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Côte d'Ivoire

A community of support

19.02.2019 - 'Tantie bagage' is a widespread child labour practice in Côte d’Ivoire in which mostly young girls carry heavy loads to earn money to support their families or help pay for school. An SOS Children's Villages project gives these girls the chance to trade child labour for an education.

Peru

Parenting from behind bars

13.02.2019 - 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.

Macedonia

“For the first time I feel like a real dad”

11.02.2019 - Kasum Fejzula, a 35-year-old single father and his four children, lives in a Roma community in a poor part of Skopje, Macedonia. He shares how family strengthening support has changed their lives.

Youth employability

“I’m unstoppable”: A young woman prepares to shape her future

06.02.2019 - Una will not let high youth unemployment rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina discourage her.

Panama

Decathlete pursues Olympic dream

04.02.2019 - 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.

Youth employability

Spanish king honours GoTeach partner

31.01.2019 - King Felipe VI recognises Deutsche Post DHL Group for its long-time support of SOS Children’s Villages’ efforts to empower young people.

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