Child Protection and Safeguarding

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To strengthen the system that protects children’s rights and to prevent risky situations, we mobilize the communities and work with social workers, teachers and other professionals in this field. We wish to improve the resilience of children and youth and help them participate in decision-making that directly involves them. We invest in capacity building, the establishment of policies and protocols in protection and safeguarding of children, and in the improvement of social services and infrastructure.

Current Projects

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Caring
CARING 2.0 – Building Stronger Child Protection Systems Across Europe
Child Safeguarding Services
ChildHub, a network for child protection professionals
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EmpowerED
EmpowerED-empowering the role of “active citizenship” and participatory action at schools
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KCSS
Keeping Children Safe in Sports 2.0
Unity in Care: Advancing Mental Health Support Systems for Vulnerable Children and Youth

Completed Projects

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romania
"Reinforce Educators - Empower Children (REEC)" project
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KCSS
"Κeeping Children Safe in Sports" project
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CARING: Challenging social and gender norms to reduce violence against children in school

News

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This is how we will tackle school-related violence in the CARING 2.0 project
EU-Funded CARING 2.0 Project Launched to Combat School-Related Violence Across EuropeThe CARING 2.0: Multi-disciplinary Prevention of and Response to School-related Violence project officially launched with a two-day kick-off meeting in Budapest on April 15–16, 2025. This initiative aims to…
Joint Statement
Joint Advocacy Brief on Safeguarding Unaccompanied Children
Terre des hommes (Tdh), together with 28 other organizations, has co-signed a Joint Advocacy Brief titled “Safeguarding the Rights of Unaccompanied Children at EU Borders under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.”This initiative sheds light on the significant risks faced by unaccompanied children…
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Funding Opportunity for Organizations and Initiatives Fighting Against Violence Towards Children!
The Daphne-CHILD program in collaboration with Terre des hommes presents a unique funding opportunity for civil society organizations and initiatives working to combat violence against children!The call for proposals is now open, offering a total of €1.3 million in grants to support initiatives…
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Training of Trainers in Athens: Empowering Educators to Break the Silence
In a resounding commitment to tackle violence against children in schools, Terre des hommes Hellas recently conducted a Training of Trainers (ToT) event in Athens, Greece. Held from December 1 to 3, 2023, the training focused on the development of skills to prevent, mediate, and address school-…
REEC Roundtable
Roundtable on Child Protection and Safeguarding by Terre des hommes Hellas
A roundtable meeting entitled "Child Protection and Child Safeguarding in Preschool and Primary Education" was successfully organized today by Terre des hommes Hellas, within the framework of the organization's "Reinforce Educators, Empower Children" (REEC) program. The discussion, which took…
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Athens and Milan leading the fight against child abuse
Nursery and kindergarten staff of the Municipality of Milan are visiting Athens this week to exchange experiences and practices with their Greek counterparts at the Municipality of Athens within the framework of the project "Reinforce Educators, Empower Children” (REEC) of the organization Terre…
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Publications

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Reinforce Educators Empower Children: Outcomes Report
This report aims to highlight some of the major outcomes of the REEC project, to discuss lessons learned by the project team from the implementation of the project, and to share suggestions for strengthening child protection in the country's educational contexts that emerged during the…
COVER ANNUAL 2022
Annual Report 2022
This past year has been a significant period for Terre des hommes Hellas. In 2022, we reached our 8th year of presence in Greece as a Tdh movement and the 6th year since the establishment of Tdh Hellas as a national non-profit organisation in Greece. We are celebrating our accomplishments and…
Transparency in Terre des hommes Hellas
 In Terre des hommes Hellas we place great importance on the transparency of our actions and funding.In particular:We work with an external firm of chartered accountants for annual audits.We publish on our website our annual financial reports, activity reports as well as our internal…
REEC KINDERGARTEN
New holistic methodologies to protect children from abuse
New educational approaches aiming to support children's psychosocial development and promote the construction of well-being environments are now offered by Terre des hommes, IRC and the Municipality of Milan in the project "REEC" Capitalizing on its experience, and in the framework of its…
Child Safeguarding Policy
Child Safeguarding Policy of Tdh
The Child Safeguarding Policy of Terre des hommes confirms and strengthens our commitment as an organization to safeguard children and protect them from all forms of harm and abuse. This is a crucial issue for Terre des hommes and we make sure that the protection of children, the promotion of their…
Annual Report 2021
Annual Report Terre des hommes 2021
Despite the continuing challenges of COVID-19 and the upsurge of insecurity in many countries in 2021, our staff went the extra mile and directly supported two million children and members of their communities around the world. We trained people who in turn supported a further 3.1 million children…
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REEC: New manual with activities to ensure protection from child abuse
With new manuals developed within their REEC project, aiming to provide educators with a handful of age-appropriate activities that can be applied to children of ages 4 to 11 years old, Terre des hommes, Comune di Milano and IRC want to ensure that children become aware of their rights, of means to…
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Children's Guide for Self Protection from abuse in sports and leisure
In the series of "tools" that Terre des hommes has created to protect children from abuse in sports and leisure settings, now comes the addition of a Guide aimed at children themselves! Terre des hommes Hellas published for the first time in Greece a series of tools related to the safety of…
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Safeguarding Policy and Procedures for Children in Sports
This document describes the safeguarding and protection policy and procedures for the safety and protection of children in sport. The document was developed by the Terre des hommes Foundation, based on the International Standards for Children in Sport (created by the International Children in Sport…
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Colorful shields: Child safeguarding in Sports or Summer Camps. Resource package
This material, completed in 2021, is addressed to employees of sports clubs and camps and aims to promote safeguarding procedures (related to the safety and protection of children) in sports and recreational environments. The material is available here in English, Romanian and Greek. Click on the…
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"Safer kids in summer camps and sports clubs": Training of Trainers Manual
This manual, developed by Terre des hommes Romania and completed in 2021, is addressed to employees of sports clubs and camps and aims to promote safeguarding procedures (regarding the safety and protection of children) in sports and recreational environments. The manual is also available in…
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