Children in catastrophes 

The material, medical and psychosocial care and security of children during or after disasters is the main focus of the emergency relief programmes of SOS Children's Villages. When there are floods, earthquakes, fires, cold weather, famine, etc. we need to step in with humanitarian aid in many regions of the world. It is particularly important to SOS Children's Villages that children and their families not only receive care in the short term, but that support is also provided on a long-term basis.
Reuters/Eduardo Munoz, courtesy www.alertnet.org

Haiti Earthquake

An earthquake of the magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on 12 January, tens of thousands of people are feared dead. SOS Children's Villages is on the ground and is starting emergency relief actions for affected children and families. Read here the latest news, background information, stories, reports. More...
Photo: Dominic Sansoni

Global food crisis

"Skyrocketing prices for basic food and energy are putting many already vulnerable children in an increasingly weak position" says Helmut Kutin, President of SOS Children's Villages. In many communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the increased cost of living is forcing parents to make difficult decisions in the fulfilment of their children's basic needs. More...
With the people for the people

With the people for the people

Tsunami relief and reconstruction work by SOS Children's Villages

By the end of 2007, almost all projects that are part of the largest emergency relief and reconstruction programmes ever launched by SOS Children's Villages will have been put into practice with great commitment, high standards and consideration of local circumstances. Please read about was has been realised since this fateful 26 December 2004. More...
Photo: Benno Neeleman

Help that works - Time that heals

Five years after the tsunami disaster, SOS Children's Villages' President Helmut Kutin sums up the situation: "We have kept our promise to help people who have been affected by this catastrophe - especially the children". Kutin also stresses that SOS Children's Villages has a responsibility for those children and that the projects in the former disaster areas are modelled to provide support in the long term (December 2009). More...
Photo: Reuters/Chris Helgren, courtesy www.alertnet.org

Daycare centre for earthquake-affected children in Italy

SOS Children's Villages Italy is organising a post-emergency relief programme for children who have lost their homes and who are suffering various symptoms of the post-traumatic stress disorder after a devastating earthquake hit the Abruzzo region in April this year. More...
Photo: Dominic Sansoni

Harvard publication on family houses built after tsunami

04/06/2009 - When the tsunami disaster hit several countries in Asia in 2004, SOS Children's Villages started an emergency relief programme of unprecedented extent in its history. Even in this acute emergency situation, SOS Children's Villages made sure the facilities being constructed were solidly built. More...
Photo: SOS Archives

Mobile emergency relief for disaster victims in Jakarta

25/05/2009 - At the end of March this year a dam burst to the south west of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. The disaster claimed many lives and caused terrible damage. The main priority for SOS Children's Villages Indonesia was to look after the emotional and psychological well-being of the children affected, in a rather unusual but effective way. More...
Photo: Sebastian Posingis

Recognition from the UN for SOS Children's Villages' post-tsunami reconstruction

28/11/2008 - In its latest newsletter the UN Office of the Recovery Coordinator in the Indonesian provinces of Aceh and Nias (UNORC)* emphasized the quality of the relief efforts of SOS Children's Villages. A good example is the SOS Children's Village in Meulaboh. More...
Photo: SOS Archive

Families in Haiti share what little they have

11/11/2008 - The hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike have killed hundreds of Haitians and left hundreds of thousands without shelter, food or medical supplies. SOS Children's Villages has started an emergency relief programme to give food to those whose need is greatest. More...
Photo: SOS Archives

"We are safe and sound"

Eyewitness account from the SOS Children's Village in Chengdu after the disastrous earthquake from 12 May 2008

15/05/2008 - It was school time when the earthquake hit. Most of our children were at school outside the village. Over one hundred little children were sleeping in our kindergarten. People could feel more than a dozen shocks. Everything in the classroom was rocking; books and teaching material were thrown everywhere. Cups and dishware were falling off the tables. The kindergarten was full of children crying. More...
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