Sub-Saharan Africa

Mali, WASH

Making dreams come true

Aïssa’s dream? To go back to school. Hassan’s dream? To be released and learn a trade after leaving prison. Salma’s dream? To return to her village and rejoin her family. 

As elsewhere in the world, millions of children in sub-Saharan Africa have dreams, more accurately basic rights, that go unfulfilled, such as having enough to eat, access safe drinking water, learning to read and write, and so on. Rights that our foundation strives to see met through its programmes relating to health, migration and access to justice. 

Do you want to help protect children’s rights in Africa? 

Our impact in 2022 

8 countries

in sub-Saharan Africa where Terre des hommes is supporting families 

5.5 million

children and members of their communities supported in the region 

19,400 personnes

educated about health, migration, access to justice and protection

At the heart of health with Nana 

Nana Cissé, afrique
Nana
 
Cissé
midwife and trainer in Mali    

“Let’s try an exercise. Can you hold your breath for one minute?”   

The health centre in Kalake, in the Ségou region of Mali, is perpetually full from morning to evening. Nana, a midwife with an infectious laugh and a confident attitude gives resuscitation training. “If even we adults can't hold our breath, imagine what it's like for a child who knows nothing about life, who is trying to adapt to the outside world!” On that particular day, Nana was reiterating the vital importance of the three organs involved in the first minute following birth, such as the lungs, the heart and the brain.  

Supported by

Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)

AECID

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) is an agency of Spain, created in November 1988 as the managing body of the Spanish international development cooperation policy.
Go to the AECID website
Austrian Development Agency (ADA)

Austrian Development Agency

The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) aims to reduce poverty, preserve the environment and promote peace and human security in partner countries. ADA's long-term programmes and projects support self-help to ensure sustainable development.

Go to ADA website
French Development Agency (AFD)

French Development Agency (AFD)

The French Development Agency (AFD) finances, supports and accelerates the transition to a fairer and more sustainable world. It focuses on climate, biodiversity, peace, education, urban development, health and governance.

Go to AFD website
Coopération monégasque

Coopération monégasque

The Government of Monaco's official development assistance, implemented by the Department of International Cooperation, supports over 150 projects each year in 11 partner countries, mainly LDCs (Least Developed Countries).
Go to Monegasque Cooperation website
ECHO

ECHO

The European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) funds relief operations for victims of natural disasters and conflicts outside the European Union.

Go to the ECHO website
Enabel

Enabel

Enabel manages development projects on behalf of the Belgian government and other donors. In this way, it contributes to global efforts for sustainable development.

Go to Enabel website
Fondation Lusavi

Fondation Lusavi

The Lusavi Foundation is a Swiss foundation established in 2012. It supports disadvantaged people around the world, especially children and their communities.
Go to Lusavi foundation website
giz

German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)

As Germany's leading service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, GIZ is dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. 

Go to the GIZ website
Liechtensteinischer Entwicklungsdienst (LED)

Liechtensteinischer Entwicklungsdienst (LED)

Liechtensteinischer Entwicklungsdienst (LED) engages in bilateral development cooperation on behalf of the Liechtenstein government. The organisation is mainly active in rural areas in the fields of education and rural development. LED takes into account social justice, the advancement of women and the environment in all its activities.
Go to LED website
Medicor Foundation

Medicor Foundation

The Medicor Foundation, founded in Liechtenstein, makes a significant contribution to improving the well-being of people in need by supporting concrete projects on the ground.
Go to Medicor Foundation website
OCHA

OCHA

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a department of the UN Secretariat, established in 1991. It deals with victims of disasters and emergencies, refugee flows and mass displacement.
Go to OCHA website
SDC

SDC

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) implements the Federal Council's foreign policy on humanitarian aid, development cooperation and cooperation with Eastern Europe and at multilateral level. The SDC focuses its activities on reducing poverty and distress, as well as curbing global risks. It also aims to preserve natural resources for future generations.

Go to the SDC website
The Global Fund

The Global Fund

The Global Fund is an international movement dedicated to overcoming HIV, tuberculosis and malaria and to creating a healthier, safer and more just future for all.
Go to Global Fund Website
UNHCR

UNHCR

UNHCR - The United Nations Refugee Agency is a programme of the United Nations. Its original purpose is to protect refugees, find durable solutions to help them rebuild their lives and ensure the application of the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention.
Go to UNHCR website
UNICEF

UNICEF

UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund: UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, protect their rights and help them reach their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

Aller au site UNICEF
UNITAID

UNITAID

Unitaid is an international organisation that invests in innovations to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria faster, more affordably and more effectively. Unitaid is a partnership hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Go to the Unitaid website
USAID

USAID

USAID is the world's leading international development agency and a catalytic force for development results.
Go to the USAID website
World Health Organization (WHO)

World Health Organization (WHO)

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO's mandate seeks and includes: working worldwide to promote health, keeping the world safe, and serve the vulnerable
Go to WHO website
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)

AECID

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) is an agency of Spain, created in November 1988 as the managing body of the Spanish international development cooperation policy.
Go to the AECID website
Austrian Development Agency (ADA)

Austrian Development Agency

The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) aims to reduce poverty, preserve the environment and promote peace and human security in partner countries. ADA's long-term programmes and projects support self-help to ensure sustainable development.

Go to ADA website
French Development Agency (AFD)

French Development Agency (AFD)

The French Development Agency (AFD) finances, supports and accelerates the transition to a fairer and more sustainable world. It focuses on climate, biodiversity, peace, education, urban development, health and governance.

Go to AFD website
Coopération monégasque

Coopération monégasque

The Government of Monaco's official development assistance, implemented by the Department of International Cooperation, supports over 150 projects each year in 11 partner countries, mainly LDCs (Least Developed Countries).
Go to Monegasque Cooperation website
ECHO

ECHO

The European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) funds relief operations for victims of natural disasters and conflicts outside the European Union.

Go to the ECHO website
Enabel

Enabel

Enabel manages development projects on behalf of the Belgian government and other donors. In this way, it contributes to global efforts for sustainable development.

Go to Enabel website
Fondation Lusavi

Fondation Lusavi

The Lusavi Foundation is a Swiss foundation established in 2012. It supports disadvantaged people around the world, especially children and their communities.
Go to Lusavi foundation website
giz

German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)

As Germany's leading service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, GIZ is dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. 

Go to the GIZ website
Liechtensteinischer Entwicklungsdienst (LED)

Liechtensteinischer Entwicklungsdienst (LED)

Liechtensteinischer Entwicklungsdienst (LED) engages in bilateral development cooperation on behalf of the Liechtenstein government. The organisation is mainly active in rural areas in the fields of education and rural development. LED takes into account social justice, the advancement of women and the environment in all its activities.
Go to LED website
Medicor Foundation

Medicor Foundation

The Medicor Foundation, founded in Liechtenstein, makes a significant contribution to improving the well-being of people in need by supporting concrete projects on the ground.
Go to Medicor Foundation website
OCHA

OCHA

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a department of the UN Secretariat, established in 1991. It deals with victims of disasters and emergencies, refugee flows and mass displacement.
Go to OCHA website
SDC

SDC

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) implements the Federal Council's foreign policy on humanitarian aid, development cooperation and cooperation with Eastern Europe and at multilateral level. The SDC focuses its activities on reducing poverty and distress, as well as curbing global risks. It also aims to preserve natural resources for future generations.

Go to the SDC website
The Global Fund

The Global Fund

The Global Fund is an international movement dedicated to overcoming HIV, tuberculosis and malaria and to creating a healthier, safer and more just future for all.
Go to Global Fund Website
UNHCR

UNHCR

UNHCR - The United Nations Refugee Agency is a programme of the United Nations. Its original purpose is to protect refugees, find durable solutions to help them rebuild their lives and ensure the application of the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention.
Go to UNHCR website
UNICEF

UNICEF

UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund: UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, protect their rights and help them reach their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

Aller au site UNICEF
UNITAID

UNITAID

Unitaid is an international organisation that invests in innovations to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria faster, more affordably and more effectively. Unitaid is a partnership hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Go to the Unitaid website
USAID

USAID

USAID is the world's leading international development agency and a catalytic force for development results.
Go to the USAID website
World Health Organization (WHO)

World Health Organization (WHO)

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO's mandate seeks and includes: working worldwide to promote health, keeping the world safe, and serve the vulnerable
Go to WHO website