About La Maison
The foundation of Terre des homme Valais runs autonomously La Maison and manages its finances that are solely based on public donations.
The foundation
La Maison's mission is to take in children transferred to Switzerland by various partners. For the most part, these are children from West Africa who need to undergo surgery, mainly heart surgery. Unable to receive treatment in their own countries, they are transfered to Switzerland for surgery in Geneva or Lausanne, and stay at Terre des hommes Valais before and after the operation, until they can return home.
The Council of Foundation
La Maison
Our Mission
Step by step, Terre des hommes Valais changed the lives of more than 10'000 children in more than 60 countries.
« We tangibly changed the lives of these children and their families. But our mission is far from being over: everyday, we receive terrible news about atrocities and inequalities all over the world. But every day, at “La Maison”, we manage to find hope and motivation, in the smile of a child or in the most touching situations. We are determined to keep going, according to the spirit of the Terre des hommes chart, thus pushing the limits of what may seem impossible: a fairer, better world. »
The timeline
1963
Creation of Terre des hommes Valais
Arrival of 30 children in families from Monthey.
1969
Purchase, renovation and opening of La Maison
1970
Inauguration of La Maison
1975
Inauguration of the pavillon. Aim: increase the accomodation capacity of children
1985
The 2.000th child goes home, healed.
2010
Renovation of La Maison and construction of a new infirmary
2016
Construction and opening of the new school
2020
La Maison celebrates its 50th anniversary and has welcomed more than 9.000 children
2022
Decision by the Lausanne-based foundation Terre des hommes to end its specialist care programme
And consequently its collaboration with Terre des hommes Valais. Strengthening and creation of partnerships for Terre des hommes Valais to continue its work at La Maison.
December 2022
A new partnership to save lives
La Maison has signed a partnership agreement with Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque, the largest provider of transfers of seriously ill children to Europe
2023
60 years of the Terre des hommes Valais Foundation
Between 1963 and 2023, thousands of children have stayed with foster families in the Valais or in our care home to receive treatment.
2023
New partnerships with the foundations Une chance, un coeur and Chirurgie pour l'Enfance Africaine
1963
1969
1970
1975
1985
2010
2016
2020
2022
December 2022
2023
2023
Creation of Terre des hommes Valais
Arrival of 30 children in families from Monthey.
Purchase, renovation and opening of La Maison
Inauguration of La Maison
Inauguration of the pavillon. Aim: increase the accomodation capacity of children
The 2.000th child goes home, healed.
Renovation of La Maison and construction of a new infirmary
Construction and opening of the new school
La Maison celebrates its 50th anniversary and has welcomed more than 9.000 children
Decision by the Lausanne-based foundation Terre des hommes to end its specialist care programme
And consequently its collaboration with Terre des hommes Valais. Strengthening and creation of partnerships for Terre des hommes Valais to continue its work at La Maison.
A new partnership to save lives
La Maison has signed a partnership agreement with Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque, the largest provider of transfers of seriously ill children to Europe
60 years of the Terre des hommes Valais Foundation
Between 1963 and 2023, thousands of children have stayed with foster families in the Valais or in our care home to receive treatment.
New partnerships with the foundations Une chance, un coeur and Chirurgie pour l'Enfance Africaine
The Charter
The Charter, written in 1966 by the founder of Terre des hommes, Mr Edmond Kaiser, establishes the existence of the Foundation Terre des hommes, its mission and fundamental values. The Charter of Terre des hommes declares that children in distress is not due to a fatality and that the durable improvements of living standard of children in need represents the ultimate aim of all projects of Terre des hommes.
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