33 million children and youth are currently on the move around the world. Their number grows every day with new migration flows. Forced to move, exposed to risks, marginalized, children and young people in situations of migration need to be welcomed with empathy and to have their rights defended. With the occasion of International Day of Refugees, Terre des hommes representatives went to two schools in Bucharest – School no. 73 “Barbu Delavrancea” and Technology High School “Dimitrie Gusti” – where they held an interactive class regarding the non-discrimination of migrant children and rights defense. During the activities, children in secondary school and young people in high school watched the video of the “Destination Unknown” campaign, promoted internationally by the Federation Terre des hommes, they read media articles to understand the implications of war conflicts on children, they participated in role plays and wrote messages of support for refugee children. Find out what Romanian children and youngsters had to say to their counterparts affected by migration. Read their messages here: It’s your turn to support children affected by migration! Understand the amplitude of the situations affecting them, follow “Destination Unknown” campaign and participate when you are needed!

Terre des hommes Foundation ‘Lausanne’ in Hungary is requesting proposals for Lead designer and motion graphic artist team for the RIGHT(S) COURT FOR CHILDREN project. Project description, schedule, requirements are available in the ToR document. Bidders wishing to submit proposals are requested to submit their proposal in this format. More information is available on: http://terredeshommes.hu/vacancies *** Children’s Rights Court is a project funded by the European Commission (JUST / 2014 / Action Grants), gathering six partners at transnational level – Terre des Hommes Lausanne Hungary (applicant), National Network for Children in Bulgaria, Brave Phone Croatia, Terre des hommes Italy, Terre des hommes Romania and Victim Support UK – who aim to develop an online simulation game, informing children and youth about their rights during various civil, administrative and criminal legal proceedings. The game will be conceptualized and adapted to the specific context of each partner country, benefiting from the expertise of national experts, and will empower the future  young  users to fulfill their rights and obligations in order to avoid risky situations.

Wednesday, June 22nd, in Bucharest, 13 young people from Technology High School “Dimitrie Gusti” and Secondary School “George Calinescu” consulted 18 “living books” that were available to them as part of a “living library” workshop, organized by Terre des hommes Romania  within the Right(s) Court for Children (RCC) project. Whereas the young people participate in RCC mainly to develop an online simulation game that promotes child-friendly judicial and prevention procedures, they also wanted to understand how they can protect themselves from becoming victims and what are their rights in relation to the law –  an expectation which was easily fulfilled in the framework of Tdh’s workshop, organized at Impact Hub Bucharest for this very purpose. “Human Library” is a non-formal learning method, operating in a way that’s very similar to the every-day library: readers borrow “books” (experts in child protection services) for a limited period of time and they “read it” by asking different questions in their area of interest. The “living books” opened by youngsters throughout the workshop were of the finest: Ms. Laura Andrei, president of the Bucharest Tribunal; Ms. Gratiela Vaduva, chief commissioner at Capital Police; Mrs. Helen Sipos, chief commissioner at Institute for Research and Crime Prevention/IGPR; […]