Asia and Oceania

Syria crisis: Urgent action is needed to secure children’s safety and care

January 18 2016 - Following is a statement by Alia Al-Dalli, SOS Children's Villages International Director of Middle East and North Africa Region, on the crisis in Syria.

SOS Children’s Villages enters besieged Madaya; UN chief calls deliberate starvation of town “war crime”

January 15 2016 - On Thursday 14 January, a four person team from SOS Children’s Villages gained access to Madaya, Syria, a town which has been under siege for months.

Siege of Madaya: One family’s story of hardship and need

January 13 2016 - SOS Children’s Villages is joining other international organisations to provide urgently needed care and food assistance to the besieged west Syrian town of Madaya. An SOS response team, which is preparing to enter the town with an aid convoy on 14 January, will focus on helping affected children.

Northbound: European refugee crisis in Macedonia

August 22 2015 - To describe the situation in Macedonia's southern border town of Gevgelija as alarming would be an understatement. Daily, the town, with its population of about 15,000, has been receiving thousands of refugees fleeing Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia.

100 days after devastating Nepal earthquake, SOS continues to help thousands

July 22 2015 - 100 days after a devastating earthquake struck Nepal, killing thousands and affecting millions, SOS Children’s Villages has reached more than 40,000 children through the various strands of its emergency programme in the country.

SOS to help more unaccompanied Syrian children through European Commission-financed project

May 29 2015 - A new project in Northern Syria run by SOS Children’s Villages and financed by the European Commission will provide complete care for hundreds of unaccompanied children and reunification services to reunite them with their families if possible.