SOS Children's Villages International

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EU Alliance for Investing in Children welcomes European Child Guarantee adoption

June 14 2021 - The European Child Guarantee is an EU initiative aiming at reducing child poverty and social exclusion and improving the access to basic services of children in vulnerable situations. SOS Children’s Villages International very much welcomes the adoption and is a signatory of the Alliance’s statement.

Child Safeguarding

Strengthening child safeguarding in high-risk countries: What is happening in Eastern and Southern Africa

June 10 2021 - SOS Children’s Villages operates in more than 130 countries around the world, some of which have a higher safeguarding risk than others.

Child Safeguarding

Austria’s ombudsperson system and how it enhances child protection

June 8 2021 - Setting up an ombudsperson system that represents the rights of children, young people and others affected by abuse is one of the pillars of SOS Children’s Villages’ action plan to improve safeguarding.

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Give children a loving home

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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.

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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.

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EU Alliance for Investing in Children welcomes European Child Guarantee adoption

Strengthening child safeguarding in high-risk countries: What is happening in Eastern and Southern Africa

Austria’s ombudsperson system and how it enhances child protection

We work to ensure that no child grows up alone

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