Europe

GAZA STRIP

'You can feel their sadness'

February 28 2024 - While evacuation possibilities are still being explored, SOS Children’s Villages in Rafah continues to provide loving care for 89 children in the Gaza Strip. We’re delivering emergency services for more than 200 internally displaced persons including shelter, food, water and sanitation and psychological support. Under the looming threat of a ground invasion and amid ongoing airstrikes, the situation in the densely populated area is extremely critical.

UKRAINE

'We fear many children may be lost forever'

February 27 2024 - Over 19,000 children are confirmed to have been deported to Russia, many from residential institutions; the estimations though are many times higher. SOS Children’s Villages in Ukraine, which has worked to bring children back to Ukraine, says the war is an opportunity to reform the childcare system, ending institutional care and creating more foster families.

UKRAINE

Ukraine Emergency Response Update

January 25 2024 - The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to have severe consequences for civilians, particularly those in frontline communities. As of the end of 2023, 3.7 million people remain displaced within Ukraine, while 4.6 million have returned to their places of origin.

UKRAINE

Displaced persons toll rises to 3.7 million in Ukraine

December 7 2023 - In October, civilians in Ukraine faced an escalation of air strikes along the frontline, with notable consequences in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions.

Youth Participation

Young people take center stage at event to prevent peer on peer violence

March 22 2023 - At the final event of the “Applying Safe Behaviours” project, young people will share key messages and present capacity building and awareness-raising initiatives. In addition, a set of policy recommendations both for national and EU levels will be released.

UKRAINE

A Viennese café unlike any other for Ukrainian families

March 9 2023 - The mothers and children here are among the more than 90,000 Ukrainians that have received temporary protection in Austria since the war began. At the Family Café, children enjoy games and crafts and parents get support adjusting to life in Vienna.