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Education and empowerment open the door to economic self-sufficiency and help young people to become productive, contributing members of their communities. We teach children to build resilience and self-confidence, and to develop mechanisms for protection against life’s ups and downs.

NIGER

“I felt like an ambassador for all children of Niger”

May 21 2021 - 14-year old Inoussa from SOS Children’s Villages Niger delivered a statement to a United Nations audience as part of the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-session.

GLOBAL

New youth advisory board for global employability partnership

May 17 2021 - 10 young people from SOS programs around the world will represent the voices and experiences of youth in the growing YouthCan! partnership.

EUROPE

Young people share challenges and ideas with UN and government representatives

May 3 2021 - A group of 28 young people from SOS Children’s Villages programs around the world took part in a UN Youth Forum in early April.

GLOBAL

SOS Children’s Villages wins the “Excellence in Youth Mentorship” award

April 1 2021 - During an online ceremony organized on March 24, SOS Children’s Villages was awarded the European Commission’s Excellence in Youth Mentorship prize for the Employability and Stability project.

GLOBAL

COVID’s lost generation: Growing up alone has gotten even harder

March 1 2021 - Ingrid Maria Johansen, CEO of SOS Children's Villages International, shares her opinion on the one year anniversary of the pandemic.

LATIN AMERICA

Over 200 young people in Latin America receive skills training

February 4 2021 - Through a Salesforce mentorship program, young people received employability and skills training. Results show that the program helped them grow while overcoming obstacles to access training during the pandemic.

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