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Chile Earthquake: First report from SOS Children's Villages

February 27 2010 - 27/02/2010 - This report is directly from the SOS Children’s Villages office in Santiago. An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale rocked the coast of Chile this morning at about 3:34 local time affecting from the First to the Tenth Region of the country (from Tarapacá to Chiloe). The epicentre was located in the Bio Bio region (whose capital is the city of Concepción).

Haiti: Cooking for 14,000 children

February 26 2010 - 26/02/2010 - When the truck with the blue SOS Children's Villages logo arrives in the neighborhood of Centre Butter Boyer 1 on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, it's time for Violeta to organise the unloading of food items.

SOS Children's Villages emergency aid efforts up to speed in Haiti

February 22 2010 - 22/02/2010 - The capacity of the SOS Children's Village in Santo is nearly exhausted. On 17 February alone, 126 children from emergency camps were taken in and 100 more may follow. In 66 community centres over 9,000 children receive food every day. The aim is to meet the basic needs of around 40,000 children.

Angelina Jolie visits SOS Children's Village in Haiti

February 9 2010 - 09/02/2010 - The SOS Children's Village in Port-au-Prince was honoured today to receive one of the NGO's most loyal supporters: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie was eager to see for herself the progress being made by the SOS emergency relief programme for the children of a country that will have to be rebuilt from scratch.

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