The second SOS Children's Village of the country was opened in 1970 on the island of Leyte, at Milagrosa, approximately 4 km from the city of Tacloban. SOS Children's Village Tacloban consists of eleven family houses, the village director's house and staff quarters. An SOS Hermann Gmeiner Elementary School with 16 classrooms, where up to 1,000 children can be taught in two shifts, was built in co-operation with the Ministry of Education. Next to the SOS Children's Village, an SOS Youth Village was erected.

Older boys from the SOS Children's Village normally move to the SOS Youth Facility when they start a vocational training course or go on to higher education. With the support of qualified youth workers, they develop realistic perspectives for their future, learn to shoulder responsibility and increasingly make their own decisions. They are encouraged to develop team spirit and build up contacts with relatives and friends, as well as with the relevant authorities and potential employers.

The SOS Social Centre offers child day care and health counselling. The aim of this centre is to improve the standard of living of the local community by providing basic medical care. Children of working mothers are looked after during the day and receive a hot meal. In 1989, a home for retired SOS mothers was established at SOS Children's Village Tacloban.