years due to the Ebola crisis. The first children from vulnerable backgrounds with locally un- three children arrived in Switzerland in December 2016. treatable heart diseases to Europe for surgery. In Guinea,

Improving regional capacities Building regional skills is one of our priorities in the field Thanks to the new Cuomo Centre for paediatric cardiol- of specialised care. Thanks to the humanitarian commit- ogy in Dakar (Senegal) built in 2016, we are able to con- ment of the Swiss university hospitals in Lausanne and tinue our surgery missions with a better infrastructure Bern (CHUV, Inselspital), we undertook six missions with to guarantee continuous training of the health personnel Swiss paediatric surgeons to Morocco, Benin and Sen- and the development of local expertise. In Benin, we pro- egal, where they operated together with local doctors vided medical staff with specialised equipment to make on 94 children and simultaneously trained hospital staff. it possible to operate on children locally. In Morocco, the These missions create a unique opportunity for local year 2016 also marked a change in the development of surgeons to assist in complex operations and assure a local healthcare with the agreement between Terre des continuous learning process. hommes, the Inselspital (Bern) and the hospital in Rabat to develop a centre for children’s heart surgery.

What’s next ? We are looking to improve the skills of local health personnel by offering them the possibility to do internships in our partner hospitals in Switzerland. In May and June 2017, we are training five emergency health personnel from Senegal at the HUG in Geneva. Our primary goal in the long term is to increase the number of children treated in their home countries.

29 Emergencies and humanitarian crises ©Tdh - Greece

285,000 25,000 children received 16 professionals received emergency aid countries of child protection training intervention

According to UNICEF, around 250 million children live in countries affected by violent conflict. In 2016, 3.2 million Iraqis – 65% of them children – fled outbreaks of fighting. In Syria, the war has dragged on, resulting in the forced displacement of people to neighbouring countries, a situation which has upset the lives of thousands of children. In 2016, Terre des hommes provided emergency aid to approximately 600,000 children and their relatives suffering because of conflict or natural disasters.

Giving hope to refugee children The Syrian conflict has lasted for more than six years. tivities such as sport, theatre and drawing for refugee To help address the devastating consequences of this children and host communities. In Lebanon alone, 10,000 war, we provide emergency aid to families who have children took part in these activities in 2016. fled their homes in Syria, the neighbouring countries of On the Balkan route, our teams supported refugee fam- Jordan and Lebanon, as well as in Egypt. Last year, our ilies by providing essential goods, emergency psycho- teams helped approximately 100,000 refugees in these logical aid and immigration information. In 2016, we three countries. We also provided child protection aid helped more than 60,000 refugees. In Greece, we made in refugee camps and host communities, raising aware- it easier for children to go back to school. Our teams ran ness and training more than 30,000 parents and profes- educational activities following the creation of six new sionals. These activities underlined the risks of early children’s libraries. We used innovative materials : trav- marriage, forced child labour and violence against and elling media libraries with Internet access, as well as between children. We also organised recreational ac- interactive activities and games.

30 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch Emergencies and humanitarian crises

Protecting children in extreme conditions In Korogocho, a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi in Kenya, year, we are expanding our activities in the south of the almost 200,000 people live in an area spanning 1.5 km2. country to the northern state of Unity, where we will Tdh opened a training centre in this neighbourhood so address urgent health, nutritional and protection needs. more than 1000 parents, educators and members of the In 2016 in Ukraine, we provided child protection training authorities could receive training on child protection and to more than 1000 people, in particular members of local children’s rights, tackling violence, abuse and exploitation. NGOs. This enabled them to give psychological support In South Sudan, we helped more than 10,000 children to approximately 30,000 children and their relatives. We affected by conflict. In Juba, our teams provided psycho- equipped 136 toy libraries and other children’s facilities logical and social support to more than 7800 children. with appropriate educational materials. In the Boma region, we built and repaired wells, giving 7000 people improved access to drinking water. This ©Tdh/F.Cella

« Children are never prepared for war or natural disaster. They need psychosocial support to move forward. When their parents are suffering, wounded or missing, children need professional assistance – like the assistance we are offering. » Maria Bray, Child Protection Advisor

Preparing for natural disasters

The Ecuador earthquake (April 2016) and Hurricane Mat- Between June and September 2016, the monsoon season, thew in Haiti (October 2016) had a major impact on popu- India was hit by serious flooding. We distributed emergen- lations already experiencing difficult living conditions. We cy kits to 1100 families. We also handed out school sup- were present in both countries when the disasters hit. plies to 1500 children so they could continue their classes. This presence, combined with our experience in emergen- Our teams cleaned and disinfected more than 500 water cy aid, enabled us to move swiftly. Our delegations quickly pumps to improve access to drinking water and prevent evaluated needs and organised for emergency aid to be disease. We raised awareness of good hygiene practic- sent to the most affected regions. In Ecuador, we distrib- es among 77,000 people. In addition, we raised wells so uted essential goods to approximately 700 families and they would supply water to more than 2000 families in the rehabilitated water supply systems. In Haiti, we provided event of future flooding. psychological support to 2300 children and emergency equipment to 9000 people.

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Providing aid to Iraqi children In 2016 and 2017, millions of families fled regions controlled by so-called Islamic State and areas affected by violent conflict in Iraq. Terre des hommes, which has operated in the country since 2014, was the first international NGO to provide emergency humanitarian aid in difficult-to-reach areas in southern and western Mosul.

In Iraq, 3.2 million people – 65% of them children – have also gave over 140,000 people access to drinking water fled violence caused by so-called Islamic State. In leav- by organising water deliveries or rehabilitating water ing their homes, cities and land behind, these families treatment facilities. To improve hygiene conditions for have lost everything. We provide emergency aid to help displaced families, we built showers and sanitary facil- meet their basic needs. ities and implemented waste disposal systems in Tooz and Tikrit. Hygiene kits containing nappies, soap, cloth- In 2016, we helped nearly 14,000 families survive harsh ing and other items were distributed. winter conditions in the north of the country by sup- plying shelters and essential goods (blankets, heaters, kerosene, mattresses, tools and cooking utensils). We

An unprecedented emergency operation In 2016, we managed to provide support to around our Emergency Operations Manager. Running such a 400,000 people affected by the Iraqi conflict, despite large-scale operation during a humanitarian crisis was very dangerous conditions. Our local teams worked with a first for Tdh. authorities, militias and factions to ensure staff security, while establishing good relations with the populations in We trained more than 150 social workers on child protec- the regions we operated in. In addition, we developed a tion and psychosocial support in emergency situations. solid understanding of the local geography, helping us to Working with these professionals, we ran recreational anticipate population movements and meet the essen- activities such as sport, singing and drawing, helping tial needs of displaced families. « We managed to posi- around 42,000 Iraqi children deal with the horrors of war tion ourselves in regions where we were alone – areas and giving them a temporary respite from the atrocities other NGOs didn’t want to work in, » said Steve Ringel, they had witnessed. ©Tdh

« It’s in my blood. Every morning, I wake up thinking of the children’s smiles. That’s what motivates me. » Fady Shamoon, Tdh Liaison Officer in Iraq

As team leader, Fady Shamoon manages contacts with the Kirkuk authorities, identifies potential locations for helping displaced families and works directly with children in the field.

32 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch Emergencies and humanitarian crises

Working on the frontline We have worked in Iraqi Kurdistan since the beginning of the conflict. Very early on, we expanded our operations to areas where children needed us most and places where humanitarian aid was lacking. Thanks to our good re- lationships with the authorities and local communities, we are now able to work in regions close to the frontline, providing support to residents as soon as they manage to escape.

Mosul

Tal Afar Legend

Erbil Tdh office Our operations Islamic State Sherqat presence Syria Kirkuk

Baiji Daquq Iran

Tikrit Tooz

Bagdad Jordan Iraq

Tiger

Saoudi Arabia

Kuwait

42,000 15,000 1500 hygiene kits were children took part children supported distributed in in educational in 2016 Tikrit and Baiji activities in Sherqat

33 Advocacy © Tdh / Sandro Mahler

142 3 22,000 children were placed in interpellations were families were evicted administrative detention tabled with the Swiss from their homes in 2015 in Switzerland Parliament in Rio de Janeiro

Terre des hommes works tirelessly to defend the rights of children in Switzerland and abroad. In 2016, we focused our efforts on the rights of unaccompanied migrant children, some of whom were detained in Switzerland due to their immigration status, constituting an infringement of their rights. We also defended children affected by the Olympic Games and other major sporting events.

Unaccompanied migrant children in detention Even in Switzerland, the rights of unaccompanied mi- Tdh presented the results of this survey to the parliament grant children are regularly disregarded. Working with and the Swiss public at a seminar. As a result, three par- the Global Detention Project, we carried out a study [3] liamentary interpellations seeking to end administrative which showed that the practice of placing children in detention for migrant children were tabled. Next, we aim detention for immigration or asylum reasons was wide- to identify best practices in Swiss cantons, developing spread. In 2015, 142 minors were placed in administra- alternatives to administrative detention and promoting tive detention in Switzerland [4]. Detention is never in the their adoption by those that still follow this approach. child’s best interests. Several cantons repeatedly refused to give us access to data on detained children.

[3] www.tdh.ch/detention-migrant-children [4] According to the numbers provided by the State Secretariat for Migration SEM in April 2016

34 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch Advocacy ©Tdh

« Our first goal was to visit children in administrative detention. But we were surprised to see that some cantons had no information on them at all. So we decided to carry out a detailed survey.» Lorène Métral, Advocacy Team Member

ADEM – stronger together We work with different partner organisations to en- and accommodation of underage migrants. In addition to sure our concerns and demands are heard. Through the Tdh, its founding members include the Swiss International Alliance for the Rights of Migrant Children (ADEM), we Social Service Foundation (ISS) and the International In- defend the interests of young migrants in Switzerland. stitute for the Rights of the Child (IDE). The Swiss Refugee ADEM supports universal standards for the processing Council joined the Alliance in 2016.

Destination Unknown – international advocacy for migrant children In 2016, we defended the rights of migrant children as demics, charities and other NGOs, we adopted nine prin- part of « Destination Unknown », a campaign launched ciples that should be respected in all activities involving and managed by the International Federation Terre migrant children or children affected by migration. These des Hommes of which we are a member. Last year, the rules aim to raise awareness among lawmakers and chil- campaign published six reports on the rights of children dren’s rights defenders, providing better protection to all affected by migration. Working with UN experts, aca- those aged under 18.

Child protection at sporting events Major sporting events can have a significant impact on were being violated (through evictions, police violence, local populations, including children. The Children Win and the arrest of street children). These violations were campaign, run by the International Federation Terre des recorded in an award-winning film and presented to Hommes, encourages large organisations to respect journalists who passed the information on to the general children’s rights before, during and after events. During public. We also developed a manual to help journalists the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, we col- take children’s rights into account while covering the lected evidence that human rights and children’s rights Olympic Games.

Human rights in FIFA statutes Tdh is in constant dialogue with the International Olym- part of FIFA’s new statutes – a major achievement. The pic Committee (IOC) and the International Federation of IOC has announced that it wants to make this issue an Association Football (FIFA), calling on organisations and obligation in contracts with cities hosting the Games. host countries to respect children’s rights. Working with We will continue negotiating until these organisations’ other NGOs, we have successfully made human rights words have become actions.

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80,000 1.4 2164 hours of volunteer million students informed about work Swiss francs raised by children’s rights our volunteers

In 2016, Terre des hommes launched two new initiatives targeting secondary school students and festival-goers. We also won two prizes for a project on the web and our advertisements in Swiss cities, capping a very eventful year.

Making a difference at the Paléo Festival

In July, around 40 volunteers staffed a tent for Tdh at the To support cultural dialogue, we projected these images Paléo Festival in Nyon. This year, their goal was to raise on a screen inside the tent. This unique approach to a public awareness of the refugee crises in Europe and the very serious issue raised festival-goers awareness for Middle East. Inside the tent, festival-goers could write the cause of child refugees. Young people between 18 messages of hope for refugees and take photographs of and 35 were especially interested. The operation en- themselves holding their messages. Meanwhile, our Jor- joyed excellent visibility on social media and resulted in danian delegation took photographs of refugees holding 814 photos. texts they had written for young people in Switzerland.

36 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch Switzerland

Giving students a new perspective Between October and December, secondary school is about taking suitcases of cash to crisis-hit regions. In teachers opened their classes to educators trained by our workshops, they learn that projects have been devel- Tdh as part of International Children’s Rights Day. To mark oped by specialists trained to work in difficult conditions this event, teenagers tried to put themselves in the posi- and provide real assistance in the field, », said Caroline tion of refugees of the same age. What would they take Hostettler, an educator in French-speaking Switzerland. with them if they had to leave everything behind ? Where More than 500 students took part in these activities would they go for help ? Educators indicated conflict around the country. This initiative reflects our underlying zones on maps and discussed why young people would goal to raise awareness of children’s rights among Swiss choose to leave their cities, homes, schools and friends school students. It will be repeated in 2017. behind. « Most adolescents think that humanitarian aid ©Tdh

« In our workshops, adolescents learn that humanitarian aid is not just about giving money, but also about committed individuals working in the field. » Caroline Hostettler, Tdh educator in schools

A new ambassador for vulnerable children Xavier Colin joined Tdh’s team of ambassadors at the Another Tdh ambassador, Laetitia Guarino, Miss Swit- end of 2016. Formerly the head of the international sec- zerland 2014, travelled to India in August to visit our tion at Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) and the presenter projects. Images of her trip in the province of Assam of the news analysis programme Géopolitis, he is espe- appeared on social media, in local media and in Swiss cially interested in our humanitarian crisis projects in newspapers. Laetitia, who is studying medicine, spoke the field. He has written the article on Syrian children, out in favour of our activities targeting malnutrition and which you can read on page 8. We are proud to be as- child exploitation in India. sociated with such an renowned journalist, whose great commitment has boosted our projects’ visibility among the Swiss public.

An award-winning year

Tdh received two prizes in 2016. Our institutional film won the We also won Poster of the Swiss Web Festival’s audience Month, a prize awarded by the prize in the corporate advertising SGA advertising company, for category. It was produced by Messieurs.ch, a studio our new image campaign in December. This cam- in Vaud which regularly makes our videos in the field. paign is a reminder that Every child in the world www.tdh.ch/en/working-terre-des-hommes has the right to a childhood – it’s that simple.

37 Risk management ©Tdh - South Sudan

1583 8 50% employees working high-risk countries of fewer motorcycle in the field intervention in 2016 accidents since 2015

Terre des hommes provides aid in high-risk situations – dealing with the hurricane in Haiti, armed conflict in Afghanistan and street gangs in Colombia, for example. To be able to give children the support they need, we must first make sure our delegations are safe. This is the role of the risk management team.

High-risk areas In 2016, we ran operations in Haitian villages devastated In 2016, we worked in eight high-risk areas : Afghanistan, by Hurricane Matthew. We also worked in Iraq, where Burundi, Colombia, Haiti (Canaan), Iraq, Kenya (Dadaab), the Mosul offensive against so-called Islamic State Palestine (Gaza) and South Sudan. In all of these zones, resulted in high numbers of internally displaced persons we carefully evaluated risks and minimised the likelihood (see page 32). In both of these situations, we needed of incidents. to secure our operations before being able to provide support to children.

Safety-related measures Safety measures address accident risks, health prob- cess to preventive medical treatment. We request writ- lems and natural disasters. We take steps to occupy ten incident reports for all problems experienced by em- properties located outside flood-prone areas, construct ployees in the field. These reports help us analyse needs permanent buildings rather than use prefabricated struc- and evaluate the impact of measures implemented over tures, and avoid renting elevated premises in earthquake the course of the year. zones. We ensure that all our field employees have ac-

38 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch Risk management

Motorcycles are the best way of accessing populations mets. Special protective equipment is recommended in are- in many regions. Between 2015 and 2016, we managed as with high accident rates, including Mali and Bangladesh. to halve all motorcycle accidents. We have upgraded our motorcycle fleet and imposed stricter rules on wearing hel-

Security-related measures Security measures concern all intentional acts that aim result, we have re-trained our guards to better screen to cause harm, including thefts, hold-ups and kidnapping. visitors. In Iraq and Afghanistan, two countries where In 2016, the most frequent security problem we encoun- the risk of terrorist attacks grew in 2016, we follow strict tered was the theft of equipment from our offices. As a procedures when travelling in intervention areas.

Conflict zones Responsible risk-taking We are increasingly called on to intervene in conflict We have identified four levels of risk, which we zones, which complicates conditions for our operations. use to determine the measures we must imple- Before deploying teams, we carry out preliminary risk ment to ensure optimal safety and working condi- analyses in the field. Where possible, we join other NGOs tions for our teams. in neighbourhoods that are considered safe. We share as much security information as possible. We make con- Level 1 tact with NGOs specialising in medical treatment to de- Normal situation : working conditions in termine where to go in the event of an accident. the country are normal and communication systems are operational. Level 2 In-house training At-risk situation : the country is affect- In 2016, 30 employees at head office took part in a two- ed by street protests, increased crime at day course on severe crisis management. Professionals markets or riots. Consequence : the situation is closely monitored. presented examples of crisis situations and provided expert advice on how to interact with rebel groups, em-

Level 3 bassies, governments and international organisations, Dangerous situation : the country is af- fected by violence, oppression or violent acts as well as with staff members, their families and the targeting NGOs or embassies. ­Consequences : media. The course reinforced employees’ capacities to activities are restricted and non-essential set up crisis units at head office and in the field in the staff are sent home. Very strict measures event of major incidents. are implemented. Leaving Tdh buildings is forbidden and all travel must take place with a driver. Level 4 Extreme situation : police or law enforce- ment agencies are no longer operational and pillaging is widespread. Consequences : working is impossible, the office is closed and a monitoring unit is set up.

39 2016 : A record year ©Tdh/Giuseppe Salerno - Myanmar - Salerno ©Tdh/Giuseppe

3 million 2x more 38 children and family beneficiaries countries of intervention members helped in five years

In 2016, Terre des hommes helped three million people worldwide, including one and a half million children – a first since Tdh’s creation in 1960. With a hundred projects in 38 countries, we have doubled the number of our beneficiaries in five years. In total, one million children have seen their health improve, nearly 300,000 have received aid in humanitarian crises and 230,000 have been protected and cared for.

Health / Water, Emergency & Protection / Juvenile sanitation and Specialised humanitarian Number of Number of Migration Exploitation Justice hygiene care crises beneficiaries employees Budget (national and in thousands p.12-15 p.16-19 p.20-23 p.24-27 p.28-29 p.30-33 expatriated) of Swiss francs

Afghanistan 112'619 135 2'982

Albania 6'688 25 2'622

Bangladesh 628'439 265 2'099

Benin 154'510 24 763

Brazil 8'138 14 491

Burkina Faso 591'365 114 7'000

Burundi 26'627 41 650

Colombia 8'341 27 703

40 Terre des hommes | Annual Report 2016 | www.tdh.ch 2016 : A record year

Health / Water, Emergency & Protection / Juvenile sanitation and Specialised humanitarian Number of Number of Migration Exploitation Justice hygiene care crises beneficiaries employees Budget (national and in thousands p.12-15 p.16-19 p.20-23 p.24-27 p.28-29 p.30-33 expatriated) of Swiss francs

Ecuador 49’894 8 8

Egypt 47’131 46 3’047

Guinea 107’222 19 2’277

Greece 61'375* 20 2'100

Haiti 22'416 59 1'008

Hungary 2'347 11 1'800

India 57'883 15 896

Iraq 399'041 146 10'000

Jordan 19'942 68 820

Kenya 44'565 49 2'500

Kosovo 3'622 14 307

Lebanon 44'851 101 2'200

Mali 193'813 98 2'204

Mauritania 98'695 28 822

Moldavia 25'658 18 795

Morocco 439 4 184

Myanmar 27'620 34 838

Nepal 36'072 28 2'320

Nicaragua 5'753 10 521

Nigeria 79 4 161

Pakistan 40'822 5 484

Palestine 95'207 14 644

Panama 320 5 360

Peru 2'290 15 644

Romania 9'883 14 1'326

Senegal 401 7 140

South Sudan 12'767 24 1'890

Syria 1'828 0 400

Togo 91'641 29 676

Ukraine 42'196 45 1'000

*This result includes the number of people helped in Greece but also in the Balkan region : Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria.

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78.9 88% 45 million of expenditure was accounting audits were invested directly in completed by independent total income in 2016 children’s aid projects experts in Switzerland and abroad

Our performance in 2016 reflected that of 2015. We recorded total income of 78.9 million Swiss francs (CHF) compared to CHF 79.8 million in 2015. Expenditure increased to CHF 83.1 million compared to CHF 78.4 million in 2015 (+ 7%).

In 2016, we posted an operating deficit of CHF 4.2 mil- General administrative costs (finance, IT, human re- lion, which was due to investments to strengthen our sources and management) were CHF 4.5 million, repre- organisation within our 2016-2020 strategic plan, to senting 5.3% of total expenditure. Fundraising and com- a slight decrease in income donated by the public and munication activities cost CHF 5.6 million, 6.7% of total through legacies, and to the devaluation of the Egyptian expenditure. Total administrative costs were therefore pound, which led to significant exchange rate losses. 12% of total expenditure, which complies with the stra- Over the year, our real estate and financial investments tegic limit of 15% set by the Foundation Council in 2016. largely compensated for this deficit, especially following the regulatory accounting revaluation of our real estate An independent auditor (see page 52) has certified that the properties, which increased by CHF 6 million in value. annual financial statements are a true and fair reflection Our reserves are therefore intact and we can continue to of Tdh’s assets, financial situation and results, and attests provide aid to children in the future in the strategic fields that the provisions of the quality label attributed by the of protection, health and humanitarian aid. ZEWO foundation – ensuring the transparency and honesty of fundraising organisations – have been respected. 88% of the Foundation’s expenditure was invested di- rectly in children’s aid projects in 38 countries. The budget of the Humanitarian Aid Department grew to CHF Thierry Sabaux 12.9 million, which represented a 50% increase in its ac- Director of the Finance, Administration and IT Department tivities compared to 2015, in keeping with the goals in This report is a translation ; only the French version of this report has legal validity. our strategic plan.

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Consolidated balance sheet as per 31 December 2016

Assets Non-current assets (in thousands of Swiss francs) Appendix 2016 2015 40 % Current assets 34'855 34'073 Cash 2 26'342 26'534 Other current Securities 3 143 219 assets 15 % Receivables 4 3'958 3'301 Assets Contribution receivables 5 4'339 3'980 Prepayments and accrued income 6 73 39 Cash 45 % Non-current assets 23'591 17'508 Investment properties 7 22'440 16'475 (Percentages of the total balance sheet) Other fixed assets 7 701 523 Financial assets 8 247 240 Intangible assets 9 203 270

TOTAL 58’447 51’581

Liabilities, funds and capital

(in thousands of Swiss francs) Appendix 2016 2015 Current Current liabilities 23'250 18'241 liabilities 46 % Creditors 10 1'973 2'376 Funds received in advance 11 14'779 9'528 Liabilities Accrued liabilities and deferred income 12 3'823 4'095 and capital Short-term provisions 14 2'675 2'242 Capital of the organisation Liabilities in the long term 3'970 3'250 54% Long-term interest-bearing debts 13 1'300 1'300 (Percentages of the total balance sheet) Long-term provisions 14 2'670 1'950

Capital of the organisation 31'227 30'091 A large proportion of capital is readily available in cash in Switzerland or directly Paid-in capital 5 5 in the field at the various project sites or Fund capital (funds allocated) 1'212 1'692 invested in property Tied capital 15 2'282 1'664 Free capital 27'728 26'730

TOTAL 58’447 51’581

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Consolidated statement of operations 2016

Income (in thousands of Swiss francs) Appendix 2016 2015 General public fundraising 17'832 22'833 Contributions Periodic donations 4'976 4'990 68% Orange sales and Children's Rights Day 886 916 Regional activities 738 1'230 Non-periodic donations 1'222 1'103 Direct marketing 7'770 8'786 Legacies 2'241 5'808 Income Semi-institutional fundraising 6'870 5'849 Institutions and foundations 5'227 4'250 Fundraising Sponsoring and companies 698 716 income 32% Swiss cantons 944 883 Total fundraising income 24'702 28'682 (Percentages of the total expenses) Contributions 53'887 50'925 Partner organisations TDH International Federation 2'448 3'236 Swiss solidarity (Chaîne du Bonheur) 7'059 8'742 Swiss Government – SDC 20 18'198 16'814 Income abroad 15'244 12'967 Foreign governments and organisations 10'938 9'166 Produits divers 303 193 TOTAL 78’891 79’800 of which unrestricted funds 14'953 20'180 of which restricted funds 63'935 59'620

Expenditures (in thousands of Swiss francs) Appendix 2016 2015 Projects and programs abroad 69'464 65'116 Projects and 14'109 15'112 programs Projects in West Africa 88% Projects in Europe and Eastern Africa 8'364 7'585 Projects in the Middle East and North Africa 14'481 12'812 Projects in Asia 5'689 7'137 Projects in Latin America 6'103 5'771 Fundraising Expenditures 7% Projects Humanitarian Crisis (ex-Emergency) 12'945 8'555 Innovation and Operational Reserve 535 915

Administration Projects in Switzerland 1'189 1'268 5% Programs with thematic topics 2'093 2'287 Projects and programs support 3'956 3'676 (Percentages of the total expenses) Networking and information 3'379 3'337 TDH International Federation and Partners 593 537 Information and awareness in Switzerland 2'786 2'800 Fundraising and administration 10'263 10'012 Communication and Fundraising 5'670 6'029 Administration 4'593 3'983 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES 18 83’106 78’466 OPERATIONAL RESULT -4’214 1’334 Financial result 16 -178 -407 Financial income 76 19 Financial expenditure -254 -426 Other results 17 6'731 438 Investment property income 1'150 1'202 Investment property revaluation 6'091 -170 Investment property expenditure -511 -594 Allocation to provisions 14 -1’153 -433 Direct taxes -49 -65 ANNUAL RESULT before allocation/withdrawal to the capital of the organization 1’136 867 (+) Withdrawal from affected funds 480 -2 ANNUAL RESULT before Allocation to capital + Reserves 1'616 865 Withdrawal from /(-) Allocation to tied capital 15 -618 -327 Withdrawal from /(-) Allocation to free capital -998 -538 ANNUAL RESULT 0 0

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Cash flow statement 2016 (in thousands of Swiss francs) Appendix 2016 2015 This statement is a summary of the sources of funds starting from the result of the foun- ANNUAL RESULT before allocation to/withdrawal dation and the itemized variations of the from the organisation’s capital 1'136 867 accounts. They reflect the sources and sub- Depreciations 383 442 sequent utilization of these funds and the resulting treasury variance. Revaluation -6'091 170 Obtained legacies in the form of properties 7 - -8'219 Increase (-) / Decrease (+) allocation to provisions 1'153 2'383 Increase (-) / Decrease (+) in securities 76 -210 Increase (-) / Decrease (+) receivables -657 -707 Increase (-) / Decrease (+) contribution receivables -359 -2'114 Increase (-) / Decrease (+) prepayments and accrued income -34 475 Increase (+) / Decrease (-) creditors -403 550 Increase (+) / Decrease (-) funds received in advance 5'251 -2'295 Increase (+) / Decrease (-) accrued liabilities and deferred income -272 493 Cash flow from operation 183 -8'164

Investments (-) of fixed assets 7 -368 -212 Investments (-) in investment properties 8 -7 - Disposal (+) (sale) of financial assets - 29 Investments (-) of financial assets 9 - -336 Cash flow from investing activities -375 -520

Increase in long-term interest-bearing debts 0 1'300 Cash flow from financing activities 0 1'300

INCREASE (+) / DECREASE (-) IN CASH -192 -7’384

Cash on January 1st 26'534 33'918 Cash on December 31st 26'342 26'534 INCREASE (+) / DECREASE (-) IN CASH -192 -7’384

Statement of changes in funds and in capital Balance With- Balance With- Balance (in thousands of Swiss francs) 31/12/2014 Allocation drawal 31/12/2015 Allocation drawal 31/12/2016 Paid-in capital 5 - - 5 - - 5 Fund capital (funds allocated) 1'690 3'362 -3'360 1'692 2'490 -2'970 1'212 Eastern Europe reserve - 6 -6 - 11 -11 - Middle East reserve 419 149 -252 316 87 -189 214 West Africa reserve 113 203 -273 43 183 -205 21 Asia reserve - 366 -236 130 127 -127 130 Latin America reserve 515 149 -374 290 150 -150 290 Emergency reserve 260 26 -26 260 29 -29 260 Mother-child health and nutrition reserve 171 1'807 -1'807 171 1'472 -1'643 - Vulnerability reserve - 343 -343 - 258 -258 - Trafficking and exploitation reserve - 25 -25 - 43 -43 - Refugee crisis - 270 - 270 111 -296 85 Reserve for projects outside priority areas 213 18 -18 213 19 -19 213 Tied capital 1'337 391 -64 1'664 730 -112 2'282 Severance payments 1'337 391 -64 1'664 - -112 1'552 Exchange rate risk - - - - 450 - 450 Tdh UK - - - - 280 - 280 Free capital 26'192 538 - 26'730 998 - 27'728 CAPITAL OF THE ORGANISATION 29'224 4'291 -3'424 30'091 4'218 -3'082 31'227

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Annex to the consolidated balance sheet as of 31 december 2016 Presented in thousands of Swiss francs

1/ Principles of accounting and presentation

a) General remarks Capital consolidation is performed using the acquisition The presentation of the financial statements of the Terre method. At the date of first-time consolidation, the assets des hommes – Helping children worldwide – Foundation and liabilities of newly consolidated subsidiaries are eval- (« Terre des hommes » or « Tdh ») is based on the ­global ­model uated at fair market value. The goodwill resulting from this of recommendations made by Swiss GAAP FER (in com­ revaluation (the difference between the acquisition cost pliance with the conceptual framework, core FER and ­other and net assets as evaluated at fair market value) is listed Swiss GAAP FER). The presentation provides a true and as an asset and amortized against profit on a straight-line fair view of the organisation’s assets, financial position and basis over five years. revenues. The consolidated financial statements comply Claims, debts, income and expenditure between consolidat- with Swiss law, the requirements of the ZEWO Foundation­ ed entities have been eliminated. Intragroup transactions (the Swiss Central Office for Charitable Organisations) and have in principle been carried out under market conditions. the Foundation’s­ statutes. The consolidated financial statements are based on the an- d) Foreign currency conversion nual financial statements of all consolidated entities as at Foreign currency transactions are converted at the average 31 December 2016 which were drawn up based on uniform rates of the month of recognition. principles. All consolidated entities have a fiscal year end Assets and liabilities held in foreign currencies as of De- of 31 December. cember 31st in the balance sheet are converted into Swiss The consolidated financial statements are prepared on a francs at the rates effective on December 31st. The results historical-cost basis (using acquisition values) and present- of these conversions are included in the financial result. ed in thousands of Swiss francs (KCHF). For this reason, there may be differences in totals due to rounding. e) Cash The presentation and evaluation principles are the same Cash, postal accounts, domestic banks and banks abroad as in previous fiscal years. There have been no significant are shown in the balance sheet at their nominal value. changes in the hypotheses or estimations used in the an- nual financial statements. f) Securities The Foundation Board approved the consolidated financial state- Securities are recorded on the balance sheet at their mar- ments of Terre des hommes at its meeting on 9 June 2017. ket value on the effective balance sheet date. Investments are made in accordance with the investment b) Scope of consolidation regulations of Terre des hommes, first with the aim of The consolidated financial statements include the annual preservation of value, and further to receive an acceptable financial statements of all group entities in which Terre des return with respect to the market situation. Only bonds hommes directly or indirectly holds 50% or more of the vot- rated double or triple A are permitted. For other securities ing rights (principle of control). The real estate company derived from a legacy, the principle of immediate sale is Rumine-Lucinge C. S.A. with the seat in 1003 Lausanne is adopted, provided that the securities can be sold. Provi- included in the consolidated financial statements under the sions are made for non-negotiable securities. global integration method. The company is entirely owned by Tdh. g) Prepayments and accrued income There were no changes to the scope of consolidation dur- Receivables prepayments and accrued income are shown ing the 2016 fiscal year. at their nominal value, after deducting corrections to re- flect the recoverable amount. c) Principles of consolidation In accordance with the global integration method, all as- h) Investment properties and other fixed assets sets and liabilities are included. Investment properties appear in the balance sheet at their

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market value as estimated by an expert member of the Funds not received for a specific project of which the fi- Swiss Chamber of Expert Property Valuers. We request nanced expenditure is committed at the book closing date, new estimates at least every five years. are recorded on the balance sheet as Funds to be received. The other fixed assets appear in the balance sheet at their The part of the funds to be received for the signed financ- acquisition costs less deduction of depreciation calculated ing contracts and covering future periods are referred to as according to a linear depreciation method depending on the Conditional assets in footnote 5. length of usual utilization : The related budgetary obligations are considered as contin- gent engagements. Machinery, vehicles and equipment 33,33 %

Installation and IT equipment 33,33 % Legacies The accepted but unrealized products of legacies and be- Fixed assets abroad (1) Direct amortisation quests are considered as contingent assets. They will be recognized as income when effectively transferred to Terre 1) Terre des hommes uses equipment and vehicles as part of its projects des hommes, who then acquires its control. managed abroad ; such equipment and vehicles are expensed at acqui- sition, and are therefore not capitalised in the balance sheet. This situa- tion is justified by the uncertain contexts and difficult conditions in which Other revenues Terre des hommes, operates, which makes it difficult to fix their useful life, which is generally short, and any residual value. All other revenues received without particular mention are al- located to non-affected funds. In case of non-utilization, the balance is assigned to internally generated unrestricted funds. i) Provisions Provisions represent the value of probable cash outflows k) Valuation of contributions in kind resulting from past events, occurring without counter-per- Contributions in kind of goods and services received are formance and can be estimated. These provisions are sepa- evaluated at the lowest market price. Volunteer work con- rated into short-term, if the estimated utilization is less than tributions in Switzerland are valued at CHF 25.- per hour, twelve months, or into long-term if the utilization is longer.. appearing only in the annex. j) Revenue recognition l) Taxes General public fundraising The Terre des hommes Foundation is subject to VAT from Revenues from general public fund-raising are recognised January 1, 2010, but is exempted from direct taxes on in- when they are earned by Terre des hommes with certainty. come by decree of December, 1998. This decision is not They are counted as unrestricted funds, unless otherwise subject to any condition. The Rumine – Lucinge C SA com- specified by the donor. Funds that were not used at year-end pany is subject to direct tax. The rate used is at 29.64%. are listed under restricted funds on the balance sheet. m) Reclassifications Financing contracts The direction reclassifies some countries, where Terre Income from financing contracts with donors (governments, des hommes has already been present, into the sector of foundations, cantons, companies and other bodies) is listed humanitarian crisis in case of an emergency intervention. as income in the year the expenditure being financed was Therefore the respective country will be placed under hu- incurred. manitarian crisis projects during the intervention. Concerning funds received for a specific project, which have not been used at the book closing date and will contin- ue to be used in the coming years and there are contractual provisions specifying the possibility of returning the asset to the donor, are recorded as liabilities in Funds received in advance.

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Comments on financial statements

2/ Cash (in thousands of Swiss francs) 31/12/2016 31/12/2015 Cash 28 24 Post cheque accounts 4’965 7'494 Banks 9’354 7'428 Total of cash at Headquarters 14’348 14'946 Cash 382 239 Banks 11’613 11'348 Total cash abroad 11'995 11'588 26'342 26'534 3/ Securities Shares in CHF 3 4 Bonds in CHF 140 215 143 219 4/ Receivables Receivables at Headquarters 459 355 VAT receivables 2’673 2'241 Receivables abroad 826 705 3’958 3’301 5/ Contributions receivable Fund-raising from Volunteer Groups 59 349 * Direction du Développement et de la Coopération. SDC (Swiss Confederation)* contributions 168 140 In 2016, KCHF 35 concern the Wash Consortium Donor 3’502 2'772 Helvetas contract (KCHF 48 in 2015) Donor abroad 610 718 4’339 3'980 Contribution to be received (conditional assets) 2016 - 24’074 2017 18’216 6'952 2018 6’264 3'976 2019 3’557 737 28’037 35’739 Exposure in USD 6’037 1’383 Exposure in EUR 11’511 3’340

6/ Prepayments and accrued income Prepaid expenses 2 38 Withholding taxes 71 1 73 39 7/ Fixed assets (in thousands of Swiss francs) Investment properties Other fixed assets 2016 2015 2016 2015 Net accounting value on January 1st 16’475 8'787 523 325 Acquisition values Balances on January 1st 20’978 13'188 3’302 2'830 Additions 0 0 368 212 Additions « legacy » 0 7’960 - 259 Revaluation 1’462 -170 126 - Balance on 31 December 22’440 20’978 3’796 3'302 Accumulated depreciation Balances on January 1st -4'504 -4'402 -2’779 -2'505 Depreciation - -102 -316 -273 Revaluation through the cancellation of depreciation 4’504 - - - Balances on 31 December - -4'504 -3’095 -2'779 Net accounting value on 31 December 22’440 16’475 701 523

Investment properties Net accounting values Net accounting values Detailed information on investment properties on the 31/12/2016 on the 31/12/2015 Le Mont sur Lausanne 8’830 2'865 Chaumière 08, Lausanne 2'780 2'780 Chaumière 12, Lausanne 2'870 2'870 Lucinge 12, Lausanne 7’960 7’960 22’440 16’475

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Other fixed assets Net accounting values Net accounting values Detailed information on investment properties on the 31/12/2016 on the 31/12/2015 IT infrastructure 296 228 Other fixed assets 20 36 Assets intended for sale* 385 259 * As part of a succession, Terre des hommes inherited 701 523 50% of an apartment in usufruct. Terre des hommes plans to sell it.

8/ Financial Assets* * Financial assets appear in the balance sheet at acquisition costs, taking into account any nec- Details of financial assets 2016 2015 essary corrections of value. Deposits and guarantees 247 240 247 240

9/ Fixed assets – Goodwill (in thousands of Swiss francs) Net accounting value on January 1st 270 0 Acquisition values Balances on January 1st 336 0 Additions 0 0 Additions « legacy » 0 336 Balance on 31 December 336 336 Accumulated depreciation Balances on January 1st -66 0 Depreciation -67 -66 Revaluation 0 0 Balances on 31 December -132 -66 Net accounting value on 31 December 203 270

10/ Creditors 31/12/2016 31/12/2015 Creditors at Headquarters 1’751 2’189 Creditors abroad 222 187 1’973 2’376

11/ Funds received in advance SDC (Swiss Confederation)* funds received in advance 973 946 * Direction du Développement et de la Coopération. Funds received in advance from other donors 11’736 6'874 In 2016, KCHF 172 concern the Wash Consortium Funds overpaid 0 204 Helvetas contract (KCHF 190 in 2015) Foreign funds received in advance abroad 2’070 1'504 14’779 9'528

12/ Accrued liabilities and deferred income Accrued liabilities Headquarters 1’784 1’652 Income received in advance 15 13 Accrued vacation not taken 349 269 Accrued liabilities abroad 1’675 2'161 3’823 4’095

13/ Long-term interest-bearing debts Mortgage – UBS SA 1’300 1’300 1’300 1’300

Assets pledged as collateral for liabilities and assets with reservation of title Immeuble – Lucinge 12, Lausanne 7’960 7’960 Creation of pledges 1’500 1’500 First mortgage certificate 1’300 1’300 Second mortgage certificate 200 200 Use of pledges 1’300 1’300

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Institutional audit risk on institutional 14/ Provisions funding : Following an estimation by our Allocation (+) Finance Department, a sum of KCHF Short-term 31/12/2015 / Withdrawal (-) 31/12/2016 1,000 has been provisioned to cover risks Risks related to VAT rulings 2'242 +433 2’675 related to ineligible expenditure on donor contracts. Long-term 1’950 +720 2’670 VAT provisions : Since 1 January 2010, Audit risks Burkina Faso 280 -280 - Terre des hommes has been liable for val- Institutional audit risks on institutional funding 0 +1’000 1’000 ue-added tax (VAT). However, the Swiss Federal Tax Administration has not yet Provisions for latent tax on revaluation 1’670 - 1’670 determined the conditions under which TOTAL PROVISIONS 4’192 1’153 5’345 the Foundation is liable. To minimise risks, Terre des hommes has decided to provision 15/ Tied capital for the total amount of the preliminary tax. Provisions for latent tax on revaluation : Severance payments : These reserves are used to cover severance payments for local staff in the event of This provision has been calculated follow- the unscheduled shutdown of projects abroad. ing the revaluation of the property owned Exchange rate risks : These reserves are used to cover exchange rate differences for our cash reserves. by the real estate company Lucinge C SA, Tdh UK : These reserves make it possible for Tdh UK to get funding from institutional donors from the UK. based on the difference between the book value and the expert estimate.

16/ Financial result (in thousands of Swiss francs) 31/12/2016 31/12/2015 Interest 10 8 Exchange gains 66 11 Financial income 76 19 Financial charges -104 -139 Foreign currency realized losses -150 -287 Financial expenses -254 -426 FINANCIAL RESULT -178 -407

17/ Other results (in thousands of Swiss francs) 31/12/2016 31/12/2015 Rents 1’150 1’202 Investment property income 1’150 1’202 Capital gain on Le Mont sur Lausanne building 5’965 Capital gain on life interest in Les Uttins apartment 126 -170 Total fixed asset revaluation 6’091 -170 Expenditure -511 -594 Investment property expenditure -511 -594 OTHER RESULTS 6’731 438

18/ Global expenditures Financial results Costs of Fund- Admini- & allocations Charges TOTAL TOTAL (in thousands of Swiss francs) projects raising stration to reserves shared costs 2016 costs 2015 Direct project costs 25'849 0 0 0 0 25'849 23'865 Including Partner contributions 9'524 0 0 0 0 9'524 8'227 Human resources costs 35'954 2'342 3'660 -112 264 42'109 38'252 Including Recruitment costs 37 1 7 0 12 56 54 Training expenses 229 1 1 0 -1 229 144 Travelling expenses 1'254 89 93 0 53 1'489 1'563 Costs of operations 10'397 2'944 308 98 1'814 15'561 16'627 Including Cost of premises, insurance, vehicles 5'280 14 35 0 751 6'080 6'613 Administration and IT costs 3'246 1'342 196 2 735 5'521 5'788 Costs of campaigns and fundraising 1'519 1'702 9 0 13 3'242 3'233 Depreciation 0 0 68 0 315 383 442 Non-operational costs & products -415 -6 -6 -5'449 0 -5'877 516 Shared costs allocation 1'058 390 630 0 -2'078 0 0 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 72'843 5'670 4'593 -5'463 0 77'643 79'260

This table comprises the following expenditures 2016 2015 Operating expenditures 83'106 78'466 Financial result 178 407 Investment property result -6'731 -438 Allocation to provisions 1’153 433 Allocation to provisions and for severance payments -112 327 Direct taxes 49 65 TOTAL 77’643 79'260

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19/ Contributions in kind

(in thousands of Swiss francs) 2016 2015 Transport and supplying service for providing specialised care for children 342 329 Volunteer work for providing specialised care for children 2’447 2’157 Volunteering of Office and the Board of the Foundation 36 41 Volunteering and Service from the activity of our Volunteer Groups 1’862 1'902 TOTAL 4’687 4'429 % of operating revenue of the Foundation 5.94% 5.55%

20/ Breakdown of contributions of SDC* The benefits (assets)/economic commitments (liabilities) and (in thousands of Swiss francs) 2016 2015 pension expenses inherent in the pension plan are as follows : Contribution to the development programme 10'000 10'022 (in thousands of Swiss francs) 2016 2015 Contribution to the aid programme undisclosed 106.6% for Eastern Europe countries 500 500 The cost coverage rate Humanitarian aid 1'400 1'420 Changes compared to the previous none none Helvetas wash consortium 572 494 Other : mandates 5’726 4’378 year/difference recorded with effect on profit none none TOTAL 18’198 16'814 for the year 1’056 1’047 * Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Pension expenses as part of staff costs, in KCHF

21/ Payments to members of the executive bodies The Board Office and the Board of Trustees are volunteers. 23/ Employees They receive a fixed indemnification for their expenses dur- The Terre des hommes Foundation employs 143 people ing meetings. In 2016, a total amount of KCHF 21 (Including in Switzerland and 88 abroad with a Swiss employment KCHF 10 for the President) was allocated to 17 members for contract (2015 : 140 in Switzerland and 80 abroad). Ap- their expenses linked to their participation in two meetings proximately 1’583 employees have been hired by the of the Council of the Foundation and 6 meetings of the Su- delegations of the Terre des hommes Foundation via its pervisory Board (2015: KCHF 21 including KCHF 10 for the projects abroad (2015 : 1’421 employees). president). Payroll for 5 executives totals KCHF 751 for the year 2016. (2015: CHF 784). 24/ Audit Fees 22/ Provident fund (in thousands of Swiss francs) 2016 2015 Employees of the Terre des hommes Foundation, namely Audit services 64 66 148 people as of 31 December 2016 (2015 : 145) are insured Other services 7 29 against the economic consequences of age, disability and TOTAL 71 95 death with the Foundation Commune BCV second pillar in Lausanne according to the pension plan called « defined contribution plan ». The employer does not guarantee pen- sion benefits. The pension plan is funded by contributions from the Terre des hommes Foundation and its employees. The employer contributions are recognised in the period in which they were paid. The risks are covered by the Foun- dation Commune.

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Report of the statutory auditor on the consolidated financial statements

To the Council of the Foundation Terre des hommes – purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Helping children worldwide – Foundation, Lausanne entity’s internal control system. An audit also includes eval- uating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used Lausanne, 9th June 2017 and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidat- As statutory auditor, we have audited the consolidated fi- ed financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence nancial statements of Terre des Hommes – Helping children we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a worldwide – Foundation, which comprise the balance sheet, basis for our audit opinion. income statement, cash flow statement, statement of chang- es in funds and in capital and notes (pages 43 to 51), for the Opinion year ended 31 December 2016. According to the Swiss GAAP In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements for the FER 21, the Performance report is not subject to the audit of year ended 31 December 2016 give a true and fair view of the financial statements. the financial position, the results of operations and the cash flows in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER, and comply with Foundation Council’s responsibility Swiss law and the deed of foundation. The Foundation Council is responsible for the preparation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with Report on other legal requirements Swiss GAAP FER, the requirements of Swiss law and the We confirm that we meet the legal requirements on licens- deed of foundation. This responsibility includes designing, ing according to the Auditor Oversight Act (AOA) and inde- implementing and maintaining an internal control system pendence (article 83b paragraph 3 Swiss Civil Code (CC) in relevant to the preparation of consolidated financial state- relation to article 728 CO) and that there are no circumstanc- ments that are free from material misstatement, whether es incompatible with our independence. due to fraud or error. The Foundation Council is further re- sponsible for selecting and applying appropriate accounting In accordance with article 83b paragraph 3 CC in relation policies and making accounting estimates that are reasona- to article 728a paragraph 1 item 3 CO and Swiss Auditing ble in the circumstances. Standard 890, we confirm that an internal control system exists, which has been designed for the preparation of con- Auditor’s responsibility solidated financial statements according to the instructions Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consol- of the Board of Directors. idated financial statements based on our audit. We con- ducted our audit in accordance with Swiss law and Swiss We recommend that the consolidated financial statements Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we plan submitted to you be approved. and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement. Ernst & Young SA

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit Karine Badertscher Chamoso, evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consoli- Licensed audit expert, (Auditor in charge) dated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the Johan Montrelay, Licensed audit expert risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers the internal control system relevant to the entity’s preparation of the consolidat- ed financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the

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Other financial information out of audit review

Income from fundraising Restricted Unrestricted (in thousands of Swiss francs) income 2016 income 2016 Total 2016 Total 2015 Periodic donations 1'197 3'779 4'976 4'990 Orange sale and Children’s Rights Day 834 52 886 916 Regional activities 255 483 738 1'230 Non-periodic donations 330 892 1'222 1'103 Direct marketing 78 7'692 7'770 8'786 Legacies 470 1'771 2'241 5'808 Institutions & Foundations 5'186 41 5'227 4'250 Companies 472 226 698 716 Swiss Cantons 930 14 944 883 TOTAL INCOME FROM FUNDRAISING 9'751 14'951 24'702 28'683 Total 2015 9'123 19'560 - 28’683

Contributions Regular Additional Indirect (in thousands of Swiss francs) programs programs program costs Total 2016 Total 2015 Partner organizations TDHIF -48 2'396 100 2'448 3'236 Swiss Solidarity 724 5'770 565 7'059 8'742 Contributions SDC 8'814 7'488 1'896 18'198 16'814 Income from abroad 1'202 13'666 376 15'244 12'967 Foreign states and intl. organizations 1'960 8'186 792 10'938 9'166 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS 12'651 37'506 3'730 53'887 50'924 Total 2015 11'052 35'319 4'553 - 50'924

* Terre des Hommes International Federation ** Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

53 Council of the Foundation The Council of the Foundation is made up of representatives of volunteer networks as well as specialists in humanitarian work, public health, finance, law, marketing and economics. The Supervisory Board’s role is to oversee the organisation of the Foundation. It is also responsible for monitoring ongoing activities, administration, use of the Foundation’s resources, risk management and regulation.

Beat Mumenthaler Felix E. Bollmann Thomas Harder President of the Council and Vice-President of the Council and the Vice-President of the Council and Executive Board – Lawyer Executive Board – Economist, Former the Executive Board (until 09.06.2017) Director of Swiss Solidarity Lawyer

Patrick Aebischer Charles Beer Christine Brosteaux Philippe Bucher Marianne Caflisch Council Member Council Member Executive Board Member Council Member Council Member Prof. of Medicine, former President of the Pro Helvetia Doctor (until 15.03.2017) Paediatrician President of the EPFL (Federal Foundation, former member Economist Technical University of Lausanne) of the Swiss Parliament

Xavier Colin Pascal Couchepin Philippe de Preux Tamara Erez Philippe Lienhard Council Member Council Member Executive Board Member Executive Board Member Executive Board Member (from 09.06.2017) Former Federal Council Economist Lawyer Accounting expert Journalist President

Michel Mottiez René Prêtre Michel Roulet Jean Zermatten Council Member Council Member Executive Board Member Executive Board Member HR Director Head of cardiovascular surgery Paediatrician, former Head of Former President of UN Committee dpt CHUV Department at the CHUV on the Rights of the Child Executive Board

Vito Angelillo Franck Eloi Thierry Sabaux Jessica Schweizer Director General Director of Human Director of Finance, IT Director of Communications Resources and Administration and Fundraising

Steven Fricaud Beata Godenzi Pierre Philippe Claudio Rini Director Humanitarian Aid Director of Programmes Director of Technical Director of Geographic Resources Regions

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62,858 10,237 2025 individual donors sponsors companies

We especially wish to thank :

The population of Switzerland ngsfonds, Fondation Comtesse Moira, Fondazione Montarina, Fon- dation Emile et Odette Moser, Novartis Foundation, Oak Foundation, Institutional donors Fondation Lombard Odier, Fondation Philanthropia – Lombard Odier, The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), Swiss Solidarity, the Pressley Ridge, Sinoma Foundation, Fondation Tamie, Fondation UEFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Swiss pour l’Enfance, Fondation Yann Verdina, Fürsorge-, Wohlfahrts- und Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), the European Com- Kulturstiftung der Bürgergemeinde Zug, and all the other foundations mission (EuropeAid and ECHO), agencies for cooperation in Austria that wish to remain anonymous. (OEZA), Belgium (DGD), Spain (AECID), France (SCAC), America (USAID, OFDA, BPRM, USDOL), Liechtenstein (LED), and Monaco (DCI), Biscay Major donors Provincial Council, the French Embassy in Haiti and the Dutch Ministry We would like to thank warmly all the private donors who have helped of Foreign Affairs. Tdh act and develop our activities with children in 2016. The United Nations Companies MINUSTAH, IOM, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNOCHA, Bata Children’s Program, Baumer AG, Bindella Terra Vita Vite SA, UNODC. Breitling SA, Capital Group Companies, Contex SA, COOP, Démarche Société Coopérative, DPD (Suisse) SA, Elcotron SA, Ericsson AG, Swiss cantons Festi’neuch, Groupe G. Dentan SA, Groupe Payot, ISS Facility Services Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Basel-Land, Fribourg, Geneva SA, Paléo Festival Nyon, Pharmacieplus SA, Polygravia SA, Ricola AG, (Service de la solidarité internationale, Loterie Romande), Glarus, SGA/APG AG, TEXAID Textilverwertungs AG. Graubünden, Luzern, Nidwalden, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Thurgau, Zurich. Terre des Hommes The Terre des Hommes International Federation (TDHIF), its members Swiss cities and the international secretariat. Geneva (Délégation Genève Ville Solidaire). Hospitals in Switzerland and Europe Swiss municipalities and parishes Switzerland : Riviera-Chablais Hospital (Aigle), Bern University Hospital Evang.-ref. Kirchgemeinde Bülach, Heimberg, Riehen, Elgg and all the (Bern), Geneva University Hospital (Geneva), Lausanne University Hos- other municipalities and parishes that gave us their support. pital (Lausanne), Spain (Madrid, Seville, Pamplona, Malaga, Cordoba, A Coruña), France (Lille). Foundations Fondation d’Aide à l’Enfance et au Tiers-Monde (FAET), Albiro Foun- Other partners dation, Ammado Foundation, Mathias Baer Stiftung, Fondation Alfred Caritas Germany, Centre for Children’s Rights Studies (UNIGE), et Eugénie Baur, Fondation de bienfaisance du groupe Pictet, Dr. Sil- Comic Relief, International Olympic Committee, Shiree Consortium, vain Brunschwig-Stiftung, ChildFund Alliance, Christa Foundation, the EPER, FIFA, Canton of Vaud Development Cooperation (Fedevaco), Peter Cundill Foundation, Deerfield Partnership Foundation, Bill and Kindernothilfe, International Institute for the Rights of the Child, Melinda Gates Foundation, Gebauer Stiftung, Carl und Elise Elsener- International Institute for Environment and Development, London Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Fondation Gourgas, Green Leaves Education School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Nutrition International, Foundation, Gut Stiftung, Fondation d’Harcourt, Human Dignity Foun- Plan UK, Plan USA, Society for Public Utility of the Canton of Vaud dation, Institut Tropical et de Santé Publique Suisse, Fondation Le (SVUP), University of Geneva. Petit Cœur, Fondation d’aide sociale et culturelle du Canton de Vaud (Loterie Romande), Fondation Lusavi, Fondation Madeleine, Medicor All the notaries, lawyers, fiduciaries and bank institutions that Foundation, Rosa und Bernhard Merz Stiftung, Migros Unterstützu- helped us to receive legacies and estates.

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