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Sudan

Children displaced by violence long to return home

October 23 2023 - Six months after war forced families out of the SOS Children’s Village in Khartoum, all children and caregivers have found solace and comfort in safer states in Sudan. The fifteen families fled the children’s village when fighting began in April.

Joint Statement

Protecting children in the occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

October 23 2023 - This war on children must stop. Anything less will forever be a stain on our collective conscience. 20 organisations are urging the EU to call for the respect of international humanitarian law and an immediate ceasefire by all parties as the number of children being killed continues to rise. Children are always the first to suffer in any conflict – the stories coming out of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory are truly harrowing. Children are paying the highest price for a conflict they have no part in.

Joint Statement

#CeasefireNow: Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to Prevent a Humanitarian Catastrophe and Further Loss of Innocent Lives

October 19 2023 - We have witnessed unfathomable death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Thousands of people have been killed, injured, displaced, and nearly two hundred remain held hostage, including children and elderly.

Statement

Call to end the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

October 17 2023 - SOS Children's Villages is appalled as a preventable, humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Gaza, while the world watches. SOS Children’s Villages mourns the killing of several children, young people and families from our programmes in Israel and Palestine whose lives were cut short. As the death toll climbs, more and more children are tragically losing their parents and loved ones, if not their own lives. In a matter of days, thousands of children have been killed and injured in Gaza and Israel, and the numbers grow by the day.

Israel & Palestine

SOS Children's Villages in Israel and Palestine grieve the loss of young people in their programmes

October 13 2023 - Children and young people connected to SOS Children’s Villages in Israel and Palestine are among the victims of the escalating violence. To support children and families affected by the conflict, SOS Children’s Villages in Israel and Palestine are assessing the most pressing needs.

Statement

Call for immediate protection of children and their rights in the Gaza Strip and Israel

October 10 2023 - The escalation of conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel has already led to the loss of hundreds of lives, thousands of injured and hundreds of thousands of families displaced and in need of humanitarian assistance. The situation is particularly dire for children who have lost or are at risk of losing parental care.