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Bosasso, Somalia - Photo from Wikimedia Commons

Numbers of Street Children Growing in Northern Corner of Somalia

March 10, 2010: SOS has been running a Children's Village in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, for decades. Despite the intermittent forced closings and relocations that are characteristic of a region wracked by long-time civil war, local SOS Children's Villages staff have persisted in keeping the children under its care safe. Tragically, some SOS staff have lost their lives carrying out this mission. Help SOS Children's Villages help Somalia's vulnerable children...
SOS Therapist works with women in an SOS Family Center in Darfur

A Walk Through International Women's Day

March 8, 2010: The news and events of the last two months have been harsh, with earthquakes ravaging whole cities, and families and children suffering. While we continue to respond to these situations in force, we also are taking a moment to reflect on women, mothers and girls around the world. Join us on a brief walk through International Women's Day. Learn more about International Women's Day...
Earthquake devastation in Curico, Chile

SOS Children's Villages in Chile Safe after Earthquake-Induced Looting

March 3, 2010: With 13 SOS Children’s Villages throughout Chile, some of the charity’s homes, schools, and training centers suffered structural damage from that nation’s powerful February 27 earthquake. Fortunately, all SOS children and staff are safe. Learn how you can help Chile's SOS Children's Villages...
Chile Map

Chile Earthquake: First Report from SOS Children's Villages

March 1, 2010: An emergency unlike any in Chile’s history. Four SOS Children's Villages in the greater Concepcion area are ready to immediately provide temporary shelter for unaccompanied children and to support reunification with families. As it is doing for earthquake victims in Haiti, SOS is using its decades of experience delivering emergency aid to children and families to create a plan to help victims of Chile's terrible disaster. Learn how you can help SOS Children's Villages in Chile...
usgs map chile earthquake

Deadly Earthquake Hits Central Chile

February 27, 2010: A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Chile this morning triggering a tsunami. The quake that devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, in January 12 was magnitude 7.0. Read more about SOS Children's Villages in Chile...
Haiti Children

SOS Children's Villages in Haiti Getting Aid to More Children

February 26, 2010: SOS Children's Villages-Santo, near Port-au-Prince, is now providing temporary care for 357 unaccompanied children and those whose families are unable to care for them. The number of children arriving is growing daily, despite SOS-Santo's limited capacity. You can help support SOS Children's Villages disaster relief efforts in Haiti and around the world...
Meningitis belt in sub-Saharan Africa

Meningitis Hitting Africa Earlier Than Usual, Alarming Health Experts

February 25, 2010: Health officials in sub-Saharan Africa's "meningitis belt" are alarmed by the early arrival of the disease this year. Meningitis usually strikes people in this broad swath of Africa closer to April, during the dry season. SOS is caring for needy children in 44 African countries, including every nation along the continent's meningitis belt...
Children Celebrating Holi at SOS Children's Villages - India

Ushering in Spring with Holi, the Most Colorful of Hindu Holidays

February 23, 2010: Every traditional society around the world has its own special way of welcoming spring's arrival. Hindus living in India and elsewhere await their holiday, called Holi, or Festival of Colors, with great anticipation. Read more about how Holi in SOS Children's Villages - India...
Haiti Child

SOS Saving Young Haitian Lives One at a Time: Two-Year-Old Josette

February 19, 2010: When asked who her mother was by SOS Children's Villages staff in Santo, Haiti, the toddler pointed to the older girl next to her. That girl is 17-year-old Gisele, a traumatized teenager who can barely manage on her own. Learn more about how SOS is caring for children in Haiti...
Alexander McCall Smith

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Author Inspired by SOS Children's Villages - Botswana

February 17, 2010: Best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith, the Scottish writer whose gentle stories about life in Botswana have put that country on the map for millions of readers around the world, owes one of his characters to SOS Children's Villages. Read more about the inspirational SOS mother and her village...
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