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Save the Children - Our work for children in Switzerland

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__We campaign for children’s rights to be fully implemented in Switzerland so that all children are protected against violence and are nurtured in a child-appropriate way.__ In our projects, we give children and teenagers a voice and share our extensive expertise with other organisations, authorities and private individuals. Together, we can do a lot to protect and help children in Switzerland flourish. Our work with refugee children is one of our programme’s main focuses in Switzerland because refugee children are particularly vulnerable. In collaboration with our partners in the asylum sector, we create safe and child-friendly places within asylum centres where refugee children can be children again. - Projects for children and their families - Child-friendly activites - Child-save asylum centres - Children's rights - Institutional child safeguarding

We campaign for children’s rights to be fully implemented in Switzerland so that all children are protected against violence and are nurtured in a child-appropriate way.

In our projects, we give children and teenagers a voice and share our extensive expertise with other organisations, authorities and private individuals. Together, we can do a lot to protect and help children in Switzerland flourish.

Our work with refugee children is one of our programme’s main focuses in Switzerland because refugee children are particularly vulnerable. In collaboration with our partners in the asylum sector, we create safe and child-friendly places within asylum centres where refugee children can be children again.

  • Projects for children and their families
  • Child-friendly activites
  • Child-save asylum centres
  • Children's rights
  • Institutional child safeguarding

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