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A sense of belonging: Moments make Families 

The strength of family rests upon the steady accumulation of routine; little tasks and rituals, often just a few seconds long, that appear trivial or repetitive as they are experienced, but that build up a deep understanding of what it is to belong and to be cared for … and so how to care in turn.
What are your childhood memories? What was it that made you feel safe and belonging? What are you passing on to your own children?
SOS Children's Villages celebrates the UN International Day of Families

May 15, a day to invest in families

10/05/2012 - On May 15, the UN International Day of Families, SOS Children's Villages raises awareness of the challenges affecting families today. The changes on the global economic landscape and its effects on the most vulnerable, namely children, has been largely overlooked. It is an occasion to bring attention to their plight. More...
Moments make families

My warm and cosy bed

10/05/2012- Six-year-old Tuan lives in the ‘Orchid House’ in SOS Children’s Village Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. One thing he remembers most vividly: the cold. "I had never been to school and I only had one meal a day. During winters, I did not have enough warm clothes so I slept on the ground... More...
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