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Prevention

Strengthening families and communities.

 

Providing stability

At SOS, we combine short-term aid and long-term guidance to strengthen families so they are better able to care for their children and to protect them from child labor, child trafficking and other threats to their safety.

Families across the world are more vulnerable today than ever before. Adverse circumstances like poverty, armed conflict and disease present overwhelming challenges for parents and threaten family stability. When families are at risk of falling apart, children are at a much greater risk of being abused, abandoned or exploited.

The problem in numbers

#

cause of child abandonment is poverty

1 in 10

children worldwide are at risk of growing up alone

 million

children suffer from acute malnutrition

Working together to expand our reach

We work with governments, communities and other stakeholders to build effective support systems for struggling families. These efforts enable access to education, healthcare services and employment opportunities that are essential to maintaining safe environments for children at risk.

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Your support in action

Power of education

Maria Luisa, age 42, has participated in our family strengthening programs in Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala, for two years. Through these workshops, Maria Luisa has grown to understand the importance of education, both for herself and for her children ...

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Keeping a family together

Nyalela, a 64-year-old woman in Cape Town, South Africa, was raising three grandchildren on a small pension. It was in 2011 that her daughter died from meningitis, leaving the three boys in Nyalela’s care. To make life easier, Nyalela joined the family strengthening program in 2012 ... 

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Every child deserves a safe and healthy place to live, nutritional meals, quality medical care, the opportunity to get an education and the love of a caring parent. Support our Children in Crisis Fund today.

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Family strengthening programs

At SOS, we combine short-term aid and long-term guidance in family strengthening programs, so parents are better able to care for their children and protect them from child labor, child trafficking and other threats to their safety.

Learn more about our family and community strengthening programs

Latest impact stories

GEORGIA

Experts warn of increased abuse during COVID-19 crisis

June 24 2020 - At SOS Children's Villages Georgia, we work to protect at-risk children and families from a recent surge of domestic violence.
GLOBAL

SOS and Brown University research children's issues

June 18 2020 - Research partnership: SOS Children's Villages teamed up with Brown University to investigate reasons why children become separated from their families.
Press Release

Children are the hidden victims of Latin America’s Corona crisis

May 28 2020 - Latin America has been declared the new epicentre of the global COVID-19 pandemic. With weak healthcare systems, informal economies and high levels of inequality, the crisis presents an unprecedented challenge for struggling families.
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Learn more about the SOS Children's Villages model

Long-term care

Children who lack family care can become part of a new family at one of our SOS villages, join an SOS-supported foster family or be cared for by relatives who benefit from SOS services.

 

Movement building

We work with other development agencies, governments and communities to advance initiatives that help children and families, and to raise awareness about the rights of children and the responsibilities of those around them.

Empowerment

To increase youth employability and unlock young adults' full potential, we provide education, life skills development, vocational and entrepreneurship training, soft skills development, access to internships, mentoring and more.