 August 27, 2009: Countless people are paying tribute to the great Senator from Massachusetts, Edward M. Kennedy. Most of these accolades are rooted in personal stories -- and I have mine. Read more about Senator Kennedy... March 19, 2009: Wen Jiabao, China's prime minister, said at a recent news conference that China is open to further talks with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader. Although China has invested in developing infrastructure in the Tibet Autonomous Region, many Tibetans remain poor. SOS Children's Villages has been operating a children's village in Lhasa since 2000. More... March 17, 2009: SOS Children's Villages in Zimbabwe has been working, together with UNICEF, to distribute water containers, water purifying tablets, and soap to households living near one of SOS's three Children's Villages in that country. These items will help provide families with safe water for drinking and cooking and help combat the global water crisis. More... March 13, 2009: An SOS Supporter from the US, Laurie Saget, recently visited the Siem Reap Village and produced the video (shown below) that illustrates the beauty, activity and optimism of the village residents. More... March 11, 2009: How the United States might help the authorities subdue drug-related violence in Mexico was the topic of a meeting on March 7 between President Barack Obama and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Michael Mullen. At SOS Children's Village in Mexico, children are given a loving mother, a home, and a stable community in which to develop. More... March 10, 2009: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been spending time in Washington, D.C. recently to speak about humanitarian issues. Through their foundation, Jolie and Pitt have donated $333,000 to SOS Children's Villages for work in Sudan. More... March 4, 2009: An outbreak of factional fighting in Sudan's southern city of Malakal has closed the vocational training center for former child soldiers that SOS Children's Villages has run since 2001. The training center, which currently serves about a hundred former child soldiers, was forced to shut down when fighting erupted on February 25th between the Sudanese People's Liberation Army and a group known as the Combined-Joint Forces. More... March 3, 2009: The celebration of International Women's Day, taking place this year on March 8th, began in 1911. Women find security in SOS Children's Villages. SOS provides the mothers it trains with material security, professional training, and lifetime bonds with the children they raise. SOS mothers maintain ties with their own families but also form a new, loving community at their SOS Children's Village. More... February 25, 2009: At least 100,000 civilians are caught in the crossfire between government forces and Tamil separatists on the northeastern part of the island nation of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's longtime political conflict has left many children orphaned and destitute. SOS Children's Villages, the world's largest charity dedicated to giving loving homes to orphaned and abandoned children, operates five villages in Sri Lanka. More... February 23, 2009: The movie "Slumdog Millionaire", shot in Mumbai, India, tells the story of an 18-year-old orphan from Mumbai's slums. Poverty often produces orphaned children. SOS Children's Villages, the world's largest charity focused on providing loving homes for orphaned and abandoned children, operates 37 Children's Villages across India. More... February 23, 2009: During her first foreign tour as Secretary of State in mid-February, Hillary Clinton spent two days in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. Seven years into the military rule of General Suharto, in 1972, SOS Children's Villages — the world's largest charity focused on providing loving homes for orphaned and abandoned children — opened its first Indonesia children's village. More... February 19, 2009: Somalia's children have been the innocent victims of clan-based violence, leaving many of them orphans or homeless. SOS Children's Villages, the world's largest charity devoted to providing loving homes for orphaned and abandoned children, has had a presence in Somalia since 1983. Its children's village in the capital of Mogadishu provides a stable home and community for orphaned Somalian children. More... February 10, 2009: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funding work to develop an effective malaria vaccine with the goal of reducing malaria deaths by 2015. Since 1987, SOS Children's Villages has also been working in Mozambique to save children and strengthen families affected by malaria, HIV/AIDS, and natural disasters. More... |