News

Keep up-to-date with news, developments and events in SOS Children's Villages around the world and the latest on important social issues.

Tense calm in SOS Children's Villages of Honduras

30/06/09 - Due to the current political upheaval in Honduras, the facilities of SOS Children's Villages in that country are experiencing some difficulties, although there is no imminent threat. More...

The skies above Imst

23/06/2009 - The celebration of the 60th anniversary of SOS Children's Villages was full of pleasant surprises – and not all of them had to do with the weather! More...

SOS co-worker kidnapped in Mogadishu

17/06/2009 - Yesterday, the principal of the SOS Kindergarten in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has been kidnapped for unknown motives. More...

Situation tense in Guinea-Bissau

08/06/09 - In the wake of a series of politically motivated assassinations, SOS Children's Villages in Guinea-Bissau has closed several facilities and stocked up on supplies as a preventive measure incase of civil unrest. More...

SOS Children's Villages Spain: Lullabies for the 21st century

05/06/09 - A few days ago, SOS Children's Villages Spain unveiled a wonderful fundraising idea: SuperNanas.org is a project of TheLoveComes Foundation with the participation of well-known Spanish musicians who have recorded their favorite lullabies and children's songs and made them available for download; all funds go to SOS Children's Villages Spain. More...

SOS Children's Villages granted access to refugee camps in Sri Lanka

05/06/2009 - The government of Sri Lanka has declared the civil war over following its victory over the Tamil rebels, but hundreds of thousands of people are still living in refugee camps, including many unaccompanied children. In the past week a team from SOS Children's Villages has become the first children's aid organisation to be allowed to visit one of the refugee camps and hold talks with the government authorities about how and where help can be provided. More...

SOS Children's Villages provides shelter for Pakistan refugees

02/06/2009 - The violence in Northwest Pakistan has displaced an estimated two million civilians; thousands more are expected to become refugees. The majority of the victims are children, their prospects for the immediate future far from bright. In cooperation with government authorities, SOS Children's Villages is preparing to accommodate some of the refugees. More...