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The strategic goals of Terre des Hommes

The delegate conference is one of the most important bodies of Terre des Hommes. Every five years, project partners, youth delegates, volunteer members and employees together determine the goals where we organize our entire work - for the following five years.

These so -called strategic goals describe in which areas and fields of work we bundle our forces to fulfill the order of our organization: to enforce their rights worldwide together with children.

By 2028, children and adolescents who are affected by exploitation, violence and exclusion have more access to high -quality and needs -based learning as well as training. These promote their personal development , the ability to resolve peace and human-ranging working and living conditions in order to overcome obstacles to economic, social and political participation.

By 2028, children and adolescents who have gotten back into endangered situations will receive the rights that were withdrawn to them. This is achieved by a coherent transnational program consisting of networked local support structures. The children and adolescents, which are at risk due to migration, have the opportunity to help shape the child -centered program according to their rights and needs and to make their demands locally, national and transnational.

By 2028, children and adolescents in the project countries of Terre des Hommes act as a young environmental activist and organize themselves in civil society networks that encourage community -based solutions for the diverse environmental crises take political decision -makers responsible to ensure their environmental rights and their protection against environmental dangers.

By 2028, children and adolescents, together with Terre des Hommes and partner organizations, are performing against gender -specific violations and discrimination . They demand their gender rights and bring their local experiences and voices into feminist movements that urge the overcoming of existing suppression structures , in particular in relation to gender -specific violations of the law, by questioning patriarchal and binary structures in culture and society as the cause of gender violations and discrimination on local, national and international level.

In addition to the four strategic goals, our delegate conference has determined a central main topic for the work of Terre des Hommes work by 2028:

We realize children's rights through the establishment of democratic societies. With our work, we would like to contribute to preserving and expanding secure and enacting democratic spaces as a basic requirement for the implementation of human and children's rights.

In contrast to the strategic goals, the main topic formulates a comprehensive work order, which is anchored in all fields of work and project regions.
 

Development policy positioning

In order to classify the work of Terre des Hommes into current political and social debates, the delegate conference and the general assembly 2023 passed a more fundamental development policy position: "Transformation dare - for an earth of humanity" ( German | English | Spanish ).