 Why would a well qualified doctor with a good job in Europe return to one of the most dangerous places in the world? Dr Abdullahi Hussein from Somalia did exactly that and has no regrets. (September 2008) More... Interview with Helmut Kutin, President of SOS Children's Villages, who visited SOS families in the Somali capital of Mogadishu in April. More... 04/04/2008 - Learning from the experience of the last three months when thousands of people were displaced after elections and many children became separated from their parents, agencies in Kenya have set new guidelines. More... 20/02/2008 - Since violence erupted after disputed elections in Kenya at the end of 2007 the education of many children has been seriously disrupted. More... 18/02/2008 - Over the past few weeks, SOS Children's Villages Kenya has taken in, via the authorities, 66 children who had to flee because of the serious unrest. More... 14/02/2008 - Despite being displaced from his home twice, 17 year old David is determined to pursue his goal of becoming a professional athlete. Living temporarily at the SOS Children's Village Nairobi he can be found every morning and evening training on the football field. More...Ahmed Ibrahim, the Somalia director for SOS Children's Villages, was born and brought up in Mogadishu and lived there until 2004. He is now based in Nairobi but makes frequent visits to Somalia and Somaliland. He was in Mogadishu at the end of December 2007 and in this interview told us what it was like (1 February 2008) More...Statement released by members of Child Line Kenya on the situation of children (30 January 2008) More... 25/01/2008 - 54 children, displaced by the recent post-election violence in Kenya have found a temporary home at the SOS Children's Village Nairobi. Each one has a story to tell. More...A state of emergency was declared in Kenya following the elections at the end of December. The violence between the different ethnic groups has escalated and at least 200 people are thought to have been murdered in the town of Eldoret alone. In this interview Keith Castelino, director of SOS Children's Villages Kenya, talks about the situation in the country and the emergency relief measures that SOS Children's Villages is taking (January 2008). More... |