Youth participation

2014 Nobel Peace Prize

October 10 2014 - Our heartfelt congratulations go to this year’s winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi. SOS Children’s Villages offers them our deepest thanks for their tireless efforts on behalf of the world’s children.

Speak up on ‘post-2015’ before it’s too late, say youth activists

August 5 2014 - Young ambassadors from SOS Children’s Villages programmes travelled to the UN in New York to spread the word that young people need to speak up and act now to make sure their priorities make it into the post-2015 development agenda.

Young people making an impact on Post-2015 agenda

June 4 2014 - The world’s children and youth have not yet found a home in the global Post-2015 development agenda. But they’re making a good start. The World Conference on Youth, held this May in Sri Lanka, marked a first concrete step towards the United Nations recognising the priorities of young people as an integral part in the Post-2015 development agenda.