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SOS Children's Villages in Piliyandala
SOS Children's Village Piliyandala is situated on the outskirts of the city of Piliyandala, in Kesbewa. Piliyandala is about 20 km from the capital of Colombo. SOS Children's Village Piliyandala consists of 16 family houses, a community house and the necessary administrative buildings. There is an SOS Kindergarten, where up to 160 children both from the SOS Children's Village and from the neighbourhood can be taught in five group rooms.
The SOS Social Centre provides counselling and child day care to the local community. Children from very poor families receive daily meals. The social centre also coordinates the local family strengthening programmes. There is an SOS Medical Centre, which includes a dental clinic. People from the neighbourhood can get medical treatment, and for pregnant women there is an antenatal clinic.
There are several SOS Youth Facilities around Piliyandala. SOS Youth Facilities usually consist of flats and houses where youngsters from the SOS Children's Villages move when they reach a certain age. With the support of qualified youth workers, the young people develop realistic perspectives for their future, learn to shoulder responsibility and increasingly make their own decisions. The SOS Youth Facilities in Piliyandala also include workshops for woodwork, metalwork, welding and electronics.
When the SOS Children's Village was built, there were hardly any schools in the Piliyandala area. There was a lack of teachers, and most children could only attend school for four or five years. In 1985, the SOS Hermann Gmeiner School was opened as a primary school. Some years later it was extended up to secondary level. The SOS Hermann Gmeiner School, which has a capacity of 850 students, is open to children from local families as well. It is considered a model school. Students can choose among four different streams: science, mathematics, commerce and arts. The children are taught in Singhalese but they all learn English as a foreign language. Subjects taught include Singhalese, Buddhism, Mathematics, English, Sciences, Social Studies, Music and Dance, Art, Agriculture, Business Administration and Domestic Science. The school has its own library and gym. Students can participate in various sports, such as volleyball and football. Lessons usually start at 7:45 a.m. and end at 1:45 p.m.
An SOS Vocational Training Centre was opened at Piliyandala in 1997. SOS mothers and staff are trained there. The centre also offers different programmes for young people. It consists of several classrooms and accommodation for the participants. Retired SOS mothers can stay at a special home, which was built next to the SOS Children's Village.
Our Impact
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The SOS Kindergarten in Sri Lanka are a fundamental building block for the early development needs including, intellectual and social skills for children. |
1 KINDERGARTENS | 140 Kindergarten students |
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SOS Medical Centres in Sri Lanka 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 | 4552 Patients |
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SOS Social Centres in Sri Lanka 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 | 859 Beneficiaries |
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SOS Vocational Training Centres in Sri Lanka provide young adults from our youth centres, SOS villages and the surrounding community with the skills they will need to secure reliable employment. They provide realistic job opportunities for the future and an avenue to independence. |
1 VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES | 369 Youth and adult students |
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The SOS Children's Village in Sri Lanka provides loving homes to orphaned and abandoned children |
1 VILLAGES | 149 Orphaned and Abandoned Children |
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The SOS Youth Facilities in Sri Lanka provides youth with a loving environment where they learn to transition into independent living and to expand their education |
1 YOUTH FACILITIES | 69 Youths in our Care |
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