Tag Archives: Around the World
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 Week in SOS: April 1, 2011
Want to catch up on all things SOS Children’s Villages? Read about the latest stories from the SOS Newsroom right here:
Rising Food Prices: SOS Children’s Villages Forced to Make Adjustments March 25, 2011: Across the Middle East and [...]
Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit!
Today marks the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit, celebrated by many around the world as a new period of calm, quiet reflection and thoughtful action. SOS Children’s Villages would certainly appreciate a year of calm, especially after the [...]
From SOS to Fashion Designer
Janet is a fashion designer. She grew up at the SOS Children’s Village in Nairobi. Janet attributes much of her career success to her SOS Mother who gave her the confidence and strength of character to make the most of [...]
Earthquake in Serbia
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit central Serbia Tuesday night, causing damage to some of the family houses in the SOS Children’s Village in Kraljevo. Three SOS staff members also lost their own housing in the quake. [...]
SOS Children’s Villages – Pakistan Safe After Worst Floods In Country’s History
The National Disaster Management Authority of Pakistan (NDMA) reports that as many as 12 million people have been affected by the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history. The Government of Pakistan estimates that one million people have been displaced. The NDMA [...]
SOS Children’s Villages Opens Belarus’s First Long-term Women’s Crisis Center
SOS Children’s Villages has just opened the first women’s center in the country of Belarus. The center, located in Mogilev in northeastern Belarus, serves as a long-term shelter for victims of domestic violence and also as a resource for single [...]
India’s $35 Computer Aimed at Raising Student Connectivity
On July 22, the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development released a prototype of a $35 computer which will be available to students in the future. The device is part of the ongoing effort to improve education in India, where [...]
Heather Paul in the Huffington Post: Who are the "Lucky" Orphans?
In a recent blog in The Huffington Post, Heather Paul, CEO of SOS Children’s Villages USA, remarks on the quality of life that SOS Children’s Villages is able to provide orphaned children in Haiti. Despite the losses that these children [...]
Help provide happy childhoods around the world
Every child should have the right to a happy childhood with a loving home and family. But that is not the case for many children around the world. To highlight how important it is for children to have a [...]
