Education 

Education is a right. Although enshrined in the Convention on Human Rights, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, some 68 million primary-school-age children are still denied this right. In most cases, poverty prevents children from attending school.

Quality education can break proverty cycle

SOS Children’s Villages believes that through quality education, the cycle of exclusion, poverty, domestic violence and breakdown of families can be broken. However, our understanding of education means more than just a good grade.

Education: Stimulation of different senses

Education will always be a combination of cognitive, social, emotional, physical and vocational stimulation. In this way a person can develop holistically as a unique human being within her/his specific context and as a member of the wider community.

Early childhood development

A stimulating and educational environment is essential to a child's early development. Back in the pioneering days of SOS Children's Villages, this need was acknowledged and with that the importance of building SOS Kindergartens together with the SOS Children's Villages wherever such facilities did not exist. More...

Work with public schools

Building and maintaining schools is not the core business of SOS Children's Villages. Ensuring access to relevant education can also mean working together with community or governmental education programmes in order to support the skills and competencies of the respective schools and kindergartens. More...

Schools and vocational training

SOS Children's Villages regards it essential to make school and vocational education available to all children in our programmes. In places where the government provides too few schools, or where the quality of schools is poor, SOS Children's Villages has built new kindergartens, schools and vocational training centres. More...
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