SOS Children's Villages International

Voices of youth

The best investment countries can make is in children and youth

January 14 2021 - Lusvin González Girón, 18, from Guatemala, was one of the speakers at the Joining Forces for All Children event on World Children’s Day. Lusvin, who grew up in an SOS Children’s Village, explains what led him to do advocacy and why the participation of children and young people is indispensable.

Care Leavers

Care Leavers speak up at the International Care Leavers Convention

December 21 2020 - Care leavers, from different continents and countries, came together to talk about their life with others who have lived through similar experiences finding resonance, camaraderie and friendships across borders and time zones.

Bosnia

'You get used to it' – remembering childhood in war

December 14 2020 - The official signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement on 14 December 1995 put an end to the Bosnian War, the most devastating armed conflict on European soil since World War II.

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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.

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What we do

Give children a loving home

Make families stronger

Promote children's rights

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.

Report a child safety concern

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.

International Annual Report 2019

Celebrating 30 years of child rights

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YouthCan! Facts and Figures Report 2019

The YouthCan! programme has reached over 5,000 young people in 31 countries.

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Children's Villages

Children all over the world are growing up without the care, protection and guidance they need.

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