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Since 2008, Terre des hommes (Tdh) India empowers vulnerable children, collaborating with gov't and NGOs on key themes like migration, health, and WASH.

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22/01/2026

Behind every programme, partnership, and plan, there are people.

This annual planning meet gave us a moment to step back from our screens and schedules, it was a chance to reflect, collaborate, and spend time together beyond meeting rooms. It reminded us that care, play, and connection are also part of doing meaningful work for children.

In reconnecting with our inner child, we return to our work more grounded, thoughtful, and human.

22/10/2025

🌊 The Sundarbans Speaks: Children versus climate change 🌱

On the shrinking islands of Gosaba in the Indian Sundarbans, a child shares a chilling truth: “My grandfather saw one cyclone in his lifetime. My parents saw one every decade. I see one every year. There is nowhere to go.”

The Sundarbans – the world’s largest mangrove delta – is on the frontlines of climate change. Rising seas, intensifying storms, and saltwater intrusion are displacing thousands. Some islands have already vanished. Others are eroding fast. But amidst this crisis, children are taking action.

With the support of Terre des hommes and our incredible local partners – Breaking the Silence - BTS ,Praajak India, and Barasat Unnayan Prostuti-বারাসাত উন্নয়ন প্রস্তুতি – we’ve created an immersive multimedia story showcasing how children are learning to cope, adapt, and lead.

🎥 4 videos
📸 Dozens of photos
📊 1 infographic
🗣 Countless voices of resilience

As one child said: “If we start with 100 people, it will grow to 200, 500, and then 1,000 people will understand the climate problems.” Let’s help them be heard.

👉 Set some time apart and read the entire story
https://sundarbans.my.canva.site/

🔗 Featured on LocalLink Hub: https://locallink.childhub.org/en/child-protection-news/sundarbans-speaks-children-versus-climate-change

🔁 Share this post to amplify their voices!

09/06/2025

🌍 The Sundarbans is not just a landscape — it’s a warning.

Saltwater creeps into fields once fertile. Storms arrive stronger, faster. Livelihoods unravel. And while adults migrate in search of work, it is the children who are left to navigate the aftermath, often unheard, often unseen.

As Sandhya reminded us, climate change here is not a future threat — it is a present violence. And yet, in the face of that, something powerful is stirring.

This World Environment Day, Terre des Hommes – India shares a story not of despair, but defiance.

In Kultali and Gosaba, children marched, planted trees, and stood in protest against single-use plastic — not because they were told to, but because they understood what is at stake.

They are not waiting for permission. They are acting — for their land, their future, and their right to be heard.

This is what real climate leadership looks like. Not abstracted, but lived.

26/05/2025

Terre des hommes - India is proud to join Glocal Evaluation Week, a global knowledge-sharing event organized by the Global Evaluation Initiative to advance monitoring and hashtag worldwide. 🌐
As part of hashtag , we’re hosting the event ‘From the Sundarbans to the World: Evaluating Climate Change on the Ground’
In this online session, we’ll explore climate-just evaluations in Sundarbans, integrating local knowledge, resilience, and equity across health, child protection, and migration sectors.
🎙️ Speakers include:
🔹 Dr Bhishmaraj Srivastava - Regional Health Coordinator-Asia, Tdh
🔹 Gargi Banerjee - Program Manager, Praajak
🔹 Dr Priya Bhavsar - Project Coordinator, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar
🔹 Dr Swati Nandi Chakraborty - HOD, Life Science at Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology
The discussion will be moderated by Mr. Anindit Roy Chowdhury, Head of Country Office – India, Tdh, and Ms. Tanvi Chattoraj (She/Her), Technical Specialist- MEAL – Tdh India.
💬 Be part of the hashtag conversation!
🗓️ Join us on 2nd June, 2025, 3 PM IST
🔗 Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gUFt6BpG

05/05/2025

World Hand Hygiene Day | May 5, 2025
Clean hands. Dignified care. Resilient systems.

In the climate-sensitive Sundarbans of India, access to safe healthcare goes beyond clinical care—it is rooted in trust, dignity, and basic hygiene. Through the Arogya Swasthyakendra (WaSHwise) initiative, Terre des hommes – India, in partnership with Sundarban Social Development Centre (SSDC), is working to improve Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) services across health care facilities in four blocks of the Sundarbans.

Why this matters:
- One in four health facilities in India lacks basic water access
- Only 55% have improved sanitation infrastructure
- Hospital-acquired infections remain a serious threat—especially for mothers and newborns

Our approach:
- Training of healthcare workers and sanitation staff on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
- Facility assessments and improvements using the WASH FIT tool
- Joint planning and decision-making with PRI members and health authorities
- Contextual, climate-informed interventions to strengthen the public health system

As part of our systems strengthening efforts, Tdh and SSDC work closely with healthcare service providers from the Health Department—ensuring ownership, capacity building, and sustainable change from within.

To mark World Hand Hygiene Day, we facilitated interactive sessions across healthcare facilities, engaging IPC committees and patients. These sessions emphasized proper hand hygiene and glove use, in line with IPC protocols, and were supported by IPC teams within the facilities.

On this day, we reaffirm our commitment to protecting health workers, building community trust, and ensuring that every patient receives care in a clean, safe, and dignified environment.

29/04/2025

Proud to share this wonderful update from NHM Jharkhand!

The annual broadcast program for the Electronic Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (eIMNCI) was successfully organized at the Civil Surgeon Office, led by Dr. Prabhat Kumar (Civil Surgeon) and supported by Dr. Kamlesh Kumar (DPM) and other health officials.

Special congratulations to the ANMs who were honored for their outstanding contribution to improving child health outcomes!

At Terre des Hommes (Tdh), we are proud to support the Government of Jharkhand through the IeDA (Integrated e-Diagnostic Approach) initiative, strengthening digital tools like eIMNCI to help frontline health workers deliver timely, accurate care to young children.

Together, we are building stronger health systems, one innovation at a time.

26/04/2025

Empowering Girls, Transforming Communities.

On April 24, 2025, the EmpowerPlay Multi-Stakeholder Conclave unfolded in Kolkata, bringing together voices from government, philanthropy, grassroots leadership, and child champions.
Organized by the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) with support from Terre des hommes India and Praajak Development Society, the event celebrated how sports — especially kabaddi — can catalyze gender empowerment, child protection, and climate resilience.

Through six years of the Kabaddi for Empowerment journey in the climate-vulnerable Sundarbans, we have seen girls reclaim public spaces, break entrenched gender barriers, and lead change at the community level.

Highlights of the conclave included:
🏆 Honouring child leaders and grassroots changemakers
🗣️ Powerful dialogues on scaling sport-based protection models
🌱 Conversations on linking gender equity and climate action
🤝 Commitments from government departments, donors, and practitioners to integrate these models into wider systems

We’re grateful to all the partners, champions, and young leaders who made this a moment of reflection, learning, and renewed commitment.

This is just the beginning.
The future belongs to empowered girls, thriving communities, and inclusive spaces where every child can lead.

16/04/2025

Transforming Child Healthcare in Jharkhand with IeDA

With strong support from the Government of India and NHM Jharkhand, the state is embracing the Integrated e-Diagnostic Approach (IeDA) — a mobile-based digital solution developed by Terre des hommes that helps frontline workers deliver faster, safer, and more consistent care for children under five.
From training over 6,700 ANMs & CHOs across 196 blocks, to digitizing 4,000+ health facilities, the initiative is building a solid foundation for smarter child healthcare delivery.
A systems-level shift is underway — co-led by government and supported by Terre des hommes - India as a technical partner — proving that when innovation and public health align, impact follows.
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09/04/2025

More than a month has passed since hashtag International Women’s Day —but the echoes of that day still inspire us.
In a quiet corner of West Bengal, mothers stepped onto the kabaddi field—some for the very first time. What unfolded wasn’t just a game. It was a powerful statement.
Organized by Praajak Development Society - India and Terre des hommes - India as part of the Sports for Empowerment initiative, the event celebrated strength, solidarity, and the unshakeable spirit of women who are often left out of the narrative.
This isn’t just about one day. It’s about a movement—where sport becomes a tool to empower, protect, and unite.

🎥 Watch the story of women who didn’t just play a match—they changed the game.

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07/04/2025

🌍 World Health Day 2025 |
At Terre des hommes India, health is more than a program — it’s a promise. A promise to protect children and mothers through innovation, system strengthening, and community-led change.

✨ Here’s how we’re making a difference:

📱 IeDA in Jharkhand
Our digital tool guides frontline workers in real-time to follow WHO-UNICEF IMNCI protocols — improving child diagnosis and care.

🚰 Arogya Swasthyakendra – Sundarbans
We’re improving WASH in health centres by:

Renovating infrastructure

Training health staff

Mentoring WASHFIT Committees

👶🏽 Perinatal Health Project – Sundarbans
From antenatal care to Point-of-Care Testing, we supported mothers with digital tools like Matri Sakhi and trained frontline workers to reduce maternal & child mortality.

💙 On this , we reaffirm our mission:
Health and dignity for every child, everywhere.

20/02/2025

🌍 Climate Change & Child Rights: A Growing Crisis in the Sundarbans

The impact of climate change on children is no longer just an environmental issue—it is a child rights issue. From rising sea levels to extreme weather events, climate change is forcing vulnerable communities into deeper cycles of poverty, child labor, trafficking, and early marriage.

In the Sundarbans, one of the most climate-vulnerable regions of the world, children are paying the highest price. The loss of livelihoods due to erratic weather patterns and frequent disasters is pushing families to make desperate choices, increasing the risk of child labor, unsafe migration, and child trafficking.

Recognizing these growing concerns, the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR), in collaboration with Press Club Kolkata and with support from Terre des hommes - India & Praajak Development Society - India, organized a State-Level Consultation on Media, Climate Change, and Child Rights.

📢 Key Takeaways:
✔ Media engagement is critical in shaping public discourse and influencing policy responses to climate-induced vulnerabilities in children.
✔ Experts highlighted urgent adaptation measures needed to protect children from displacement, trafficking, and loss of education.
✔The event featured thought-provoking insights from:
Tulika Das, Chairperson, WBCPCR
Mrs Ananya Chakraborti, Advisor, WBCPCR
Snehasis Sur, President, Press Club Kolkata
Anindit Roy Chowdhury, Country Director, Terre des hommes - India
Deep Purkayastha, Director, Praajak (Moderator for Technical Session)
Dr. Mahua Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Lady Brabourne College – Impact of Climate Change on Education
Satyarup Siddhanta, Mountaineer & Climate Change Activist – Climatic Refugees & Children
Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay, Environment Editor, Times of India – Media’s Role in Climate Change & Child Rights
Jaydeep Sengupta, Terre des hommes - India
SHREYA DAS, Terre des hommes - India
✔ The event brought together journalists, climate change activists, academicians, and child rights experts to explore actionable solutions.

The discussion has gained significant media attention, underlining the growing crisis in the Sundarbans and the need for urgent, child-focused climate action.
📖 Media Coverage & Further Reading
This crucial discussion has gained significant media attention, emphasizing the growing crisis in the Sundarbans and the urgent need for child-focused climate action.
📖 Read more about this issue in Times of India:
https://lnkd.in/gRWiaYgk

🎥 Watch the coverage by a leading news channel here:
https://lnkd.in/gs2RkCs6

Let’s put children at the heart of climate action.
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17/02/2025

🌱 Want to make your NGO more sustainable?
Join our webinar "Growing green initiatives: How to plan for a sustainable NGO"!

Our expert speakers will share practical insights on greening humanitarian operations and building local climate solutions.

💚 We'll explore:
• Local-led environmental initiatives
• Measuring green impact
• Practical steps for NGO sustainability
• Success stories from the field
🎤 Our amazing speakers are:
✨ Nishanie Jayamaha, Climate Charter
✨ Zaninka Ntagungira, Climate Action Accelerator
✨ Deep Purkayastha, Praajak Development Society
✨ Louis Mauler, Terre des homme
📅 March 6, 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30 AM CET

Ready to grow your green impact? Register now!
https://locallink.childhub.org/en/child-protection-webinars/growing-green-initiatives-how-plan-sustainable-ngo

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