Middle East
Sporting Support for SOS Childrens Villages
Thursday, September 13th, 2007London based English premier league soccer team, Tottenham Hotspurs, today released their new newsletter - “Good Foundations” - which details the work that they do in their community, and around the world. In this magazine they detail their work with youth projects, and specifically talk about their
ground-breaking partnership with SOS Children’s Villages International in South […]
Caring for Orphans and Abandoned children in a war zone
Friday, August 3rd, 2007On June 4th, 2007, clashes between the Lebanese Army and the Jund al-Sham militant group in Sidon, Lebanon, forced abandoned and orphaned children from SOS Children’s Village Sferai and youngsters from SOS youth homes in a suburb of Saida to remain in the relative safety of their homes.
SOS Children’s Village Sferai was affected by the […]
18 Years of caring for Abandoned Children and Orphans
Friday, July 20th, 2007Mama Zakia has been an SOS Children’s Village Mother in Amman, Jordan for 18 years. She is one of the longest serving SOS mothers at the SOS Children’s Village in the capital city Amman, which opened its doors in 1987. Since then, Mama Zakia has raised 20 orphan children, most of who have successful lives, […]
Preventing Child Abandonment through Family Strengthening
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Samah is one of many local mothers that have built a strong relationship with the SOS Children’s Village in Gaza. As one of the first graduates of the Gaza Social Center family strengthening program, Samah has since founded her own home-based sewing company and been able to provide protection and shelter for her two […]
