Organisation aims and activities: The Pestalozzi Children's Foundation is a
Swiss organisation which provides help to
children on an international basis. It offers
help to disadvantaged children, regardless
of sex, race, colour, language, religion,
country of origin, social and political
backgrounds. The foundation is
working both in Switzerland and abroad.
Operational level: International
Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18
Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation
Organisation mandate: Fund other organisations, Work directly with children, Work in partnership with organisations
Areas of expertise: Child participation, Education and cultural rights, Family and alternative care, Implementation, Minority or indigenous children, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC
Countries in which this organisation works: El Salvador
Other organisations based in Switzerland:
- 3D -- Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy
- Advocate Voices for Orphans
- Arigatou International
- Association François-Xavier Bagnoud
- Bahá'í International Community
- Bureau International Catholique De L'enfance
- Burma Peace Foundation
- Child Rights Connect (formerly the NGO Group for the CRC)
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- CO-OPERAID
- Comité Suisse pour l'UNICEF
- Commission on Human Rights - News Coverage
- CONGO - Conference Of Non-Governmental Organizations
- Defence for Children International
- Defense des Enfants International - Section Suisse
- Development, Innovations and Network
- ECLT Foundation
- ECPAT- Switzerland / Kinderschutz Schweiz
- Edmund Rice International
- European Association for Children in Hospital
- Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children
- Fondation du Présent
- Friends World Committee for Consultation, Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Human Rights Council Secretariat
- Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International
- Human Rights Tribune
- Humanity without Frontiers
- InfoSud
- Institut International Des Droits De L'Enfant
- Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch, Switzerland
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee
- International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates
- International Bureau of Education
- International Campaign to Ban Landmines
- International Catholic Child Bureau - Switzerland
- International Council Of Women - Switzerland
- International Disability Alliance
- International Federation of Educative Communities - Switzerland
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Federation of Social Workers
- International Federation of University Women
- International Federation Terre des Hommes - International Secretariat
- International Institute for the Rights Of The Child
- International Labour Organization
- International Movement
- International Network on Juvenile Justice
- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
- International Service for Human Rights
- International Social Service International Secretariat
- Internationaler Sozialdienst SSI
- Istituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice
- Jesuit Refugee Service
- Maasai Aid Association
- Netzwerk Kinderrechte Schweiz - Réseau suisse des droits de l'enfant
- Office for International Affairs and Human Rights Lutheran World Federation
- Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture
- Quakers United Nations Office
- Save the Children Switzerland
- Soroptomist International
- Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
- Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
- Subgroup on Children in Armed Conflict and Displacement
- Subgroup on Education and Media
- Subgroup on the Sexual Exploitation of Children
- Terre des hommes - child relief
- Tibet Bureau
- TRIAL (Swiss Association Against Impunity)
- UN Commission on Human Rights
- UN Human Rights Council
- UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- UN OHCHR - Committee against Torture
- UN OHCHR - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of the Child
- UN OHCHR - Human Rights Committee
- UN OHCHR- Committee on Migrant Workers
- UN Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children - Secretariat
- UNAIDS
- UNHCR Library and Visitors' Centre
- UNICEF Geneva Regional Office
- United Nations High Commission for Refugees
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Verein Kinderanwaltschaft Schweiz
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- Working Group for the Human Rights Council - NGO Group
- World Council of Churches
- World Health Organisation
- World Organisation of the Scout Movement
- World Vision International - International Liaison Office
Organisations working in similar fields:
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- AKSHAYA Rehabilitation Trust
- Amnesty International Children's Human Rights Network
- Artists United 4 Childrewn and Youth Development (AUCAYD)
- Associação Brasileira de Magistrados, Promotores de Justiça e Defensores Públicos da Infância e Juventude
- Association Défis - Jeunes pour le Développement
- Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency
- Canadian Children's Rights Council - Conseil canadien des droits des enfants
- Center for the Human Rights of Children
- Centre For Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
- Centre for Women's Studies - University of Nijmegen
- Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia
- Child Care South Africa
- Child Helpline Cameroon
- Child Helpline International
- Child Protection Alliance
- Child Rights Brigade International
- Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre
- Child Rights International Network
- Child Rights Legal Centre
- Childline South Africa
- Children First - Pakistan
- Children in Adversity Consultation website
- Children Today Centre
- Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania / Defence for Children International - Albania
- Children's Rights Network
- Commissioner for Children, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
- Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe
- Community Children Organisation (COCO)
- Cruz Roja Española
- Defence for Children International
- Defence for Children International - Belgium
- Enfants du Monde - Droits de l'Homme
- European Network of Ombudspersons for Children
- Fortress Nigeria
- Forum for Rehabilitation and Integrated Development Approach by the Youth
- Global March South Asian Secretariat/CWIN Nepal
- Good Neighbours Care
- Grupo Iniciativa Nacional por los Derechos del Niño, GIN-PERU
- HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
- Hellenic Association Of Poltical Scientists
- Homeland Community Development Agency
- Human Rights - First the Child
- Information and Research Centre at King Hussein Foundation
- Integrated Regional Information Networks - IRIN
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International Friendship Society
- Jonathan's Child Care Center Sierra Leone
- Karen Human Rights Group
- Kinderombudsman
- Kinderrechte Afrika e.V. (KiRA)
- Korean Foster Care Association
- MAHILA ACTION
- Maison des Droits de l'Enfant
- Malaysian Children TV Programme Foundation
- Manusher Jonno Foundation
- Nadace Naše dítě - Our Child Foundation
- National Association of Non Governmental Organisations
- National Authority for Children
- National Centre For Playwork Education - North East
- National Information Centre on Human Rights
- Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Nous les Enfants
- Ombudsman for Children - Norway
- Ombudsman for Children in Sweden
- ONG Espoir pour les enfants
- Organisation de Developpement et des Droits de l'Homme au Cameroun
- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children
- Parlement des enfants de Côte d'Ivoire section daloa
- Plan International - Cameroon
- Plan International Egypt
- Plan Tanzania
- Qendra FEMIJET SOT
- Red Iberoamericana de Defensa de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
- Rural Organisation for Social Emancipation
- SARTHI
- Save Congo's Child
- Save the Children - Norway
- Save the Children - UK
- Save the Children Sweden - Office for the Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - Pakistan programme
- Save the Children Sweden - South Africa
- Save the Children Sweden Denmark - Bangladesh
- Save the Children UK
- Save the Children UK - Mongolia Office
- Save the Children-Cambodia Office
- Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Society for Education and Development/Nepal
- Somali Children Rights Organization
- Southern Africa Child Development Initiative (SA-child)
- Spanish Committee for UNICEF
- Srimangal Foundation
- St Mary's Orphan Home
- Tanzania Child Rights Forum
- Terre des Hommes - Germany
- The Ombudsperson for Children Republic of Croatia
- UNICEF
- UNICEF - Belgique
- UNICEF - Georgia
- UNICEF - India
- UNICEF - Papua New Guinea
- UNICEF New Zealand
- UNICEF Podgorica
- World Human Rights Commission (Trust)
- World Vision - Dominican Republic
- World Vision International - International Liaison Office
Last updated 15/05/2009 05:05:35
CRIN does not accredit or validate any of the organisations listed in our directory. The views and activities of the listed organisations do not necessarily reflect the views or activities of CRIN's coordination team.
