Terre des Hommes Annual Report 2025

Osnabrück, July 14, 2026 – Terre des Hommes presents its 2025 report. The work of the international children's rights organization continues, albeit with fewer resources and under more difficult conditions in numerous countries.

“More conflicts and crises in the world, more children and young people who urgently need support - and at the same time less and less money for project work: This is how the framework for development policy and humanitarian work in 2025 can be summarized,” summarizes Joshua Hofert, spokesperson for the board of Terre des Hommes Germany.

Although the children's rights organization achieved its third-best fundraising result in history with €27,653,319, donations were down compared to the previous year (2024: €30,891,222). At the same time, co-financing from public funds fell to €17,633,047 (2024: €19,453,218).

This trend is not an isolated case: The federal government's budget for development cooperation and humanitarian aid has been cut by around a third since 2022. Private donations in Germany are also declining, reaching their lowest level since 2013 in 2025 – particularly for projects abroad (down 10 percent).

“Today, one in five children grows up in war zones or crisis areas; that’s 520 million children worldwide,” said Hofert. “At the same time, the drastic reduction in development aid from the US and other donors last year has forced many humanitarian organizations to scale back their assistance.”

Despite this development Terre des Hommes has been able to maintain its support for its partner organizations to date: 396 projects in 47 countries were funded in 2025. The main focus was on South Asia (95 projects), Latin America (93), Africa (80), Southeast Asia (57), Europe (49), and the Middle East and North Africa (22). The projects focused particularly on education and training, support for refugee children, and the right to a healthy environment.

“As an organization, we have so far successfully countered the negative trends in development financing,” Hofert emphasizes. “But the reality is: the need is growing faster than our resources.”

Terre des Hommes therefore calls for a clear political course correction: Development cooperation and humanitarian aid must be secured through multi-year financing. Especially in a time of growing global crises, international responsibility must not be further reduced.

“We need to do significantly more right now, and this requires not only private donations but also reliable and sufficient public funding. The well-being of children must not become a commodity for short-term budgetary policy,” said Hofert.

 

Terre des Hommes Annual Report 2025