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SOS Children's Villages in Isolo
The SOS Children's Village Isolo was built on a site approximately 15 km outside the centre of Lagos.
In addition to the 10 family houses (every house has a large veranda, where the children can play during the rainy season), it includes a Village Director's house, a guest house, a clinic, a community hall, service- and administration area and a small chicken farm.
The SOS Kindergarten comprises three classrooms, one classroom for Montessori education, one classroom for special education and ancillary rooms. It accommodates 65 children from the SOS Children's Village and its surroundings.
As soon as youths reach the age of about 15, they move to one of the four SOS Youth Facilities, where they are taken care of by a youth leader.
Being admitted to an SOS Youth Facility is tantamount to taking responsibility for one self. Being fully aware of this, SOS mothers, the Village Director and a psychologist prepare them carefully for that change.
Usually, youths stay up to four years in an SOS Youth Facility. They may stay longer, however, if they are looking for work, completing professional training or studying at a university.
The SOS Hermann Gmeiner Primary School, located next to the SOS Children's Village, offers education to roughly 210 pupils from the SOS Children's Village and its neighbourhood.
It comprises six classrooms, one class for special education, five practical classrooms for home economics, arts and crafts, music, computer lessons and library, administration and ancillary rooms, and a school canteen.
Over 190 trainees benefit from the wide range of programmes offered by the SOS Vocational Centre at the moment. The centre includes seven classrooms and workshops for various handicrafts, design and dressmaking, commercial training with typing, computer and secretarial courses and industrial cooking courses with home economics.
Both SOS Social Centres were opened in August 2004 and both offer various social programmes for people in need.
The first one focuses primarily on family strengthening programmes, assistance to children from families affected by HIV/Aids (by covering their school fees, unpaid rent, donating cloth and food), counselling and medical care.
The second SOS Social Centre includes a family health centre (consultation room, treatment room, pharmacy); a self-help training centre with kitchenstore, sewing/embroidery room, weaving room, open-air batik and basket making place, store room; a child day-care centre with playroom and roofed outdoor playground, rest room, sanitary facilities, small kitchen; a family assistance centre with two counselling rooms and various programmes for people affected by HIV/Aids.
Our Impact
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The SOS Kindergarten in Nigeria are a fundamental building block for the early development needs including, intellectual and social skills for children. |
1 KINDERGARTENS | 74 Kindergarten students |
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SOS Social Centres in Nigeria 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 | 298 Beneficiaries |
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SOS Vocational Training Centres in Nigeria 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 | 236 Youth and adult students |
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The SOS Children's Village in Nigeria provides loving homes to orphaned and abandoned children |
1 VILLAGES | 81 Orphaned and Abandoned Children |
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The SOS Youth Facilities in Nigeria provides youth with a loving environment where they learn to transition into independent living and to expand their education |
2 YOUTH FACILITIES | 97 Youths in our Care |
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