North Korea

Context

North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) lives under the economic and political regime of ‘Juche’: a classless society based on the principles of political independence, economic self-sufficiency and military autonomy. In 1995, a major famine forced the government to request emergency humanitarian aid, which was transformed into development cooperation in 2006. Since then, only five international NGOs, including TGH, ha

TGH in North Korea

Since 2000, TGH has been active in a number of areas: agricultural development/food security, rehabilitation of drinking water supply systems, improvement of health infrastructures, distribution of food aid in children’s institutions, improvement of living conditions in old people’s homes, support for an association promoting the rights of the elderly. However, in 2020 and with the closure of the borders, TGH’s activities had to b

Current programmes

Improving food security in Hamju and Jongpyong counties

  • Funding : Aide Alimentaire Programmée
  • Beneficiaries: 5,801
  • Duration : End date suspended
  • Total budget : EUROS 100,000
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