 11/03/2010 - After the heavy earthquake that hit the town of Concepción and other areas in Chile on 27 February, SOS emergency relief teams have visited the most affected areas to establish how many children require urgent support in their current situation. 700 children will receive support from SOS Children's Villages. More... 02/03/2010 - After the heavy earthquake of 27 February, the town of Concepción and other affected areas are in a state of emergency. Co-workers at various SOS facilities, several of which have suffered severe damage to buildings, are also reporting that the situation is very threatening. Plunderers have tried to break into the SOS Children's Village in Concepción while the SOS Children's Village in Chaimávida reports thefts of cars and fuel. More...27/02/2010 - This report is directly from the SOS Children’s Villages office in Santiago. An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale rocked the coast of Chile this morning at about 3:34 local time affecting from the First to the Tenth Region of the country (from Tarapacá to Chiloe). The epicentre was located in the Bio Bio region (whose capital is the city of Concepción). More... 27/02/2010 - A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 has struck central Chile, triggering a tsunami. The quake that devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, in January was magnitude 7.0. More... 26/02/2010 - When the truck with the blue SOS Children's Villages logo arrives in the neighborhood of Centre Butter Boyer 1 on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, it's time for Violeta to organise the unloading of food items. More... February 4, 2010: At least 20 of the 33 children brought to the SOS Children's Village in Santo in Port-au-Prince for temporary alternative care have at least one living parent. While there is not yet confirmation of how many of these children that were to be taken to the Dominican Republic have parents, guardians or family members to care for them, what is clear is that most of the children are not "orphans". More...January 27, 2010: SOS Children's Villages President Helmut Kutin dedicated the second 'tsunami village' in Nagapattinam/India, which gives 120 children a new home, on 22 January 2010. More... January 25, 2010: Various celebrities from around the world support the emergency efforts of SOS Children's Villages for thousands of quake-affected children and their families in Haiti. More... January 20, 2010: As SOS Children's Villages has just learned from their relief effort coordinator on the ground, there has been a severe aftershock with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale. More... December 17, 2009: Helmut Kutin opened the newest SOS Children's Village in Dien Bien Phu, which will give 50 children a new home in seven family houses at first, two days after he was honored for his achievements in Vietnam over the space of several decades. More... |