International News

Ensuring that 'no child is held back due to gender'
08.03.2019 - Gitta Trauernicht, Vice President of SOS Children’s Villages International, shares her thoughts on empowering women and girls. Read more...
‘You took away my nightmares and turned them into live dreams’
28.02.2019 - Nobuhle Mohlala recently wrote a letter of thanks to SOS Children’s Villages. Read more...
Interview with DJ/Producer Martin Garrix
16.01.2019 - Martin Garrix speaks about the importance of family and about why he supports SOS Children’s Villages. Read more...
Young entrepreneur launches social media site
18.12.2018 - Lucian Mustata, a 29-year-old social media and digital entrepreneur who grew up in the SOS Children’s Village in Bucharest, has developed a platform called Noteaboutlife.com. The site allows people around the world to share life stories and words of wisdom. Read more...
Early childhood development creates a foundation for life
04.09.2018 - At the SOS Maizelands Early Childhood Development Centre in Zimbabwe, committed teachers support children in building their future life skills. Read more...
Offering support for Venezuelan refugees
27.07.2018 - SOS Children's Villages is making homes available to families crossing the border, says emergency response coordinator Sergio Marques. Read more...
Mobilising support as more refugees arrive
24.05.2018 - SOS Children’s Villages Greece is gathering supplies to address the humanitarian needs of children and families arriving by land and sea. Read more...
Launch of global study on care leavers
05.04.2018 - For the first time, a report collates evidence from 12 countries from different regions, detailing how young people with alternative care backgrounds cope with the challenges of becoming self-reliant and which support they receive to find decent work. Read more...
Changing childhoods and futures
06.09.2017 - Martin Chada recalls how his family’s life changed when his mother enrolled in SOS family strengthening eight years ago. Read more...
ICT Corners: More than helping refugees connect with their families
26.07.2017 - When hundreds of thousands of refugees started arriving in Serbia and FYR Macedonia in 2015, SOS Children’s Villages initiated an urgent humanitarian emergency response. Read more...
International Annual Report 2016
21.06.2017 - Roughly one out of ten children is facing life’s challenges without adequate care and support. Our International Annual Report 2016 describes how SOS Children’s Villages supported children and families in 135 countries and territories worldwide. Read more...
YouthCan! - Launching the new global partnership for youth employability
01.03.2017 - On 1 March, SOS Children’s Villages launched the new global partnership YouthCan! in Johannesburg, South Africa. YouthCan! helps to empower young people to successfully manage the transition into independent life and the job market. Read more...
Calling for a partnership to advance the rights of children in alternative care
24.01.2017 - SOS Children’s Villages partnered with the European Commission and CELCIS to produce the first research study of its kind to compare child care systems globally. Towards the right care for children explores the situation of alternative care in six countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Read more...
SOS Children’s Villages to begin work in Iraq
19.12.2016 - SOS Children’s Villages is launching a humanitarian programme in the Dohuk region of Iraqi Kurdistan to help ethnic Yazidis and other internally displaced people. In an interview, Alia Al-Dalli, SOS Children’s Villages’ International Director of the Middle East and North Africa Region, explains the new emergency relief programme. Read more...
Mobile learning helps young Cambodians improve their skills
12.12.2016 - In Cambodia, a mobile phone-based learning project gives young people the opportunity to build skills that help increase their employment prospects. Read more...
A Children’s Day Resolution: Let no child grow up alone
20.11.2016 - Children have a right to grow up in a caring family environment. On the occasion of Universal Children's Day, SOS Children's Villages’ President and CEO explain the importance of ensuring that no child grows up alone. Read more...
SOS Children's Villages accepts 2016 Princess of Asturias Award for Concord from Royal Family in Spain
21.10.2016 - King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain honour SOS Children’s Villages with prestigious award in recognition of its work in favour of vulnerable children. Read more...
Helping children during Malawi’s drought
01.09.2016 - Smart Namagonya is the National Director of SOS Malawi. In the following interview, he talks about how the drought affects SOS programmes, and what is needed to help vulnerable children and families in the country. Read more...
The road to Rio: Young woman from SOS Children's Villages at the Olympic Games
14.08.2016 - Mavis, a 21-year old footballer who grew up in an SOS Children’s Village in Zimbabwe, is on her way to participate in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Read more...
Putting children at the heart of humanitarian action
15.05.2016 - The first ever World Humanitarian Summit starts in Istanbul on 23 May. SOS Children’s Villages International will be urging world leaders to put children at the heart of humanitarian action. Read more...
Make time to listen to refugees, says trauma healing expert
10.01.2016 - More than hand-outs, refugees arriving in Europe need ‘hand-ups’, says specialist who trains SOS emergency co-workers and SOS mothers to help traumatised children and adults. Read more...
Bringing the voices of children to the United Nations
29.09.2015 - 14-year-old Rodrigo, who currently lives with an SOS family in Chile, spoke in front of global leaders at an event in the United Nations Read more...
The Sustainable Development Goals for Children
26.08.2015 - In four short months the MDGs will be history and the Post-2015 SDGs will take their place as the global development challenge for the next 15 years. Here's how SOS Children's Villages will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more...
Northbound: European refugee crisis in Macedonia
23.08.2015 - To describe the situation in Macedonia's southern border town of Gevgelija as alarming would be an understatement. Daily, the town, with its population of about 15,000, has been receiving thousands of refugees fleeing Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. Read more...
Nepal Earthquake: 3 Months Later
27.07.2015 - that occurred on April 25. SOS Children’s Villages was working with children and families immediately after the earthquake. With 10 SOS Children’s Villages and 39 projects all around Nepal, we used all of SOS’ infrastructure and personnel to help those affected. Read more...
2014 International Annual Report released
12.07.2015 - The 2014 International Annual Report of SOS Children's Villages presents risk factors for family breakdown and positive impacts of family strengthening, along with programme statistics and financial results. Read more...
Courage and commitment: SOS Children’s Villages co-workers who went above and beyond for children
16.06.2015 - The three co-workers whose stories are told here are the winners of the 2015 Helmut Kutin Award, a biannual award named for a former President of SOS Children’s Villages International, which celebrates the achievements of some of our extraordinary caregivers. Read more...
SOS to help more unaccompanied Syrian children through European Commission-financed project
29.05.2015 - A new project in Northern Syria run by SOS Children’s Villages and financed by the European Commission will provide complete care for hundreds of unaccompanied children and reunification services to reunite them with their families if possible. Read more...
Young volunteers in Nepal describe what they saw after quake
10.05.2015 - Over 80 young volunteers from SOS Children’s Villages programmes in Nepal were among the first responders who stepped up to care for children and families injured and displaced by the earthquakes. Two of those volunteers, Rinku Rawal (15) and Indira Lama (16), describe what they saw. Read more...
Nepal: International aid crucial for earthquake survivors
30.04.2015 - Nepal's earthquake victims are struggling to survive while waiting for international aid to arrive. On the ground, SOS Children's Villages is delivering relief but more help is crucial. Read more...
Syria’s ‘lost generation’ of children now suffering year 5 of war
20.03.2015 - As the brutal conflict in Syria enters its fifth year, over 12.2 million people there need life-saving humanitarian assistance. Almost half of them are children who now face a fifth year of being denied their rights to safety, education, health care and protection. Read more...
Ebola in West Africa: One Year after the Outbreak
19.02.2015 - In December 2013 a two-year-old boy from Guinea died of strange symptoms. His case was later identified by researchers as the first case of Ebola in West Africa since 2012. It was the beginning of the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak. Here’s how it unfolded, and where we are today. Read more...