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Slawomir Plata

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Paul Chaudet, president of the Swiss Confederation, founded our association

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education, health, and children’s right specialists at our head offices and in the field

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offices in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Guatemala, and Chad

Who are we?

Enfants du Monde is a Swiss NGO based in Geneva. As we firmly believe that a country’s economic development can only be achieved through quality education and a healthy population, we have been specializing in primary education, maternal and child health, and education for sustainable development, for over 50 years. Institution such as the World Health Organisation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation acknowledge our expertise. We have been certified by ZEWO (Swiss quality label for NGOs) since 1971.

Our Mission

We provide vulnerable children with a quality education and give pregnant women and new mothers in Africa, Asia and Latin America access to better healthcare.

We train educational and healthcare staff, create educational materials, involve the population and local authorities, and contribute to more relevant health and education policies.

We promote sustainable development by advocating for the observance and implementation of children’s rights in Switzerland and the rest of the world.

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Our Impact

In 2024 :

  • Over 700,000 students have been supported by our health programmes
  • 2,200,000 women, babies and children have benefited from our health programme
  • More than 8,500 education staff have been trained in our teaching methods
  • More than 4,300 health workers have been trained to provide better patient care
  • 9 countries supported by our programmes

Governance and Statutes

Enfants du Monde is a Swiss non-profit association.
The Committee is elected annually by the General Assembly and is the governing body of the association. It also appoints the Secretary General who oversees the proper functioning of the team at the Geneva head offices and is in charge of the regional coordination offices and the programmes. The Secretary General is the strategic leader of the association, responsible for preparing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programmes in close cooperation with our local partners.

 

Expertise and Cooperation for Projects With Sustainable Impact

In order to ensure durable and relevant programmes in Africa, Asia and Latin America, we prepare our projects in cooperation with local partners and beneficiaries. Such collaborative approach and the well-recognised expertise of our education and health specialists, allows us to enhance the skills and know-how of agents and institutions from the education and health sectors of the countries where we operate, contributing thus to a long-term impact.

For instance, we train executive officials of the Health and Education Ministries, teaching staff and health-care workers.

Alliance with SolidarMed

Since 2022, we have formed an alliance with the Swiss organization SolidarMed, based in Lucerne. We leverage the complementarity of our skills to develop more ambitious and comprehensive projects: our expertise in education combines with SolidarMed’s expertise in the medical field. Together, we are leading a project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation to improve adolescent sexual health in southern Tanzania.

Innovation, strengthening local capacities, and the exchange of best practices are also at the heart of our alliance, which is founded on the values of solidarity and sustainability.

What Sets us Apart

  • Designed to last: we ensure the continuity of our projects by strengthening the skills and deepening the know-how of the national education and health institutions, of local NGOs and the population
  • In-depth knowledge of the field: we do not send personnel to the field and our local teams are nationals from the countries where we operate
  • Our expertise: a team of specialists experienced in public health and education sciences applies our unique teaching know-how
  • Cooperation: we co-design all our projects with the beneficiaries we support so that they may autonomously implement their own transformation in the long run;
  • Efficiency: pilot projects are first tested and then implemented at a larger scale once their impact has proven to be effective
  • Leverage: we ensure sustainable education and health practices by training key people both in ministries and locally
  • Quality: we implement projects designed to have a guaranteed impact, and we are recognised as reliable partners by international cooperation agents, donors and local agents

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Our teams

Meet our team at our head offices in Geneva and at our offices in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Guatemala and Chad.

Meet our Committee members and the volunteers who provide priceless support.

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Our partners and networks

We cooperate with local partners, governments, universities and international organisations in order to achieve long-lasting results.

We also rely on the crucial support of our financial partners.

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Our goodwill ambassadors

These kind-hearted public figures, artists and sportsmen and women volunteer to work with us and to promote our association’s projects.

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Working for Enfants du Monde

Do you wish to work to improve children’s education and health? Take a look at our employment offers and volunteering opportunities.

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Frequently asked questions

Here are the most frequently asked questions about our association.

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My Donation Can Make a Real Difference

For example:

With 70 francs,

I could provide bilingual school manuals in French and Mooré to 10 children in Burkina Faso—helping them thrive in school.

With 140 francs,

I could support 28 pregnant women and their partners in Bangladesh to attend maternal health education sessions and prepare for childbirth.

With 200 francs,

I could fund bilingual training for 17 Guatemalan teachers to enhance lesson quality.

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