 January 12, 2011: SOS Children’s Villages, a global organization dedicated to providing family-based services for children without parental care, today announced that Nathalie Nozile, an alumna of the SOS Children’s Villages in Santo, Haiti, has been selected as the first Jolie Legal Fellow. Ms. Nozile was selected after graduating from the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law this past spring. Read more about Nathalie Nozile's role as the first Jolie Legal Fellow in Haiti... We saved young lives and we will continue to help them and their communities rebuild in the years to come. More... 05/11/2010 - The President of SOS Children's Villages International, Mr Helmut Kutin, recently visited Haiti, spending five days in the country severely affected by an earthquake in January 2010. More...05/11/2010 - The SOS Children’s Village Santo is preparing for the possibility that Hurricane Tomas will hit Haiti on 5 or 6 November, either as a hurricane or a tropical storm. More... 06/04/2010 - Before the earthquake, the SOS Hermann Gmeiner School in Santo on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince had 550 pupils. But with the many abandoned and orphaned children which are temporarily cared for at the SOS Children's Village, that number is expected to increase with approximately 300 more students. Until last week, the school facilities were used as storehouse for emergency supplies and as base camp for the emergency staff. This week the first classes could be re-started. More... 31/03/2010 - On the occasion of today's important donors' conference on Haiti, NGOs organised a side event at the UNICEF Headquarters in New York yesterday. Plan International, Save the Children, Oxfam, World Vision International, UNICEF and SOS Children's Villages International highlighted the importance of involving the Haitian public and especially children and young people in the rebuilding of earthquake-devastated Haiti. More... In cooperation with Plan International, children and youngster from SOS Children's Villages in Haiti are joining a nationwide initiative which aims to include the voices of youngsters in the reconstruction of their country. More... Interview with Celigny Darius, director of SOS Children's Villages in Haiti (15 January 2010) More... 126 children from refugee camps arrived at the SOS Children's Village in Santo for temporary shelter. Two-year-old Josette, whose teenage mother cannot care for her on her own, is one of them. 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...22/01/2010 - After careful assessment of the situation on the ground and available resources, SOS Children's Villages' relief teams have developed a plan for the weeks months to come. More... 21/01/2010 - In coordination with other relief organisations, SOS Children's Villages is getting ready to provide temporary care for hundreds of unaccompanied children. Emergency teams are reopening SOS Social Centres to bring food to children and families in Haiti. More...20/01/2010 - SOS Children's Villages calls for all emergency relief actors in Haiti to put children first and work in accordance with the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. More...19/01/2010 – An Air Transat Airbus is being filled with Canadian humanitarian aid volunteers, food, and supplies that will support relief efforts that are being coordinated from SOS Children’s Villages in Haiti. It has been cleared to fly out of Montreal in the early hours of tomorrow morning. More...17/01/2010 - A team of co-workers and volunteers from the Dominican Republic and Costa arrived at the SOS Children's Village in Santo on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince yesterday. Today a first shipment of ten tons of food, water, medicine, tents and fuel will follow. More...15/01/2010 - The situation in and around the capital Port-au-Prince is escalating. Rescue workers and a first relief convoy from SOS Children's Villages Dominican Republic are expected to reach the area Saturday. More...14/01/2010 - Communication lines to Haiti are still down, but it has been confirmed that at least among the children and staff of the two SOS Children's Villages, there have been no casualties. More...13/01/10 - An earthquake of the magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Tuesday evening, destroying many buildings and killing hundreds, possibly thousands of people. The epicenter of the quake was just 10 kilometres from the capital Port-au-Prince. So far, co-workers of SOS Children's Villages Haiti could not be reached for a situation report. More... |