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Youth employability

YouthCan! reaches 5,000 young people on second anniversary

March 1 2019 - YouthCan!, the SOS Children’s Villages global youth employability programme, marks its second successful year of making a difference on 1 March 2019.

Testimonial

‘You took away my nightmares and turned them into live dreams’

February 28 2019 - Nobuhle Mohlala recently wrote a letter of thanks to SOS Children’s Villages.

Leaving care

Moving on is not always easy

February 21 2019 - In the second phase of the “Prepare for Leaving Care” project, SOS Children’s Villages International and its partners will expand into new countries to help more care leavers on the road to independence.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

A father struggles to cope with his own childhood

April 23 2019 - A young father in Srebrenica is struggling to come to terms with the effect of a childhood marked by domestic violence. Having the SOS team by his side has given him new hope that his own family can have a better future.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Someone to count on for help

February 26 2019 - Unemployment, illnesses and social exclusion brought a young couple to the brink of despair. Together with the SOS Children's Villages team, the family is fighting to create a better future for their children.

Peru

Parenting from behind bars

February 13 2019 - One in four children at the SOS Children’s Village Ayacucho needs care because their parents are in prison. To maintain the relationship between parent and child, SOS Children’s Villages Peru partners with the local prison to schedule children’s visits and parenting workshops.