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Family Focus 2012 - Challenging times

Investing in family is more about attitude than economics

15/05/2012 – Investing in family is more about attitude than economics, according to the SOS Children’s Villages Family Focus 2012 report published today. Entitled, “Challenging Times – What can be done to make 2013 better for families”. Itoutlines realistic options for legislators and others who wish to do something NOW to improve matters in the year ahead. More...
Photo: SOS Archives

Mali: Displaced children attend SOS Hermann Gmeiner Schools

04/05/2012 – SOS Children’s Villages Mali is helping to protect 134 children of families who have fled the anarchic situation in the North in Mali’s three SOS Hermann Gmeiner Schools. The children of the evacuated SOS Children’s Village Socoura will likely remain in the two SOS Children’s Villages in the South for another year. More...

SOS mother Jennifer: It can be exhausting being a mother!

Jennifer is an experienced SOS mother from SOS Children’s Village Kakiri in Uganda. She recently welcomed two-year-old Leonarld into her family. Video available More...
Dr Abdullahi Hussein

SOS Somalia Doctor Passed Away After a Lifetime of Dedication to People

SOS Children’s Villages mourns the passing of Dr. Abdullahi Hussein, a beloved Somalia-born physician who suffered a fatal stroke in Mogadishu on April 13, 2012. He was 50 years old. He passed away just before a planned trip to see his wife and children in England. More...
ABBA for SOS

ABBA Sponsors Family Home in Central African Republic

The world-famous Swedish pop band ABBA used to only sing ‘SOS’ – now they are supporting SOS Children’s Villages. More...
Photo: Sandrine Houalet

Situation in Mali deteriorating – children's safety is first priority

06/04/2012 – The people of Mali are forced to stand in line for gas, food and cash; up to 200,000 are fleeing the rebels advancing from the North, where the SOS Children's Village Socoura Mopti was evacuated on 1 April. More...
SOS Children's Village evacuated in Mali - Photo: SOS Archive

Uncertainty in Mali leads to evacuation of SOS Children's Village

02/04/2012 – The movement of armed rebels and subsequent political instability in Mali has led to the evacuation of 140 children from the SOS Children's Village in in the city of Mopti to other facilities 600km southwest of the troubled northeast African state. More...
Sudan April 8th 2012 - Photo Hilary Atkins

AUDIO - Preparing for South Sudan's April 8th generation

23/03/2012 - South Sudan has a matter of days to provide food, shelter, medical facilities, and various services for thousands of unaccompanied children who are due to be transported from Khartoum before April 8th. The minister responsible in the Central Equatorial State outlines the challenges. Listen
South Sudan Child

Help Keep South Sudan’s Children Safe

Thousands of children in the Sudan region have already experienced a terrible disaster: total separation from their families. And in mere days it will get worse for them. More...
Sudanese child

Sudan's Displaced Child and Families Emergency

SOS has been asked to provide shelter and care for unaccompanied children, to offer them psychological support, and to help reunite them with their families. More...
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