 02/02/2012 – Tackling youth unemployment by dining at a Marriott hotel has made the process of charitable giving extremely appetising to diners across Europe. For every lunch or dinner purchased during February the hotel chain will donate €1 to SOS Youth Programmes.
More... 13/01/2011 - Early warning systems indicate famine is imminent in parts of Mali, northern Burkina Faso and parts of Senegal. Insufficient and erratic rainfall has led to a poor harvest as food reserves reach critically low levels across the Sahel. SOS Children's Villages is there.
More...11/01/2012 - Plan International, SOS Children's Villages and World Vision call on the European Union (EU) to consider the protection of children and the economic and social support for their families in Haiti a top priority. More... 03/01/2012 - On 12 January 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti claiming the lives of more than 230,000 people and affecting three million others. Significant progress has been made in reconstructing Haiti. Nevertheless, the country remains closer to a state of emergency and not close enough to a path of stability and a future that offers opportunities. In 2011, SOS Children's Villages helped to address the problem and began constructing new schools and expanded long-term social programmes for children and families. More... 02/01/2012 - All the children, SOS mothers and co-workers of the SOS Children's Village in Puducherry are safe after it was hit by cyclone 'Thane' on New Year eve. Due to the high-velocity winds, some family houses have been heavily damaged. More... 23/12/2011 - Proceeds from Angelina Jolie's movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey" to support SOS Children's Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina. More... 15/12/2011 - As part of the international SOS Children's Villages team in Haiti, Max Lamesch from Luxembourg is in charge of institutional donor services. He takes charge of projects realised by SOS Children's Villages Haiti that are funded or supported by: foreign governments, foundations, universities, UN agencies, governmental agencies, embassies, intergovernmental organisations, NGOs and Haitian ministries. In this interview he shares some insights about challenges NGOs are faced with in Haiti. More... 09/12/2011 - Insecurity in Somalia has been severely curtailed visits by westerners to the country in recent times. SOS Children’s Villages has overcome the problem to provide a unique perspective of the current situation. More... 02/12/2011 - We are mourning the loss of one of our "pioneers". 60 years ago, Maria Weber became the first SOS mother at the very first SOS Children's Village in the world in Imst in Austria - a job that would be her calling for the rest of her life. More... 02/12/2011 - Water tanks are full across northern Kenya and pastoralists are overjoyed as rains finally arrive. While livestock numbers gradually replenish SOS Children's Villages provides relief with the help of technology. More... |