 Monika Lienhart was nine years old when she came to SOS Children's Village Imst. "I remember the day when my three sisters and I went to the SOS Children's Village for the first time as if it were yesterday. It was 6 February 1958." More... Hae Soo Joung is celebrating his 50th birthday this year. He has been managing the SOS Child Welfare Temporary Centre in the town of Daegu in South Korea for a few years now. He grew up at SOS Children's Village Daegu and says that it was living there that prepared him for life. More...Serge was just five years old when he came to the SOS Children's Village Abobo. His mother was unmarried and he had never even met his father. Serge and his mother lived in extremely poor conditions: they were homeless and lived hand to mouth until the day Serge was found on a market and wound up in the SOS Children's Village. That was in 1975. Today, at the age of 39, he is one of Côte d'Ivoire's most successful caterers. More... "It was a wonderful experience to belong to the SOS Children's Village. There I learnt the meaning of having a loving mother and brothers and sisters." Ana Victoria Cruz lost her own mother when she was very small. For her, there is nothing like the experience of growing up in the SOS Children's Village. "I thank SOS Children's Villages for who I am today", she says, and adds: "I thank God that I belong to the SOS family”. More...She is 17, says what she thinks and knows her own mind. "I want to be a journalist. I'd prefer to be a newsreader or a photo-journalist," explains Alesya. And she's on the right track to get there. More... Din Srey Roath was ten years old when both her parents died within a short space of time. Her aunt and uncle took Din's two younger sisters and brothers to live with them. Din, the eldest child, stayed in her parent's house. Every morning she would get up at four to pick jasmine flowers which she would weave into a plait and then sell at the market in Phnom Penh. If she was lucky. More... |