Europe

Joint Statement

More than idle words: time for EU Member States to commit to the rights of all children in and outside the EU!

October 18 2021 - SOS Children’s Villages and other organizations have been advocating for an inclusive EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child.

Mental Health

Teaming up with unaccompanied children and youth

October 14 2021 - The TeamUp programme helps children and young people affected by trauma process emotions and regain safety and stability through play and other movement-based activities.

IMST

Israeli actor visits SOS Children’s Village Imst

September 3 2021 - Actor Yaakov Zada Daniel, a star of the hit Israeli series “Fauda”, visited the first SOS Children's Village to honour Hermann Gmeiner.

Advocacy

EU Alliance for Investing in Children welcomes European Child Guarantee adoption

June 14 2021 - The European Child Guarantee is an EU initiative aiming at reducing child poverty and social exclusion and improving the access to basic services of children in vulnerable situations. SOS Children’s Villages International very much welcomes the adoption and is a signatory of the Alliance’s statement.

Child Safeguarding

Austria’s ombudsperson system and how it enhances child protection

June 8 2021 - Setting up an ombudsperson system that represents the rights of children, young people and others affected by abuse is one of the pillars of SOS Children’s Villages’ action plan to improve safeguarding.

Azerbaijan

SEEDS project empowers some 1,000 women

April 26 2021 - “I improved my skills as a confectioner thanks to my group members, and I am now helping other women who supply fresh food to the school canteen in their village,” says Ms. Gulhar Ibrahimova, a project participant from Nizami village in Goranboy.