Europe

Palestine

Care leavers support peers amid the war

April 1 2025 - The Children’s Villages Graduate Association Palestine, a network of over 350 young people who grew up in care at SOS Children’s Villages in Gaza and the West Bank, continues to work with fellow care leavers as they navigate economic instability, social isolation, and mental health struggles, all which have worsened in the ongoing conflict.

Ukraine

After three years of war, more foster families needed in Ukraine

February 21 2025 - since the start of the full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, placing children without parental care in foster care has been an urgent priority for both the government of Ukraine and NGOs such as SOS Children's Villages. However, more foster families are needed to meet the growing need.

SYRIA

Investigation into children separated during Syria’s war

February 21 2025 - After the Assad regime's fall, questions emerged about the placement of children separated during the Syrian war - some of them the children of detainees and regime opponents. In this Q&A, Benoit Piot, International Director of Programme Development at SOS Children’s Villages International, discusses the organization's involvement in caring for these children and efforts to locate them.

GAZA

Evacuated children's village in Rafah destroyed

January 22 2025 - The former residential homes of the SOS Children's Village in Rafah, have been reduced to rubble. The location was abandoned in May out of safety concerns, with the remaining children and staff relocating to a tent encampment.

Statement

SOS Children's Villages condemns Khan Younis attack

December 6 2024 - SOS Children’s Villages International condemns the recent attack adjacent to a temporary tent encampment in Khan Younis, Gaza, accommodating 46 children under our care.

Statement

Stand with UNRWA: A lifeline to children and families

October 29 2024 - The recent decision by Israel’s Knesset to bar UNRWA from delivering these services threatens to sever this lifeline, cutting off vital resources that keep families alive and stable under extraordinarily harsh and inhumane conditions, says President Dereje Wordofa.