 September 1, 2010: Even before Pakistan’s tragic floods, the nation’s child malnutrition rates were high: 36 percent of children were underweight and 44 percent faced stunted growth. SOS Children’s Villages, on the ground in Pakistan for more than three decades, is taking action to help such vulnerable children. You can help SOS around the world... August 11, 2010: The National Disaster Management Authority of Pakistan (NDMA) reports that as many as 12 million people have been affected by the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history. The Government of Pakistan estimates that one million people have been displaced. Both NDMA and the United Nations also report that at least 1,600 people have died; more than half of those deaths in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KPK) alone. The NDMA says about 700,000 homes are believed to have been damaged or destroyed across Pakistan. You can help children and families in Pakistan... August 3, 2010: With a presence in Belarus since it opened the first SOS Children’s Village in that country in 1995, SOS has just passed a new milestone. Its brand new Children's Village in Mogilev, in northeastern Belarus, features the country's first women’s shelter that offers long-term protection from domestic violence. You can help women and children in Belarus... July 27, 2010: The Indian government has introduced a $35 computer whose price, it says, will eventually drop to $10, according to CNN. SOS Children’s Villages has been in India for forty years educating the boys and girls without parental care who live inside its Villages. SOS schools also teach local children who would otherwise remain illiterate. Help SOS help Indian children without families to turn to... July 20, 2010: Half a year after Haiti’s terrible earthquake of January 12, the country’s needs remain dire. The quake left some 250,000 people dead, leaving thousands of children without parental care. With 3 million people affected and more than 1 million still homeless, tent cities are everywhere. Reconstruction is slow and, in some areas, nonexistent. Learn how you can help children and families in Haiti... July 8, 2010: Despite an outpouring of international aid following Haiti’s January 12 earthquake, groups and individuals struggling to care for orphans there are finding their support drying up. You can help orphaned children in Haiti... July 1, 2010: Ethiopia, Kenya, and Malawi are among the first eight nations that will receive funds from the U.S. government’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) Plus grant. The $63 billion, six-year project aims to improve health outcomes by bolstering health systems around the world. The other nations among the initial group of recipients are Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mali, Nepal, and Rwanda. SOS helps children in each of the countries named... June 29, 2010: SOS Children’s Villages, a global organization that focuses on family-based, long-term care of children, welcomed acclaimed actor Djimon Hounsou and his wife, Kimora Lee Simmons, to its Village in Cape Town, South Africa. The couple toured the area, visited with the children, and expressed their support for SOS Children’s Villages worldwide. More about Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons in South Africa... June 22, 2010: Niger, a poor, arid African country north of Nigeria, is facing a looming famine that could leave more than half of its 13 million people hungry. Almost half of that nation's population comprises children under age 15. SOS Children's Villages has been raising orphaned and abandoned children in Niger since 1993. Learn how you can help one child in Niger... June 21, 2010: SOS Children’s Villages, a global organization that focuses on family-based, long-term care of children, this weekend welcomed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie to its Village in Santo, Haiti outside of Port-au-Prince. Ms. Jolie spent the night at an SOS house in the Santo Village. She visited with and brought toys for the children. On her trip she met with President Preval, current and former Government of Haiti Ministers, Haitian Judges and lawyers, U.S. State Department officials, and other NGOs regarding child protection in Haiti. Learn more about Angelina Jolie's trip to SOS Children's Villages in Haiti... |
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