Aid Agencies to the Federal Council: Two Years of War in Gaza Are Two Years Too Many
07.10.2025 | from Foundation SOS Children's Villages Switzerland
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07.10.2025, Jointly, Terre des hommes, SOS Children's Villages Switzerland, Médecins du Monde Switzerland, Handicap International Switzerland, Doctors Without Borders Switzerland, and Save the Children will demonstrate on 8th October at 11 am in front of the Federal Palace. A letter will be handed over to the Federal Council with five demands. Spokespersons from all organizations will be available for media inquiries.
Together with representatives from four other Swiss aid organizations, staff from SOS Children's Villages will demonstrate on October 8, 2025, in front of the Federal Palace.
SOS Children's Villages highlights the commitments of Switzerland as a signatory of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified by Switzerland in 1997).
Children have the right to life and personal development. And yet, more than 20,000 children in Gaza have been killed. Children who bear no responsibility for the attacks of 7th October 2023. Children who pose no threat.
Children have the right to protection and care. And yet, families in Gaza have been torn apart and destroyed for two years. Thousands of children have lost their parents and siblings.
Children have the right to education. And yet, for two years children in Gaza have been unable to attend school.
Children have the right to healthcare. And yet countless children suffer and die from a man-made famine in Gaza.
The silence of Switzerland is an acquiescence in crimes against thousands of children.
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Source: Foundation SOS Children's Villages Switzerland, Press release
Original article published on: Hilfswerke an Bundesrat: Zwei Jahre Krieg in Gaza sind zwei Jahre zuviel