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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.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding progress report released

March 16 2023 - SOS Children’s Villages releases today its Safeguarding Action Plan progress report, showing where the organization stands at the half-way mark of implementing a four-year plan to improve safeguarding and introduce other transformational initiatives.

Safeguarding

SOS Children’s Villages improves safeguarding to protect children

March 16 2023 - In 2021, SOS Children’s Villages received independent reviews it had commissioned to better understand past safeguarding failures and identify ways to improve. Devex spoke to CEO Ingrid Johansen about how the organization is transforming.

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).

Statement

Reintegration of children and young people from SOS Children’s Villages with families of origin

March 10 2023 - SOS Children’s Villages Panama is working with the Government of Panama on the rapid reunification of some children in two programmes with their families of origin. This follows the decision of a supporting SOS Children’s Villages member association to suspend funding.

ICT4D

Technology has changed my life

March 6 2023 - Learnio is an ICT4D initiative that has enabled young people in alternative care to strengthen their digital and social skills. In this interview, 24-year-old Yvette from Benin talks about the challenges that women and girls with care experience face in the digital world and about her own experience with Learnio.