 02/03/2010 - After the heavy earthquake of 27 February, the town of Concepción and other affected areas are in a state of emergency. Co-workers at various SOS facilities, several of which have suffered severe damage to buildings, are also reporting that the situation is very threatening. Plunderers have tried to break into the SOS Children's Village in Concepción while the SOS Children's Village in Chaimávida reports thefts of cars and fuel. More...27/02/2010 - This report is directly from the SOS Children’s Villages office in Santiago. An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale rocked the coast of Chile this morning at about 3:34 local time affecting from the First to the Tenth Region of the country (from Tarapacá to Chiloe). The epicentre was located in the Bio Bio region (whose capital is the city of Concepción). More... 27/02/2010 - A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 has struck central Chile, triggering a tsunami. The quake that devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, in January was magnitude 7.0. More... 26/02/2010 - When the truck with the blue SOS Children's Villages logo arrives in the neighborhood of Centre Butter Boyer 1 on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, it's time for Violeta to organise the unloading of food items. More... 22/02/2010 - Now providing temporary care for around 290 unaccompanied and orphaned children, the capacity of the SOS Children's Village in Santo is nearly exhausted. On 17 February alone, 126 children from emergency camps were taken in, and 100 more may follow. Currently 66 community centres are supplying over 9,000 children with food, and medical treatment if required, every day. The aim in the coming weeks is to ensure that the basic needs of around 40,000 children are met. More... 09/02/2010 - The SOS Children's Village in Port-au-Prince was honoured today to receive one of the NGO's most loyal supporters: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie was eager to see for herself the progress being made by the SOS emergency relief programme for the children of a country that will have to be rebuilt from scratch. More... 04/02/2010 - At least 20 of the 33 children brought to the SOS Children's Village in Santo in Port-au-Prince for temporary alternative care have at least one living parent. While there is not yet confirmation of how many of these children that were to be taken to the Dominican Republic have parents, guardians or family members to care for them, what is clear is that most of the children are not "orphans". More... 31/01/2010 - Late evening on 29 January, the Haitian police have arrested ten U.S. citizens caught trying to take 33 children out of Haiti to the Dominican Republic in a suspected illicit adoption scheme, authorities said on Saturday. The suspects could neither show official papers confirming the identity of the children nor any official permission for bringing the children out of the country. On 30 January in the evening, the Haitian Social Ministry entrusted those 33 children (aged three months to twelve years) to the care of SOS Children's Villages. More... 28/01/2010 - Haiti’s ‘earthquake orphans’ have brought out the best in Canadians, prompted many to say “Bring them to us. We’ll adopt.” We cannot adopt them all into Canada. Even if we could, adopting children from Haiti may not always be in the best interests of the children. More... 27/01/2010 - The emergency relief effort by SOS Children's Villages is reaching more and more children. Several SOS community centres have been reactivated and new ones are being opened to provide care and basic supplies for children during the day. 28 unaccompanied children are currently receiving care directly at the SOS Children's Village in Santo, and more are coming every day. More... |