Togo

Mobile clinic treats women and children

February 20 2020 - Nearly 300 mothers and 200 children under the age of five have benefitted from the medical services provided by “Baby Moto”.

Indonesia

Overcoming challenges: A boy's wish to walk again

October 29 2019 - Ari is one of thousands of children whose lives were devastated by the tsunami and earthquake that destroyed parts of the island of Sulawesi in 2018.

Togo

Child advocacy: Empowering children with disabilities

October 16 2019 - A nine-year-old girl in Togo with a genetic bone disorder asks, "Why should I hide away?" SOS Togo is working to change attitudes so she doesn't have to.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola outbreak: the spread continues

September 13 2019 - The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo just hit the one-year anniversary of its start, but a surge of recent cases gives little hope the outbreak is close to being contained.

Children at Risk Find Hope after Ebola Wreaks Havoc on Their Lives

Children abandoned after Ebola outbreak find new loving home within SOS community

January 17 2019 - Becky* and Ishmael* play happily with their SOS mother and siblings in the SOS Children’s Village Monrovia in Liberia. It is easy to forget the circumstances that took them there more than three years ago, after losing their parents during the Ebola outbreak – yet the specter of the disease still lingers in the region.

Child in Need Given Another Chance

Child with HIV given help through medical relief and family strengthening initiatives

December 1 2018 - In 2017, almost 36.9 million people were living with HIV, with 1.8 million infected in the same year, according to the World Health Organization. For Eveliyen and Willhamu, HIV has been part of their lives since he was a baby.