Actions in progress

Le CIDE a deux types d’actions: les enquêtes et les cas particuliers.

1 - Investigations

One of the specificities of CIDE is to conduct investigations into violations of children's rights. These investigations have contributed to the Foundation's reputation.
Pour des questions évidentes de discrétion nous ne pouvons pas donner d’informations précises sur les enquêtes en cours.

2 – Les cas particuliers :

Le CIDE s’occupe depuis 2013 de cas particuliers d’enfants victimes de maltraitance en Suisse et à l’étranger sur de très longues périodes. Nous sommes interpellés par des familles monoparentales, composées principalement de mamans avec enfants et parfois aussi de papas avec enfants.

Les 3 axes de notre aide :

• Écoute attentive, conseil et accompagnement (cette écoute qui demande beaucoup de patience et de temps est très importante car elle ouvre une voie sur la résilience thérapeutique)
• Aide financière et suivi de situation pour faire face à des cas urgents et imprévus.
• Conseils juridiques et parfois prise en charge d’honoraires d’avocats et de frais de justice.

Le CIDE a en général des actions rapides, concrètes, mais il a aussi des actions longues, plus discrètes, pour des situations très complexes qui ne peuvent pas se résoudre rapidement et qui nécessitent parfois un suivi pendant des années. Voici quelques exemples :

Exemple 1

A mother arrived in Switzerland with her son when he was 6 years old, today he is 19.

CIDE has supported them for all these years and still follows this family to this day with support in the form of advice, support or financial assistance.

Telling her story:

The mother arrived in Switzerland with her child who had been severely abused. When we met them, she was living with her son in hiding in Geneva. The child no longer spoke, he was walled up in his silence. The recently deceased psychiatrist, Gérard Salem, a friend of the CIDE, took charge of the child and his mother. At first, the child agreed to talk to the mother and the psychiatrist, but not to anyone else. Then, after several months, the child began to talk to the people around him.

This child, who is now a young man, has finished his studies with a baccalaureate. He would like to start an apprenticeship in a manual and artistic profession. CIDE follows him and helps him in his search for a job in training. This young man has also blossomed in music and plays an instrument in a band.

Exemple 2

A mother left Guyana with her child who was allegedly molested by her father. The mother did not report the matter to the courts because, she says, the father is protected by important relationships. She feared that she would be accused of slander and risk losing her custody rights.

Finally, the mother lived in hiding abroad with her 3 year old daughter, until she was arrested in South America and extradited to Paris. It was discovered that the child, then eight years old, was suffering from cancer and that her condition did not allow for a transfer to Guyana near the father. The mother is on probation.

This mother contacted the CIDE at this time, as she had difficulty finding accommodation and was unable to visit her child in the hospital due to a lack of funds to cover her travel expenses. To this misfortune, administrative problems were added because the father, who had obtained custody of the child, asked the hospital to limit the mother's visits to the child. The child asks to see his mother more often, unfortunately no discussion is possible.

For this situation, CIDE sent a volunteer member of its organization to Paris. Financial assistance was immediately given to the mother. CIDE covered the legal fees so that this mother could see her child freely in the hospital. A sad reality.

After a few weeks, we learned that the child died in the hospital and that her mother was able to be present for her last moments... The father did not come to the funeral.

Unfortunately, we have many sad stories of this type that illustrate the importance of CIDE's actions.

We want to continue to fight against the injustices that affect children.

If you wish to support the actions of the CIDE you can visit the donations page. Our actions depend on your support...

Thank you.