The first SOS Children's Village in Ukraine will be established in Brovary, near Kiev. Construction work started in September 2005 and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2006.
Brovary is a town with more than 80,000 inhabitants, located approximately twenty kilometres away from the city centre of Kiev. Its history dates back to the seventeenth century and its name means "brewers". Brovary is an important sport centre; several world and Olympic champions were born there or began their career at the local sport university. The plot of land chosen for establishing SOS Children's Village Brovary offers a good infrastructure and is connected to the public supply system. It is surrounded by pine woods, a lake, and sports fields are also close by. The immediate neighbourhood consists of a middle-class residential area. Schools, shops, markets, and a hospital are easily accessible.
SOS Children's Village Brovary will comprise fourteen family houses, an administration area, a multi-purpose hall, a garage, and a workshop, a house for the village director and apartments for the SOS aunts (who support the SOS mothers and take care of the children when the mothers are on leave). Up to 98 orphaned, abandoned and neglected children will find a new home in the fourteen family houses, where their SOS mother will lovingly take care of them. The first SOS families will be established in early 2006 and will temporarily be accommodated in rented apartments. These families will be the first ones to move in into the SOS Children's Village once it has been completed.