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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.

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.

GLOBAL

Care leavers need to be included and listened to

February 2 2021 - We joined a conversation between Zule, a child and human rights activist and a member of the International Youth Coalition, and Oliver Bäte, CEO of Allianz.

LEBANON

Young people introduce recycling

January 11 2021 - The Go Green initiative was founded by young people to introduce improved recycling in Lebanon as part of the SOS Youth Power program.

GLOBAL

Realizing children's rights through shared experiences

January 8 2021 - One year after the adoption of the UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child, we still need to make the commitment to protecting children without parental care a reality.

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