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International Literacy Day

‘Learning by radio is fun’

September 8 2020 - As millions of children are not able to go back to school due to the pandemic, many need tools for remote learning to continue their studies. Tigist, 13, of Ethiopia tunes into classes using a solar-powered radio - one more than 400 distributed to children and their families in Adwa, Ethiopia.

International Youth Day

Latin America celebrates Youth Month in August

August 11 2020 - At SOS Children’s Villages across Latin America and Caribbean, we are highlighting the participation of adolescents and young people in activities for Youth Month and International Youth Day on August 12.

South East Asia

Children and young people call for increased support in the wake of COVID-19

August 1 2020 - A virtual forum, titled COVID-19 Response towards the Alternative Care of Children in South East Asia, provided the platform to highlight issues and concerns faced by children and young people in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Youth Employment

World Youth Skills Day 2020

July 15 2020 - World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) is an opportunity to recognize the importance of preparing young people for employment and entrepreneurship, after all, the youth of today are the adults of tomorrow, and the building blocks of our future economies. This WYSD, we pay particular attention to the additional challenges being faced by this age group in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and how we have responded to support young people to overcome them.

Brazil

Q&A: Slum dwellers suffer the most under COVID-19

July 14 2020 - Michéle Mansor, the programme director for SOS Children's Villages Brazil, says the poor – particularly those living in crowded favelas or slums – are ten times likely to die from the virus. Nevertheless, many have no option but to work and expose themselves.

West Africa

COVID-19 economic backlash threatens progress in reducing child labour

July 3 2020 - Although the coronavirus has been slow to take hold on the continent, hotspots have emerged with a scale and depth of financial shock forcing many families to resort to child labour to meet basic needs and deal with uncertainty.

Somalia

Child rights NGOs call for greater support for children amid pandemic

June 17 2020 - “I feel we have been left out in the plans and discussions," says Hawa Salad, a 13-year-old student from Mogadishu who spoke on the pandemic's impact on children. "No one is talking to us. .. All businesses (in Somalia) are open, but our schools are closed."

IRAQ

Effects of the pandemic in an Iraqi refugee camp

June 16 2020 - Yawer*, his parents, and three siblings were forced to flee their home during an attack against the Yazidi community in Sinjar and have since 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟻 lived in the camp where SOS Children’s Villages Iraq supports children and their parents.

Somalia

Life under coronavirus in Somalia

June 10 2020 - Faduma lives in Mogadishu, in Heliwa district together with her eight children. Her children were not enrolled in school because she could not afford to pay the school fees. Faduma was struggling in providing the three basic meals to her children, at times they would only eat twice a day.

North Macedonia

A psychologist deals with domestic violence

May 14 2020 - Valentina Dimovska, the lead psychologist at SOS Children's Villages in North Macedonia, continues to work remotely with some 50 families. In one instance, she called just after the police arrived.

COVID-19

Protecting children during the pandemic

May 13 2020 - COVID-19 impacts children both directly and indirectly. It is important that children have resources to be resilient to cope with consequences of COVID-19 and to have ways to express themselves.

Colombia

Life under coronavirus in Colombia

May 12 2020 - “Before my father died, he made me promise I would go to university and make my family thrive. When this is over, I will help my mother bring money home, while I study." - Angela*, 16.

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