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Eldoret lies near the Ugandan border in the Uasin Gishu District in the mid-west of the country, some 380 km North-West of Nairobi.
Roughly 70,000 inhabitants make Eldoret Kenya's fifth largest town. An unprecedented boom was caused by the recent settlement of several large industrial businesses in greater Eldoret. SOS Children's Village in Eldoret in 1988. The SOS Children’s Village Eldoret was formally opened on 1 March 1995.
SOS Children's Villages in Eldoret
The SOS Children's Village Eldoret lies four km from Eldoret, and consists of twelve family houses, a village director's house, a guest house, an administrative and service block, and a house for the so-called SOS Aunts (SOS Aunts take care of the children in case of an SOS Mother's absence).
The attached SOS Kindergarten started operating in 1990. The SOS Kindergarten consists of three group rooms, a playground and several secondary rooms. It is currently attended by 75 children from both the SOS Children's Village, and the local neighbourhood
Many trees were planted, and play and sports grounds were established next to the school. A small tuition fee is necessary as the school is responsible for paying the teachers. A reduction is available for those children especially in need.
Our Impact
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The SOS Kindergarten in Kenya are a fundamental building block for the early development needs including, intellectual and social skills for children. |
1 KINDERGARTENS | 112 Kindergarten students |
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SOS Medical Centres in Kenya provide quality health care to the children in our care, our staff, our staffís family as well as people in the surrounding community. |
1 MEDICAL CENTRES | 15858 Patients |
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SOS Social Centres in Kenya aim is to help families, in particular women and children, living in communities neighbouring the SOS Children's Villages to gradually escape from poverty, and to help young people become self-reliant. |
2 SOCIAL CENTRES | 278 Beneficiaries |
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The SOS Children's Village in Kenya provides loving homes to orphaned and abandoned children |
1 VILLAGES | 132 Orphaned and Abandoned Children |
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The SOS Youth Facilities in Kenya provides youth with a loving environment where they learn to transition into independent living and to expand their education |
2 YOUTH FACILITIES | 64 Youths in our Care |
Our Impact