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Russian Adoption Story: NPR Highlights SOS Children’s Villages
On Weekend Edition this Sunday, National Public Radio’s Martha Wexler told the story of Artyom Savelyev, a boy who was adopted from Russia to the U.S. and then “returned” by his adoptive Mother to Russia. The incident took place two years ago [...]
SOS Mongolia Takes Families in from the Cold
By Cory Strischek, Web Content Specialist for SOS Children’s Villages – USA
Years ago, I drove a tiny car from London to Mongolia with my fiancee as part a road rally called the Mongol Rally. The month-long adventure was difficult and [...]
Follow the Lead of The Rubber Duckies!
Have you ever wanted to travel the world and raise money for a charitable organization like SOS Children’s Villages? Here’s a story about three friends who are doing just that right now!
Pete, Chris and Jeff are having the times of [...]
Michelle Obama Does Push-Ups…
June 2011: Continuing her tour of Southern Africa, Michelle Obama made a visit to Cape Town’s new soccer stadium to meet with Nobel Peace Prize laureate and SOS Children’s Village advocate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Obama’s daughters, Malia and Sasha, were [...]
SOS in the News
June 1, 2011: Drought in Somalia Deeply Affects Children
The drought currently afflicting almost a third of Somalia’s people is one of the worst in recent history. More than 240,000 Somali children are malnourished. SOS has been on the ground [...]
Kenyan Youth Honor Their Other Mother
Voting for the Other Mother of the Year is underway and while the contest is about honoring Other Mothers here in the United States, SOS Mothers all over the world are providing loving homes and families to [...]
The Ovarian Lottery
By Suzanne GattoDirector, Household Marketing
Truly, it is a lottery where each of us is born. From the socioeconomic circumstances to the geographic location, to the health of our biological mother when we enter this world. Warren Buffet calls [...]
SOS in the News
April 26, 2011: Rising Food Prices in Asia Threaten to Throw Millions into Poverty The Asian Development Bank released a study recently claiming that if the price of food continues to increase, 64 million more people could become poor in [...]
SOS in Kenya Tries Green Approach to Power Village
May 2, 2011: SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya is turning greener with every sunrise. Together with German company Asantys Systems and Kenyan African Solar Designs, a solar power plant was built near SOS Mombasa and has recently become fully operational. [...]
New Village to be Completed in Peru by 2013
May 2, 2011: The cornerstone has been laid for a new SOS Children’s Village in Cajamarca, Peru. Many officials came to the laying of the foundation, including President of SOS Children’s Villages International Helmut Kutin.
“We have decided to build the [...]
