La Maison is not subsidised and needs 4,2 million Swiss Francs every year to save more than 180 children. Without public donations, it is impossible to pursue the mission.


The main pathologies of the children in La Maison de Terre des hommes.
Heart diseases includes all heart ailments and can appear before birth or in adulthood.
A caustic oesophageal stricture is caused by accidentally drinking liquid (similar to water) or solid (similar to candies or sugar) caustic soda. The intake causes tongue, throat, larynx, oesophagus and stomach burns. Because of this, children cannot swallow and suffer from fever and pains.
Urinary, ano-rectal and bladder exstrophy malformations represent a whole range of serious congenital disorders.
Orthopedics treat disorders, injuries and deformities of the musculoskeletal system of the child, whether they are congenital or acquired.
Noma is an infectious disease that starts from the buccal mucosa and leads to a degradation of the tissues in the middle or on one side of the face. It can cause death of the affected children.
La Maison is not subsidised and needs 4,2 million Swiss Francs every year to save more than 180 children. Without public donations, it is impossible to pursue the mission.