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      • Coronavirus
        • COVID’s lost generation: Growing up alone has gotten even harder
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        • Coronavirus update: Protecting children worldwide
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        • Care leaver support networks are essential
        • The best investment a country can make is in its children
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        • Care leavers in Sri Lanka ‘Never Give Up’
        • 10th anniversary of GoTeach in Madagascar
        • Royal couple inspired by visit to SOS Children's Villages Pakistan
        • SOS Children's Villages - USA to accelerate outreach to 220 million children worldwide
        • NBA champ Pascal Siakam visits SOS Village in Cameroon
        • A Taekwondo champion at SOS Jordan
        • Empowering a young entrepreneur to follow his dreams
        • Keeping siblings together: How Tito saved his family
        • Young adults, who grew up in alternative care, speak out
        • Young advocates call for greater youth participation
        • A Nostalgic Return to Her SOS Village: Masresha’s Story
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        • Q&A: Sheldon Bailey, SOS Supporter and Star of Nickelodeon’s ‘Game Shakers’
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        • Youth In Action: An SOS Alumni Inspires a Generation
        • You Are Helping Juanita Become an Electrical Engineer in Namibia
        • Training leads to Independence for young people in Sri Lanka
        • The Gift of Childhood: You Rescued Iyana
        • Using music to forge his own future
        • Supporting others to find the perfect job
        • YouthLinks partnership for young people
        • Increasing confidence through art
        • Nepalese actor dreams of winning Oscar
        • Only the sky is the limit for a young man from Sarajevo
        • Bosnia Sarajevo YES Center Una
        • Decathlete pursues Olympic dream
        • Two years of YouthCan
        • Martin Garrix visits Cape Town Village
        • From crushing rocks to building her own future
        • A talent for carpentry
      • Girls and Women's empowerment
        • Struggling but enduring: A story of single parenthood in Cameroon
        • Your notes of encouragement for SOS mothers
        • A former street child becomes an SOS nurse
        • Empowering girls and women in Ethiopia
        • Girl from SOS Tunisia sings on The Voice Kids
        • Empowering indigenous girls through education: Lupita’s story
        • Ghita is empowered to build the career of her dreams
        • Children empowering children: Amelia and Angela pay it forward
        • A song of thanks
        • Magaly’s Story: How One Young Woman in Peru Wants to Inspire Children
        • Small Investments Go a Long Way
        • Women’s Empowerment Strengthens Families and Transforms Communities Around the World
        • Hermann Gmeiner Award Winner: Maria Anggelina
        • Empowering Women to Thrive
        • Foster Children Can Change the World
        • Empowering women and families to overcome domestic violence
        • Vocational training: helping women follow their dreams
        • Gender equality: girls need education, too
        • Empowering girls in Liberia through basketball
        • Indian spice business
        • A young woman from India leaves care
        • Girls take centre stage for child rights
        • Empowering women in Nepal
        • Damalie prepares for success
        • Supporting families in a migrant community in Mexico
        • A mentee becomes a mentor to young women
        • Women in Peru knit their present and future
        • When every obstacle is possible to overcome
        • A mother seizes the opportunity to learn
        • International Womens Day 2019
        • Monalisa strides towards her dream
      • Child rights advocacy
        • Children are the experts on their own lives
        • Maya advocates for the rights of Palestinian children
        • Youth against cyberbullying
        • SOS pioneer Maria Heissenberger remembered
        • Austria: Seeking rights for young people leaving care
        • Landmark bill to protect children from violence in Spain
        • Investing in children's rights
        • Millions of vulnerable children at risk
        • European Pact on Migration and Asylum
        • Child advocacy: Empowering children with disabilities
        • Child rights groups call for an EU Commissioner for Children
        • NGOs call for action on children’s rights
        • World Refugee Day 2019
        • 70 years of impact
        • Editorial: Refugees Should Be Treated More Humanely
        • No Child Alone: Care for children is one of the best investments the global community can make
        • EU election campaign
        • Empowering children with disabilities
        • Statement on child safeguarding
        • Down at the lake
        • Child care space set up near Palu
        • Helping separated children returning from the migration caravan
        • 2019 UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child
        • Abandoned sisters find a new home
        • More help for displaced children in Iraq
        • European Commission Roundtable
      • Family Strengthening and Livelihood
        • Hungry and forgotten in the time of COVID-19
        • Former SOS mother cares for families in Gaza
        • Srebrenica genocide 25 years later
        • SOS and Brown University research children's issues
        • Keeping families together in Russia
        • Sumitra starts a family business in Nepal
        • Young performers take center stage in Cairo
        • Family strengthening: Becoming a family man
        • Nina found the strength to save herself—and her family
        • Parenting with Puppets for Social Impact
        • Newborn Asha found a loving home
        • Rebuilding a father-son relationship through family strengthening
        • Inside an SOS Family in Kenya
        • This Family in Zambia Pulled Itself Out of Poverty—Thanks to You
        • This Family in Nigeria Pulled Itself Out of Poverty—Thanks to You
        • How Active Fatherhood Can Change the World
        • Reunifying a Family in the Midst of Conflict
        • For the first time I feel like a real dad
        • Running a family business in Nepal
        • Childhood in one of Cape Towns townships
        • The Fathers Club in Albania
        • Supporting households headed by grandmothers in Zimbabwe
        • Empowering families to fight malnutrition
        • Ukraine Now we enjoy being a family
        • War can't tear this family apart
        • Someone to count on for help
        • Parenting from behind bars
      • Child Trauma
        • Racism is our reality
        • Remembering childhood during the Bosnian War
        • SOS helps child heal from visible and invisible scars
        • Survey shows the need for trauma-informed care
        • Identity crisis affects mental health in Somalia
        • Therapy helped siblings heal from childhood trauma
        • Helping smuggled migrant children in Botswana
        • Win a trip to meet K-pop band iKON in Seoul, South Korea
        • Trafficked after the Haiti earthquake – A child’s story
        • Dancer Ahmad Joudeh takes center stage for children
        • Mental health programme heals trauma in Iraq
        • The day Adan's world turned upside down
        • Skate park helps to alleviate childhood trauma
        • Game of Thrones and childhood trauma: understanding Daenerys' story
        • Sold into Child Prostitution from Nigeria, Zoputa Rebuilds Her Life
        • War Children: Inside Eastern Ukraine
        • Reflections on Angelina Jolie’s First They Killed My Father
        • Healing Trauma in Times of War and Disaster
        • Psychological Impact on Children from Family Separation
        • You Helped Nella Recover from Neglect
        • Surviving the Trauma of Syria’s War
        • From Homeless to Hopeful
        • Play therapy: Helping babies, toddlers and young children heal from trauma
        • Trauma therapy: Using art to help your child heal
        • Losing a loved one: How to help your child heal
        • Childhood trauma: 30+ signs your child is trying to cope
        • A father struggles to cope with his own childhood
        • Cyclone Idai and the psychological needs of children
        • Trauma healing expert refugees SOS
        • Helping traumatised children in Iraq
        • Syrian Civil War Trauma Healing
        • Supporting unaccompanied refugee children in Athens
        • Separation of children at USA border
        • Psychological impact on children
        • Young refugees in Austria
        • SOS Childrens' Villages evacuations
      • End violence against children
        • Two brave sisters escape violence in Honduras
        • Domestic violence amidst COVID-19
        • Healing the trauma of violence in Latin America
        • Domestic violence in Perú
        • Protecting children from tensions at the Turkish-Greek border
        • How active fatherhood can change the world
        • Violence against children: Marcelina's tragic childhood
        • End violence against children in Latin America and the Caribbean
        • Young man from SOS CV speaks out against violence against children
        • The Right to Protection: Ending violence against children
        • Focusing on prevention to end violence against children
        • We want the best for every child that comes to live with us
        • Maria Anggelina profile
        • Shelter for unaccompanied girls Athens
        • Youth representatives stand up for human rights in Geneva
      • Sustainable development
        • Realizing children's rights through shared experiences
        • Training to support refugee and migrant children
        • Wading through the waters
        • Young people introduce recycling
        • Get to Know an SOS Village in Guinea-Bissau
        • Syria Q&A: New SOS Children’s Village opens in Damascus
        • SOS USA CEO Neil Ghosh writes for Stanford Social Innovation Review
        • GoTeach wins European Sustainability Award
        • Ghana: Big football campaign for peace and development
        • Placing children at the core of the global development agenda
        • SOS Children’s Villages International: Post-2015 Development Agenda must Focus on most Vulnerable Ch
        • Dr Trauernicht at SDG panel
        • SOS SDGs children Post 2015
        • SDGs adopted
        • SOS Children’s Villages and the SDGs
        • One year of YouthCan
        • Spanish king honours GoTeach partner
      • Emergency Response
        • Soup kitchens: Facing a social crisis with resilience
        • Who are these people who are angry with us?
        • Overcoming challenges: A boy's wish to walk again
        • Sisters from Nagorno-Karabakh stick together
        • When will I eat? Does anybody care?
        • Humanitarian appeal for children in Lebanon
        • Ebola outbreak: the spread continues
        • Monsoons, cyclones and floods: Protecting children in India
        • Statement on the fires at the Moria camp
        • Quality childcare in wake of Tropical Cyclone Idai
        • Protecting children at risk during cyclone Idai
        • A Deadly Mudslide Wiped Away Their Home and Family
        • On the Ground: Mexico Earthquake
        • Education Brings Syrians and Jordanians Together
        • On the Ground: Helping Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
        • Colombia: Building on Experience to help Venezuelan Refugees
        • Tropical Cyclone Idai: Disaster relief at SOS Mozambique and beyond
        • SOS Brazil help for Venezuelan families
        • Ukraine Addressing a side-effect
        • Laos flood relief
        • Need for care grows as displacement continues
        • Indonesian team heads to Palu
        • Indonesia tsunami emergency
        • Unaccompanied children the most vulnerable in Serbia
        • The cold reality of life on Lesvos Greece
        • Typhoon Idai Mozambique
      • Quality care
        • Care leavers themselves need to be included and listened to
        • Helmut Kutin award call for nominations
        • The girl who was saved by her SOS mother
        • A loving home for children in foster care
        • SOS and UNICEF partner to help Venezuelan children in Brazil
        • SOS children's lives transformed by ice hockey
        • How Raphael learned about love and family
        • From malnourished baby to healthy child: Loulou's story
        • SOS mothers from Syria and Nepal honored
        • Children in need find a warm family and a new future
        • Providing children in war-torn regions with quality care
        • Child trafficking: A childhood escape changes a doctor's life
        • Staying together in care
        • A Home Away From Home for Child Refugees in Finland
        • Caring for Unaccompanied Child Refugees in Greece
        • This Daughter Planned Her SOS Mother's First-ever Birthday Party
        • Get to Know an SOS Village: Dassa, Benin
        • SOS Alumni Follows Drum Beat of His Heart
        • Vietnam: Celebrating 30 Years
        • Helping Vulnerable Children Overcome Challenges and Become Independent Adults
        • Giving thanks for a loving home
        • Providing shelter and care for migrant children in Honduras
        • A Rough Start to Life
        • SOS Children’s Villages’ commitment to long-term care featured on NPR
        • Bosnia football story
        • Morocco Integration
        • Building an individual relationship with each child
        • Providing foster family care in Togo
        • SOS mother in Nepal retires after 40 years
        • Time to act together on children’s rights
        • Young people call for change in the leaving care process
        • Prepare for leaving care expands
        • Testimonial from an SOS alum
      • Education
        • A journey from hardship to empowerment
        • Digital divide puts millions of students at risk
        • "Learning by radio is fun!"
        • A math whiz excels against all odds
        • Venezuelan unaccompanied young people’s urge for stability
        • 5 tips: how can I talk to my child about racism?
        • Beautiful school replaces one destroyed in Nepal earthquake
        • 2,000+ children in Syria welcomed to rebuilt school
        • Employability: A life by design
        • Access to quality education: Mildred just needed a chance
        • Empowering Rohingya children through education
        • Meet Bang: A Young Scholarship Recipient in Laos
        • Helping Children on Their Path to Independence
        • Empowering a Community Through Vocational Education
        • You helped Violeta and Mihail revive their dream of a happy family.
        • Education brings Syrians and Jordanians together
        • Education inequalities in 'the two Haitis'
        • Boosting digital skills in Morocco
        • Boosting young people’s skills through training and mentoring
        • Training young people for skilled work and success
        • Early childhood development creates a foundation for life
        • Generation Unlimited launched at UN
        • A window to the rest of the world
        • SOS Serbia Farsi interpreter
      • Access to health care
        • World Humanitarian Day focus on Somalia
        • Surviving Acute Malnutrition: Maimouna’s Story
        • Doctor praises SOS role in child refugee care
        • Liberia SOS Medical Centre Ebola death
        • SOS Medical Center Monrovia
        • ICT4D ‘Telemedicine’ project brings needed medical expertise to remote Benin
        • Women deliver positive health message
        • SOS alumni advocates for children's health
        • Cambodian malnutrition centre saves lives
        • A partnership to support a young man living with HIV
        • Two siblings find happiness
      • Corporate partnerships
        • Over 200 young people in Latin America receive skills training
        • SOS announces new partnership with FC Bayern Munich
        • The Helmsley Charitable Trust Reinvests in SOS Children’s Villages with $5.9 Million Grant to Empowe
        • Cryptocurrency industry supports relief efforts for COVID-19
        • Award presented by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to SOS Children’s Villages
        • $100,000 cryptocurrency match through Gitcoin extended!
        • You can now give with cryptocurrency
        • Mobile clinic treats women and children
        • Employability Program Gives Diego the Boost He Needs to Change His Life
        • Calvin Ridley's journey from SOS child to NFL star
        • Kevin Bacon's SixDegrees.org is Partnering with SOS Children's Villages USA to Support Vulnerable Ch
        • SOS Children's Villages International and Habitat for Humanity International announce partnership
        • Sixth successful year partnering with Marriott International
        • Stella McCartney partnership
        • New partnership with Radisson Hotel Group
        • Marriott puts youth development back on the menu
        • Opportunity for young refugees in Greece
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        • New partnership with Radisson Hotel Group
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