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Chad

Safe spaces help Sudanese children heal in Eastern Chad

October 17 2025 - In eastern Chad, thousands of children who fled the conflict in Sudan are finding safety and support through SOS Children’s Villages’ Child-Friendly Spaces. Here, they can play, learn, and heal from trauma while families and communities receive guidance to strengthen care and protection for every child.
PRESS RELEASE

500 days after evacuation from Gaza, children “dream of peace and returning home”

July 23 2025 - Today marks 500 days since SOS Children’s Villages evacuated 68 children, along with 11 caregivers and their families, from the SOS Children's Village in Rafah due to the imminent threat of a ground attack. The evacuation was seen as a temporary measure to remove them from immediate danger. Since then, the SOS Children’s Village in Rafah has been completely destroyed by Israeli bombardment.
Mexico

A Venezuelan family’s journey through migration and separation

June 20 2025 - At a quiet SOS Children’s Village, three young siblings are building a new rhythm of life. They gather around a screen every two weeks to speak with the father they haven’t seen in nearly three years. "When are we going to be together again?" Their question echoes across a region where millions of families are separated by displacement, border closures, and legal red tape.
Migrants Day

A new beginning for Danilo's family

December 18 2024 - For many parents, their children are their most cherished treasure. This was especially true for Danilo*, a father who made unimaginable sacrifices to protect his children when threats of violences forced them to flee Central America and migrate to Mexico.
Advocacy

German government recognizes recommendations on improved reception and family reunification for unaccompanied and separated children

March 26 2024 - SOS Children's Villages Germany made a submission to Germany’s Universal Periodic Review focusing on improving reception conditions for unaccompanied and separated children.
STATEMENT

The EU must provide future-proof solutions for people displaced from Ukraine

March 4 2024 - With temporary protection set to expire on 4 March 2025, EU leadership is urgently needed to ensure millions of people displaced from Ukraine have continued access to rights and inclusion in Europe. As 131 civil society organisations, we call on the EU to propose timely, coordinated, collective and future-proof options for the transition out of temporary protection.
Advocacy

“Provide equal support for unaccompanied children!”

August 31 2023 - Younes came alone from Afghanistan to Germany when he was 17 years old seeking safety. He addressed a United Nations audience in Geneva during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-session of Germany to put forward recommendations on improving reception conditions and support for children in migration.
Joint statement

The EU must not be complicit in the loss of lives at sea and in rights violations at Europe’s borders 

June 19 2023 - Once again, dozens of lives have been lost at Europe’s borders due to the EU’s failure to allow people seeking protection to reach Europe safely.
UKRAINE

A Viennese café unlike any other for Ukrainian families

March 16 2023 - The mothers and children here are among the more than 90,000 Ukrainians that have received temporary protection in Austria since the war began. At the Family Café, children enjoy games and crafts and parents get support adjusting to life in Vienna.
Advocacy

NGOs mark one year since activation of the Temporary Protection Directive and call for continued support for refugees from Ukraine

March 10 2023 - On 4 March 2022, in the spirit of solidarity with the people of Ukraine, the Council of the European Union unanimously activated the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD).
Refugees and Migrants

Protecting the rights of migrant children benefits us all

December 16 2022 - No human chooses their place of birth, and sometimes, they have no choice but to leave that place behind. When they are forced to move in search of a better life, children often suffer the most.
Refugees and Migrants

Walking towards a new future

December 15 2022 - Aracely and Miguel left Venezuela with their five children on foot. They walked nearly a week, enduring hunger, rainstorms and the freezing temperatures of the Paramo mountains before crossing the Colombian border.
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