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Children in Mogadishu back from exile

January 22 2013 - 22/01/2013 - In August 2011, all children, youth and staff had to leave the SOS Children's Village in Somalia's capital Mogadishu - for the fourth time in recent years. A safe return was not possible until December 2012. Read an interview with Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, director of SOS Children's Villages in Somalia.

Taxing Charity

January 2 2013 - 02/01/2013 - "I cannot afford to look after her," read a note left with a four-year-old girl, abandoned in 2011. She is now thriving in the care of SOS Children's Villages Greece. Far from supporting the girl, authorities levy taxes on her support and that of Alicia, who received treatement for abuse in a place where care also is taxed.

Bread & butter issues for 1 in 4 children in Spain

December 31 2012 - 31/12/2012 - Violence inflected by children on their parents is a cause of alarm, say family therapists as they endeavour to strengthen Spanish families who struggle to cope. What is evolving among children living in poverty provides reason for concern. However, the response is practical, and in some ways beautiful.

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