 A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Port–au-Prince on January 12, 2010, killing thousands of people and destroying countless buildings. SOS Children's Villages staff members from Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Peru are working together to lead the emergency response.
Help SOS provide relief in Haiti... Five years after the tsunami disaster, SOS Children's Villages' President Helmut Kutin sums up the situation: "We have kept our promise to help people who have been affected by this catastrophe - especially the children". Kutin also stresses that SOS Children's Villages has a responsibility for those children and that the projects in the former disaster areas are modelled to provide support in the long term (December 2009). More... SOS Children's Villages Italy is organising a post-emergency relief programme for children who have lost their homes and who are suffering various symptoms of the post-traumatic stress disorder after a devastating earthquake hit the Abruzzo region in April this year. More... 04/06/2009 - When the tsunami disaster hit several countries in Asia in 2004, SOS Children's Villages started an emergency relief programme of unprecedented extent in its history. Even in this acute emergency situation, SOS Children's Villages made sure the facilities being constructed were solidly built. More... 25/05/2009 - At the end of March this year a dam burst to the south west of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. The disaster claimed many lives and caused terrible damage. The main priority for SOS Children's Villages Indonesia was to look after the emotional and psychological well-being of the children affected, in a rather unusual but effective way. More... 28/11/2008 - In its latest newsletter the UN Office of the Recovery Coordinator in the Indonesian provinces of Aceh and Nias (UNORC)* emphasized the quality of the relief efforts of SOS Children's Villages. A good example is the SOS Children's Village in Meulaboh. More... Eyewitness account from the SOS Children's Village in Chengdu after the disastrous earthquake from 12 May 2008
15/05/2008 - It was school time when the earthquake hit. Most of our children were at school outside the village. Over one hundred little children were sleeping in our kindergarten. People could feel more than a dozen shocks. Everything in the classroom was rocking; books and teaching material were thrown everywhere. Cups and dishware were falling off the tables. The kindergarten was full of children crying. More... |