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« Previous EntriesIn the news: SOS Thrissur celebrates
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008The world is certainly in need of some good news of positive happenings. This past weekend, SOS Children’s Villages Thrissur celebrated their silver jubilee this past Sunday, or their 25th anniversary. Founded in 1985, the village of Thrissur is home to over 250 orphaned and abandoned children. SOS Kinderdorf International president Helmut Kutin was on […]
Diamonds Support SOS Children’s Villages.
Monday, December 10th, 2007SOS Children’s Villages is no stranger to diamonds. In 2006, the practice of mining diamonds to finance conflict was brought to the big screen in the film, Blood Diamond. SOS Children’s Villages has villages in areas of conflict, and parts of the movie were not only filmed near SOS villages, but some of our children […]
SOS Village on the Front Line
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007As SOS Children’s Villages are established where the need is greatest, that frequently means that they are established in war torn regions around the world. On the day after thanksgiving, when we in the US were sitting back and relaxing in the comfort of our families, the SOS Children’s Village in Mogadishu was hit […]
New SOS Children’s Village Opened in Brazil
Friday, November 16th, 2007We love birthdays of new villages! There is a new SOS Children’s Village in Recife, Brazil. Opening in the Igarassu district, the new village will be home to 130 orphaned children in 14 homes throughout the village.
And do you know how this village came about? It was one of the six villages funded during the […]
The Small Change Difference
Friday, November 9th, 2007Pennies, nickels, dimes, and their foreign equivalents can add up to a great deal of money when received by thousands upon thousands of people.
Since 2002, passengers of Swiss International Air Lines have been emptying their pockets of foreign coins as part of a “Your small change can make a big change” campaign by the airline. […]
International NGO Statement of Concern on Somalia
Monday, November 5th, 2007One of our most resilient children’s villages, in an unstable region, is back in the press. SOS Children’s Villages has been in the volatile region of Somalia since the 1980’s, including the time of civil war in 1991. SOS Children’s Villages stayed and provided services and protection to not only orphaned children, but the wounded, […]
SOS Children’s Villages Phillipines Expanding With HSBC Trust
Thursday, November 1st, 2007What would SOS Children’s Villages Phillipines do if awarded a $75,000 donation from HSBC? Fortunately, it’s not a hypothetical question, it is a reality under HSBC’s Global Education Trust, which has funded the Future First project, an initiative to support street children in realizing a better future. As part of the Future First project, HSBC […]
Children’s Village Aunts.
Monday, October 29th, 2007What is life like inside of an SOS Children’s Village? Who lives in each home? How are unrelated children relating to each other and their new SOS Mothers? These are the types of questions that we hear when introducing SOS Children’s Villages to people who have missed out on the work we do. While being […]
Antique Vehicle Parade for Hanoi Children’s Village Orphans
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Sofitel Metropole Hanoi, a hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam organized an antique vehicle parade that will be showing off as many as 22 collector’s vehicles. The vehicles will start the parade route at the hotel and go through the streets of the SOS Children’s Village in Hanoi. Best yet, the parade will help raise money to […]
Jessica Alba’s Swarovski Denim Jacket at Auction.
Friday, September 28th, 2007Jessica Alba is beautiful, successful, and giving. Currently starring in “Good Luck, Chuck”, and independent film, “Bill”, Jessica Alba started her career many years ago, at the age of 12. Her roles have appropriately featured her more and more prominently, and she is confirmed to be an actress in 3 or 4 films in the […]
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