Community Involvement 

Caring for the community 

Mother with girl, beneficiaries of SOS Family Strengthening Programme in Nagapattinam, India (Photo by D. Sansoni)
Mother with girl, beneficiaries of SOS Family Strengthening Programme in Nagapattinam, India (Photo by D. Sansoni)
SOS Children's Villages are integrated in their local communities. The care for children goes far beyond the village gates. SOS Children's Village facilities are oriented to their local surroundings: Both children from the SOS Children's Village and the neighboring communities attend SOS Kindergartens and SOS Hermann Gmeiner Schools.

Moreover, SOS Social Centers offer their services to the families of the neighborhood. The long-term goals are to help local families rise above the poverty line while imparting skills and knowledge.

SOS Children’s Villages has 438 villages across the world; in all, we take care of approximately 50,000 children directly in our villages. Additionally, through our “Family Strengthening Programs,” we affect hundreds of thousands more people by aiming to reduce and eliminate root causes of child abandonment, which include poverty, war, and illness.

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Advocating for Children's Rights

Advocating for Children's Rights

SOS Children's Villages respects and promotes the rights of all children. Through advocacy, the organization can use its extensive experience to support children to claim their rights and spark change that will make a lasting difference to their lives. More...
Emergency Relief

Emergency Relief

Help must be provided quickly, without bureaucracy and in a targeted manner in situations of crisis, war and disaster. In such traumatic situations children in particular need specific protection and intensive care. More...
Education

Education

SOS Children's Villages places central value on education and works to provide educational assistance to children growing up in children's villages, those participating in any form of family strengthening program, and all vulnerable children and young people in the communities we work in. More...
Family Strengthening Programs

Family Strengthening Programs

SOS Children’s Villages believes that the best place for children to grow up is with their biological families. Children have the right to enjoy a caring environment of love, respect and security. But in some cases children are at risk of losing the care of their families, especially when their basic material, emotional, medical and educational needs are neglected.
Fact and Figures 2008

Fact and Figures 2008

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Medical Centers

Medical Centers

The medical facilities run by SOS Children's Villages work to meet the basic medical needs of the people in their surrounding areas and, in exceptional cases, such as the SOS Emergency Aid Clinic in Mogadishu, focus on national requirements. More...
Strengthening Women

Strengthening Women

Disrespect, exploitation and discrimination of women are part of everyday life in many countries and cultures. One of the reasons that women are disadvantaged is that they do not have equal rights in terms of education and training. SOS Children's Villages therefore promotes better education opportunities for girls and women. More...


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