Africa

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.

POLYCRISIS

Impact of the polycrisis: how do we protect and care for children?

August 13 2023 - Multiple, simultaneous crises are occurring around the world. Children and young people – in particular those who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care – are all too often caught in the middle, facing the direst consequences.

Ethiopia

A single mother’s determination to protect her sons

June 13 2023 - Etalem is a single mother fighting the odds to raise her two sons, Aaron*,7, and Amadi*, 5, in Autobestera slum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. Their father left when Etalem was pregnant with Amadi.

CLIMATE CRISIS

Tree planting advocates promote green jobs as they restore barren landscape

June 5 2023 - 11 million people in Ethiopia face food insecurity due to increasingly severe droughts. Mefisa and Meseret take action by planting trees and educating their community about the climate crisis.

Sudan

The childhoods of millions threatened by the conflict

May 23 2023 - For over a month, children and families in Khartoum have endured extreme violence as two armed groups continue to battle each other for control of Sudan, turning the city of five million people into a war zone.