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Annual Report

Year in review 2022

July 17 2023 - In 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic started to abate, but its longer-term impact remained. Even more worrying, new global crises emerged. How did this affect children and young people growing up alone or in families at risk of breakdown?

Annual Report

Youth message

July 17 2023 - Jordany, 16, loves football and is a proud owner of an official Costa Rican national team ball signed by “La Capitana” Shirley Cruz. He is also an advocate for children and young people and a member of the National Youth Participation Network of SOS Children’s Villages Costa Rica.

Annual Report

International Annual Report 2022 just published!

July 17 2023 - More than 450 million children worldwide are growing up in a conflict zone. 43 million have been displaced from their homes – and at least 153,000 of them are unaccompanied or separated from their families. By the end of 2022, 10.7 million had lost primary or secondary caregivers to COVID-19.

Youth Participation

"It is time for power sharing!"

July 14 2023 - Young people attending the SOS Children’s Villages General Assembly called for greater youth participation in governance and decision-making bodies within the organization and beyond. “We know our challenges and the challenges of the communities where we belong.”

Youth Participation

“We are the future, so listen to us!”

July 11 2023 - The young people who participated in the “Applying Safe Behaviours” project helped create more secure and supportive environments for their peers and the next generations of children in alternative care and in families at risk of breakdown.

Youth Employability

Start-up transforms young entrepreneur’s life

July 10 2023 - Dine is convinced that a good life is within reach if he works hard. And his laundry shop in Haramaya Town in Harar, eastern Ethiopia, is his path to prosperity. As a child, Dine watched his family struggle after his father died, forcing all four siblings out of school. Dine dropped out in grade eight.