Yearly Archives: 2010
SOS Mothers: Giving Children a Loving Home this Holiday Season
“[when I came to SOS] I started to learn what having a mother means. A mother is security, mother is the warmth of the family, mother is stability, mother is tenderness, mother is a warm meal, the reprimand for [...]
Orphaned Child in Australian Shipwreck Now Under Watch of Government Head
December 20, 2010: An orphaned child is now in the legal hands of the Immigration Minister of Australia, Peter Richards, following last week’s shipwreck. The eight- or nine-year-old child was seeking asylum with his parents when the ship crashed into [...]
Christmas Wishes from SOS Children
It’s that time of year for children all over the world to postmark their wish lists to the North Pole and wait for Santa to bring them the joy they deserve on Christmas morning. SOS believes in raising children within [...]
Second SOS Children’s Village opens in Quthing in Lesotho
December 16, 2010: Six years ago, SOS Children’s Villages International visited the SOS Village – Maseru, in the landlocked African Kingdom of Lesotho, and promised the local community a new SOS Village and Hermann Gmeiner School. This year, that promise [...]
SOS Supporter Spotlight: Patricia Westheimer
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This is the story of how Patricia Westheimer became “family” to six SOS Children in Portugal. Her level of involvement with SOS is unique. All SOS sponsors contribute financially and some visit their SOS Children on occasion. [...]
Flooding in Bosnia and Herzegovina Hits SOS Children’s Villages in Gorazde
Heavy rains in Europe inundated Bosnia and Herzegovina last week, flooding buildings and homes as well as forcing the evacuation of SOS Children’s Villages in Gorazde. At this time, all SOS Children and SOS Staff are [...]
Join the SOS Movement for a Child’s Right to a Family – Become an SOS Global Village Builder
– By Suzanne Gatto, Director, Household Marketing for SOS Children’s Villages – USA
The SOS worldwide goal is help 1 million children facing abandonment.
At SOS, we believe that all children should have the right to grow up in a loving home. [...]
Riots in Haiti cause SOS Projects to Temporarily Close
All children, mothers, and SOS staff members are safe.
On Monday November 15, there were violent clashes between demonstrators and UN Troops in the northern Haiti town of Cap Haitien. These riots resulted in at least one civilian being killed [...]
SOS Launches More Camps for Volcano Evacuees
With no sign of returning to normalcy, the chaos around Mount Merapi has been increasing day by day; the death toll has surpassed 190 and the mass exodus caused by evacuations has turned Yogyakarta into a tent city. [...]
