SOS Families in South Sudan still waiting for a way home
Despite ceasefire agreements signed by the warring factions, sporadic shootings and violent clashes continue to be reported in the Jonglei and Upper…
Tuesday July 29, 2014
Rebuilding Lives after Super-Typhoon Haiyan
The SOS Emergency Response Program provides resources to re-establish livelihoods, permanent housing for hundreds of families, and recovery efforts…
SOS Addresses Ebola in West Africa
The Ebola virus outbreak crisis in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone emerged earlier this year and continues with devastating death counts.
Vincent Kompany, soccer hero and children’s champion
Kompany’s time at World Cup allows ideal opportunity to endorse SOS Children’s Villages. For example, until July 4th, fans around the world will have…
Thursday July 3, 2014
Pedro's Story: Resilience of a Champion
Even before he was born, Pedro suffered from a lack of care. His mother’s abuse of alcohol during pregnancy was the main cause of Pedro’s cerebral…
2014 Hermann Gmeiner Award Winners Announced
June 23, marked the anniversary of our SOS Children’s Villages founder Hermann Gmeiner’s birth in 1919. SOS honoured his memory on this occasion than…
Tuesday June 24, 2014
Children and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
In an exclusive round-table meeting at the UN on post-2015 development, SOS Children´s Villages CEO Richard Pichler argued that issues related to…
Monday May 26, 2014
Saving Mothers in Mali
Attending a medical appointment for her newborn is a new experience for Dalla.
Monday May 12, 2014
Finding Hope Amidst Turmoil in the Central African Republic: Marc’s Story
Small children like Marc, lost and alone, are especially vulnerable. And, though Marc was taken in by another family at the camp, they mistreated him…
Wednesday May 7, 2014
The Healing Hands of an SOS Mother
Twenty years ago, thousands of children became victims of the genocide in Rwanda. Many found a new home in an SOS Children’s Village. Motherly love…
Friday April 11, 2014
Courage Under Fire in South Sudan
As battle raged in Malakal, South Sudan, Isaac James, a youth leader at the SOS Children´s Village, suddenly found himself amid gunfire and with 33…
Wednesday April 9, 2014
Cycling the Balkans for SOS Children's Villages
Ljupčo Krstev, 20, from Macedonia and Daniel Milenov, 23, from Bulgaria are riding a bicycle tour of 1,700 kilometres through six Balkan countries to…
Monday April 7, 2014
Vincent Kompany becomes International Ambassador for SOS Children’s Villages
Vincent Kompany, captain of Manchester City and Belgian national football teams, has become an International Ambassador for SOS Children's Villages,…
Friday April 4, 2014
Amanda Martinez in Concert April 5, 2014
SOS supporter Amanda Martinez is performing a concert on Saturday, April 5th at Toronto’s historic Winter Garden Theatre.
Monday March 17, 2014
SOS Families From Malakal Arrive In Juba After Successful Evacuation
More than a hundred SOS children, SOS mothers and staff members were evacuated on 13 March from Malakal, South Sudan, where a military conflict has…
Friday March 14, 2014
Cirque du Soleil forms exciting partnership with SOS Children’s Villages in Mexico
Internationally renowned entertainers Cirque du Soleil are collaborating with SOS Children’s Villages Canada, and SOS Children’s Villages Mexico to…
Thursday February 20, 2014
Mali Inaugurates SOS Children's Villages Kouloun
SOS Children’s Villages Mali inaugurated its fourth village on February 2nd in Kouloun. Attending the ceremony where Daniel Barroy, a board member of…
Tuesday February 18, 2014
Providing Safe Haven for Children in Central African Republic
Violence, chaos and killing continue in the Central African Republic (CAR), despite the election of a new, interim president. However, so far none of…
Friday January 24, 2014
SOS Children’s Villages mourns the loss of Peter McSheffrey
The tragic death of two Canadians in a suicide bombing and shooting in Kabul, Afghanistan on January 17 included someone much loved by the SOS…
Saturday January 18, 2014
NELSON MANDELA: SOS Children’s Villages mourns the loss of a great friend and role model
It is with great sorrow that SOS Children’s Villages learns of the death of one our greatest supporters and friends, Nelson Mandela – father of…
Thursday December 5, 2013
Welcome Relief for Children in Tacloban
In addition to providing much-needed food and water to victims of the recent typhoon, SOS Children’s Village has established the first child-friend
Wednesday November 20, 2013
The 101 children of Tacloban
“Mama tied a rope around my waist which was connected to hers so that I will not get separated from her,” recalls nine year-old Arvin.
Monday November 18, 2013
SOS Children’s Villages Philippines Emergency Program
We have all seen the pictures of the massive devastation in the wake of the Super-Typhoon Haiyan.
Tuesday November 12, 2013
Help Dr. Oetker Raise Some Dough For SOS Children's Villages
Do you like Dr. Oetker’s pizza? Do you like the work that SOS Children’s Villages does? We have something that combines both those things...
Tuesday November 5, 2013
SOS Supporter Amanda Martinez launches new album, begins tour
SOS Children's Villages Canada friend Amanda Martinez is launching her new CD, Mañana, this week.
Saturday September 28, 2013