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Siblings

Laws to keep siblings together advance

April 12 2021 - Evidence supports keeping siblings together in alternative care. Yet, practical challenges, missing legal provisions and a lack of awareness about the extent of harm children suffer due to separation from siblings, remain. New legal proposals in Belgium and the Netherlands aim to change this.

Youth employability

SOS Children’s Villages wins the “Excellence in Youth Mentorship” award

March 29 2021 - During an online ceremony organized on 24 March, SOS Children’s Villages was awarded the European Commission’s Excellence in Youth Mentorship prize for the Employability and Stability project.

India

"I feel like I have been really lucky in this life"

March 11 2021 - I was three months old when I was brought to the SOS Children’s Village in Guwahati. I was 18 when I first left to live in a residential college hostel away from my SOS home.

Advocacy

Newly approved EU budget allocates funds to fight child poverty

February 24 2021 - A major milestone in fighting child poverty in the EU has been achieved: The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union approved the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) which, for the first time, sets a specific objective and earmarks funds to fight child poverty.

Florida

Racism is our reality

February 18 2021 - For seven years, Jeffrey Jackson has been a foster father in the SOS Children’s Village Coconut Creek, Florida. In this interview, he talks about how it feels to be raising four Black teenagers in a country which is torn apart by racism.

Child Safeguarding

Child Safeguarding: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward

February 18 2021 - Safeguarding children and young people is at the heart of the work of SOS Children’s Villages. Through our child safeguarding framework, we are committed to creating and maintaining a caring and protective environment for every child in our programmes.