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Youth participation

“Violence is a reality, and it hurts”

February 14 2018 - 15-year-old Leticia from Paraguay is representing the voice of young people against violence against children at the End Violence Solutions Summit in Stockholm, Sweden.
Childhood

Safe parks and playgrounds for children

February 9 2018 - Children have a right to leisure, play and culture. Safe parks and playgrounds are one way of giving children the opportunity to just be children – in protected spaces where they can enjoy themselves and learn.
Peru

Magaly’s story: How one young woman wants to inspire children

December 18 2017 - Magaly is a 22-year-old woman from the city of Arequipa in southern Peru. She first arrived at the SOS Children’s Village Arequipa at the age of five and a half.
Family strengthening

'When you want to change something, you can do it'

October 18 2017 - A mother explores new ways of raising her children.
Youth participation

Meet Sandra: keeping the family unit together

October 11 2017 - Sandra lives with an SOS family in Ecuador. She is helping to put pressure on her government to reform the national care system by speaking out at national youth councils and, at the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Haiti

One year on: Rebuilding after Hurricane Matthew

October 4 2017 - A year after a devastating hurricane hit southern Haiti, SOS Children’s Villages Haiti has restored livelihoods both within an SOS village and the surrounding community.
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