 On 19 November 2009, 200 schoolchildren from Paris sent out a strong message against the silence that often envelops the subject of children's rights. More... In October 2009, SOS Children's Village Manila hosted a first-of-its-kind 'Children Congress' to produce The State of the Filipino Children's Report. 119 young individuals, from SOS Children's Villages, schools, parishes, communities and organizations in the Philippines met for a two-day dialogue. More... The children of Mogadishu may be some of the most deprived children in the world having lived all their lifetimes through war. Nevertheless, children at the SOS Children's Village are still aware of children's rights (November 2009).
More... Dorcas lives at SOS Children's Village Mombasa in Kenya and takes the issue of children's rights very seriously (November 2009). More... When it comes to making lasting changes in people's lives, the written word just isn't enough. It takes action to put policy into practise. From 6th to 9th of December 2008, young people from across Europe and Central Asia came together to help SOS-Kinderdorf International and the Council of Europe (CoE) do just that. More... "What does peace mean to me?" This was the question the "Peace Project Caldonazzo" aimed to get children and young people who have taken a considerable share in organising this project to answer. More...31/03/2008 - Another success for the Quality4Children Standards: The Maltese Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity has used the Q4C Standards as a basis for their "National Standards for Residential Child Care" which were launched for consultation in February. More... SOS Children's Villages has already taken part in organising the conference "Researching Children" twice (in Norwich/UK in 2006 and in Innsbruck/Austria in 2007). The goal of the conference was to set up a permanent team on the subject of "Research for and with Children".
More...With their project "Quality4Children" three big international organizations in the field of out-of-home child care, have set up an initiative: To assure and improve the development chances of hundreds of thousands of children and youths in Europe, who can not grow up with their biological families. Apart from SOS Children's Villages, IFCO and FICE numerous youths played a decisive role in developing and realizing the project.
More..."Show us your respect, protect us and let us have a say!" is one of the desires children in the SOS Children's Villages expressed in the framework of the study "Listening to children". Read about their fears, dreams and hopes in this summary:
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