Program Contribution to Terre des Hommes Schweiz 2019 - 2020

TdH Schweiz has the vision of a world where vulnerable young people can develop autonomously and fully participate in society.

Therefore it strengthens resilience of young people exposed to (gender based) violence (GBV), HIV/Aids, and poverty. It empowers youth to participate in decision making process regarding their political, social and economic rights and interests.

• Sexual and reproductive health and rights of vulnerable youth (special focus on STI/HIV, CSE, teenage pregnancies and promotion of young people’s rights) are improved.
• Economic perspectives of youth – in particular of vulnerable groups and girls -through vocational training and skills development and support to income generating activities are improved.
• Violence of and against youth (special focus on gender based violence in southern and eastern Africa) is reduced.
• Youth violence (in Colombia, Brazil and El Salvador) prevented.
• Youth to Youth program: Youth in Switzerland and in partner countries are sensitized on racism and exclusion through youth projects imagine and imagine international.
• Capitalize best practices of GBV programs.
• Together with SDC and other institutional partners, TdH Schweiz has introduced coherent and consistent standards for the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and functioning compliance mechanisms for a protected reporting and independent treatment of cases of inappropriate behaviour.
• TdH Schweiz actively contributed to the dialogue on the future of international cooperation with its expertise and experience.

Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

32’673 youth (59%female) benefitted directly and 129’000 youth (56% female) indirectly from TdH international programme via 55 partner organizations in 10 countries thanks to combined interventions at individual, community and institutional levels:. 

• 7693 youth were educated and started taking care of their sexual and reproductive health.
• 102 changed practices/policies were implemented, leading to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services.
• 745 vulnerable youth accessed formal certificated vocational training (224 were certified).
• 249 youth implemented a business plan and increased their average net income from 102 USD to 117 USD (, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru)
• 1082 vulnerable youth stood up against violence and 228 community actions prevented and fought GBV. This led to 445 cases of GBV to be reported and 98 prosecuted. In addition 763 survivors of GBV accessed medical and psycho-social support services
• 4289 youth at risk of violence in Colombia, Brazil and El Salvador stood up against violence (participation in fora on community level, sensitization events etc..).
• 11 joint lobbying actions using local networks led to successful contributions to policy dialogue in Colombia (new security policy and Swiss Multitrack Peace Program) and in Brazil (parliamentary hearing on federal state program on youth violence prevention).
• Youth festival Imagine against racism and violence was organised in Basel with hundreds of young people contributing to its organization and 35’000 visitors.

The findings and conclusions of the external evaluation on Solution Focused Approach (SFA) were shared with DEZA at the annual programme conference as well with the DEZA gender network at the Gender Day, in the session on GBV. (Presentations published on the shareweb).
As a follow up of this exchange TdH Schweiz presented these results also at the Medicus Mundi Schweiz workshop, connecting it to the community of practice of health organisations. With the contribution of TdH Schweiz at the Regional Psychsocial Support Initiative (REPSSI PSS) Conference in Arusha, Tanzania, the results were also shared with an international community of practice.

Phase 7 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2020   (Completed)