Annual Reports

2010 / 2011 Highlights

Our Annual Reports include details of our work that is being completed around the world, as well as a financial snapshot of our operations.

Helping families stay together

SOS Children’s Villages Canada will help fund and operate a new SOS Family Strengthening Programme in Kouloun, Mali. Family Strengthening Programmes are designed to meet the basic needs of children in the short term while helping to develop parents and caregivers capacity to meet the needs of their children independently in the long term. This project will benefit approximately 900 children, 300 parents and 45 community based organizations.

Haiti: Embracing the future

SOS Children’s Villages Canada is concerned for the long-term stability of children and families in Haiti. We have sent a child welfare expert to assess how we can strengthen the many facilities and orphanages providing temporary care to children. We have also begun plans to rehabilitate the SOS Village in Santo, near Port-au-Prince. This facility survived the earthquake, but it has been operational for over 30 years and now home to double the children it was built for.

The first all Canadian funded SOS Children Village

The first ‘all Canadian’ SOS Village, The Green Family – SOS Children’s Village, Ondangwa, was officially opened in Namibia in August 2010. The village is fully incorporated in the community and we now have eleven new families in the village. More than 300 members of the surrounding community are benefiting from SOS Family Strengthening Programs (FSP) and the SOS Kindergarten offers space for up to 75 children. Construction of this entire Village was made possible by a generous donation from Don and Shirley Green of Brockville, Ontario and continues to be completely funded by generous Canadians.

The legacy of a loving home

SOS Children’s Villages Canada past president and volunteer Maria Virjee talks about her experiences with SOS and why she decided to make a gift in her Will for children in need.

Partnering with Transat

Together, SOS Children’s Villages and Transat A.T. Inc, and its 6,500 employees and millions of customers, are working to create safe homes and bright futures for the world’s orphaned and vulnerable children. In 2010, Transat employees, executives and customers continued to support long-term care, facilities and scholarships for children in Hampolol, Mexico and Barrett Town, Jamaica and provided critical support to programmes in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Peru, Vietnam and Tunisia.