Europe

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.

Siblings

'They can become something more beautiful together'

April 13 2021 - Roberto (23) was separated from his brother when he was placed in youth care. Now he joins SOS Children’s Villages Belgium in their efforts to keep siblings together. His testimony was presented to the federal parliament during a hearing in 2021 on a legal proposal to give siblings the right not to be separated.

Siblings

Laws to keep siblings together advance

April 12 2021 - Evidence supports keeping siblings together in alternative care. Yet, practical challenges, missing legal provisions and a lack of awareness about the extent of harm children suffer due to separation from siblings, remain. New legal proposals in Belgium and the Netherlands aim to change this.