Africa

Ethiopia

Preventing child marriage through active participation of children and young people

November 27 2023 - Ethiopia has some of the highest rates of child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM), with 4 in 10 girls getting married before turning 18. Child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) had been on decline for some time, but complex humanitarian crises - conflicts, droughts and displacement - have exacerbated gender-based violence in recent years again.

Africa

New report shows an estimated 35 million children in Africa are without parental care

November 10 2023 - An estimated 35 million children are without parental care in Africa, a report released by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, part of the African Union, has shown.

ETHIOPIA

Selam fights against FGM for herself and other girls in her community

October 31 2023 - Selam*, 11, arrived at home from school one day and found her mother with an older woman waiting for her. Her mother said they wanted “a tiny part” of her body cut off. Selam knew what the two women meant.

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.

HUMANITARIAN ACTION

Emergency plan to assist children and families affected by the earthquake in Morocco

September 12 2023 - In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of 8 September, SOS Children's Villages in Morocco has mobilized to support families and children, especially those who have or are at risk of losing the care of their parents. 

Ethiopia

How foresight kept children and young people safe in the Tigray war

August 17 2023 - Nigus Hailu, programme director of the SOS Children’s Village in Mekelle, the capital city of Tigray, observed the deteriorating political situation in the region. He stockpiled food and talked to the children, young people, and their caregivers about what to do in case of a conflict.