Americas

Youth employability

Using music to forge his own future

April 2 2019 - Miguel Moreira has been singing for as long as he has been talking. The 19-year-old singer and songwriter from Brazil now hopes to turn his passion for music into a profession.

Peru

Parenting from behind bars

February 13 2019 - One in four children at the SOS Children’s Village Ayacucho needs care because their parents are in prison. To maintain the relationship between parent and child, SOS Children’s Villages Peru partners with the local prison to schedule children’s visits and parenting workshops.

Panama

Decathlete pursues Olympic dream

February 4 2019 - As a child, Jorge Mena was running around the streets of Panama City, begging for money to buy his next meal. Today, Jorge is still running, but now - as a decathlete - thousands of people are cheering him on.

Family strengthening

A mother seizes the opportunity to learn

January 29 2019 - Edilia and her family live in a remote area in Guatemala. The family had to cope with many difficulties when they met the SOS team.

Peru

Women knit their present and future

November 29 2018 - In Ayacucho, Peru, a group of entrepreneurial women are changing their future using inherited knowledge as a source for a better future.

Honduras

Helping separated children returning from the migration ‘caravan’

November 8 2018 - SOS Children’s Villages Honduras is caring for unaccompanied children who have been sent back to their homeland.