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Somalia's forgotten heroes

26/01/2012 - Six months after famine was declared, 460,000 children remain malnourished in Somalia, while four million people remain in crisis. Providing therapeutic feeding, vaccines, maternity and a multitude of other services are heroic SOS Children’s Villages teams, who say the forgotten heroes are at home. More...
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How to build dreams

20/01/2012 – Building a haven where children can unleash their imagination was the challenge. The result; a unique concept inspired by children, a Belgian artist and a French fashion house. More...
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In times of austerity, corporate partners remain loyal to SOS Children’s Villages

11/01/2012 - A new type of bond is providing the business world with reason for optimism in 2012. In spite of global economic uncertainty, innovative and multidimensional corporate partnerships developed in the recent past are now yielding positive dividends. More...
UN adopts protocol on complaints procedure to the Child Rights Convention

UN adopts protocol on complaints procedure to the Child Rights Convention

20/12/2011 - The UN General Assembly, in a landmark step for children's rights, adopted a new Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) establishing a complaints procedure for violations of children's rights. More...
For a decent life

For a decent life in Bosnia and Herzegovina

4/1/2012 - Stigmatization of illegitimate children, poverty, health insurance and children without birth certificates are just some of the challenges being addressed in SOS Children's Villages in modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina. More...
Ho Ho Ho...on the go

Ho Ho Ho...on the go

17/12/2011- In a winter wonderland 850km north of Helsinki, Christmas has arrived early at the SOS Children’s Village, but what was that present and why is everyone overjoyed? More...
A new-born casualty in Mogadishu's battle zone

A new-born casualty in Mogadishu's battle zone

6/12/2011 - Hawa's baby is among the casualties in a conflict where children die for want of access to the affordable health service that lies idle behind a wall of soldiers and sandbags. More...
Making Mogadishu child friendly

VIDEO - Making Mogadishu child friendly

30/11/2011 - In what appears like a race against the tide, the 250-strong SOS Children’s Villages team is bringing thousands of famine victims back from the brink of certain death. More...
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AUDIO - Flooding damages famine victims' crops

18/11/2011 - The heaviest rains for 14 years have led to flooding in parts of the Gode region, of south eastern Ethiopia, adding to the hardship felt by dozens of families who with the help of SOS Children’s Villages are attempting to overcome the effects of East Africa’s worst drought in decades. More...
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What does the husband of an SOS mother do?

17/11/2011 - When Jörg Timke married his Anja, he became the father of five children - his wife is an SOS mother in Lütjenburg in Germany. More...
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