SOS Children's Villages International

Youth participation

Young people share challenges and ideas with UN and government representatives

April 28 2021 - A group of 28 young people from SOS Children’s Villages programmes around the world took part in the annual United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum in early April. Their participation in the debates with UN and government representatives gave visibility

Child Participation

“I felt like an ambassador for all children of Niger”

April 26 2021 - 14-year old Inoussa from SOS Children’s Villages Niamey, Niger delivered a statement to a United Nations audience as part of the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-session. The UPR is the UN human rights mechanism that reviews the overall human rights situation in all 193 UN member states. Inoussa was the only child to make a statement.

Azerbaijan

SEEDS project empowers some 1,000 women

April 26 2021 - “I improved my skills as a confectioner thanks to my group members, and I am now helping other women who supply fresh food to the school canteen in their village,” says Ms. Gulhar Ibrahimova, a project participant from Nizami village in Goranboy.

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Every child has the right to belong to a family and grow with love, respect and security.

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Give children a loving home

Make families stronger

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Protect children in emergencies

Impact on children's lives

SOS Children's Villages associations worldwide are helping hundreds of thousands of children, young people and families providing quality care, empowering families and communities and helping to ensure that children's rights are met.

About us

SOS Children's Villages is the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children without parental care and families at risk. Since 1949, we have been working to ensure that children grow up in a loving family environment and have their rights fulfilled.

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SOS Children’s Villages strongly condemns all forms of violence and harm against children. Every SOS Children’s Villages’ co-worker has the responsibility to report any child safeguarding concern immediately.

SOS Children’s Villages responds to failures in safeguarding and governance