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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children: On the way to the United Nations General Assembly

On 20 November 2009, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrates its 20th anniversary, but still there remains a pressing need for guidance in implementing the convention for millions of children worldwide without, or at risk of losing, parental care. The Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, which most likely will be adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 November, are intended to enhance the implementation of the convention in matters of protection and well-being of children who are in need of alternative care, or who are at risk of so being. More...

The 500th SOS Children's Village in the world opens in Colombia

There is something special about the new SOS Children's Village in Cali, recently opened in Colombia's third largest city: It is the 500th SOS Children's Village in the world - exactly 60 years after the first SOS Children's Village was set up in Imst, Austria. More...

Life at the Sri Lanka SOS Care Centre for refugee children

Since August SOS Children's Villages has been running a childcare centre at the huge Chettikulam refugee camp which lies close to the city of Vavuniya and which still is the provisional home of over 250,000 people. Even though the civil war these people fled officially ended in May 2009, it is still not known when people will be able to return. More...

Keeping the door open

On 7 and 8 October 2009 the Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labour and the Council of the Baltic Sea States in partnership with the Council of Europe, UNICEF and SOS Children's Villages International organised the conference Keeping the door open - Support to young people leaving care in Vilnius aimed at improving the services provided to young people leaving alternative care. More...

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