Category Archives: SOS Appeals
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 [...]
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 [...]
Towards Stability in North Africa and the Middle East
March 4, 2011: All of us have watched the images and sounds of people across North Africa and the Middle East shouting and even dying to have their voices heard. They clamor for human rights, as does SOS Children’s Villages [...]
Landslides in La Paz, Bolivia: SOS Children’s Villages Planning Relief
After several weeks of rain, landslides have caused massive destruction in several areas of Bolivia’s capital La Paz. While details on the situation are scarce, three SOS Community Centers have reported damages.
Presently, there are nine SOS Children’s Villages in Bolivia, [...]
SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania ready to help the community after explosions in Dar es Salaam
February 22, 2011: At least 20 people were killed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, last Friday in a series of explosions at a military depot. The SOS Children’s Village in the area was not damaged and offered to accomodate unaccompanied [...]
Flood Updates: Brazil, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines
Three SOS countries have recently been affected by major rain and flooding. As with every natural catastrophe, SOS Children’s Villages is doing all we can to provide relief for children and families affected by the deadly floods.
Brazil – The government [...]
SOS in Sri Lanka Moves Displaced Children to Jaffna
January 18, 2011: Eighty children in Sri Lanka that were left without parents from the civil war that lasted until May 2009 have been moved to the northern city of Jaffna. The children will be staying in rented houses [...]
