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Girls' education in Bethlehem
Photo: R. Fleischanderl |
SOS Children's Villages has been very active in Arab countries and has been present in the Middle East and North Africa for over 40 years. The countries of operation include Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Somalia, Tunisia, and the Palestinian Territories (Gaza and the West Bank). There are over 90 facilities (children's villages; youth facilities; kindergartens; schools; vocational training centres; social centres and medical centres, as well as family strengthening programmes and emergency relief programmes - providing assistance to nearly 17,000 beneficiaries across the region.
SOS Children's Villages is a fully transparent and accountable non-profit organisation and the extensive long-term care given by the SOS Children's Villages has become a model in many countries. SOS Children's Villages is often approached by national governments with the request that a village be built in a country.
The SOS Children's Villages organisation received the Conrad Hilton prize in 2002, the world's largest award for humanitarian service, and the OPEC Fund prize in 2007, in recognition of its humanitarian work.
In Middle-East and North Africa, needs are unfortunately increasing and SOS Children's Villages has established the SOS Children's Villages Arab Fund (hereafter referred to as the "SOS Arab Fund") to raise awareness and establish partnerships with institutions, corporations and individuals in order to support and extend its activities in Arab countries.
The SOS Arab Fund is currently based in Dubai, UAE.
For more information, please contact the SOS Children's Villages Arab Fund:
sos.arabfund@sos-kd.org