Orphans
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008Yes, yes, we know, the holidays are over, back to business. Consider this though: all of us sit around our holiday tables with the ones we love and speak of good tidings and being fortunate, but is the holiday season really the only time we need to do that? Shouldn’t that be a year […]
Swarovski Auction for World Orphan Week Coming to a Close.
Friday, October 5th, 2007Auction ENDING!
While a couple days remain in World Orphan Week, the Swarovski auction is ending in just a few hours!
To support World Orphan Week and the work that we do, go ahead and make your last minute bids, please.
Some bargains can still be found, most notably Grey’s Anatomy star Sara Ramirez’ beautiful denim jacket has […]
World Orphan Week Launches!
Monday, October 1st, 2007As World Orphan Week launches, and fundraising campaigns begin across the country, Leina Saikali shared a few words with us about sponsoring Sharon, a Zambian child through SOS Children’s Villages.
“I love sponsoring a child with SOS Children’s Villages! There is a certain gratification that comes from knowing that such a small amount of money a […]
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 […]
World Orphan Week Auctions Celebrity Denim Jackets with Swarovski.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Celebrity designed denim jackets have arrived for World Orphan Week! Swarovski, which I have always known as the beautiful stores that feature bold blues and reds to highlight their beautiful crystals, has partnered with some top-notch celebrities, some of whom I think are just beginning very long, successful careers in entertainment. These celebrities have come […]
Back to school campaign focused on HIV/AIDS orphans
Friday, August 24th, 2007SOS children’s Villages ‘Back to School’ campaign seeks to provide for orphaned children through providing some daily lives necessities and scholarships for them to attend schools. In Zimbabwe 1 in 5 children is said to be an orphan of HIV/AIDS, and thousands of Zimbabweans die daily, causing it to be host to the highest number […]
Orphaned siblings work together
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007After the loss of both his parents to HIV/AIDS in 2004, Georgio had to step up and become the head of the household at eighteen and start to care for his four siblings in their native home of Maputo, the capitol of Mozambique. Georgio works hard enough to insure that his siblings have enough to […]
SOS Children’s Villages seeks to aid AIDS orphans in Africa
Friday, August 17th, 2007“The scale of the AIDS pandemic is shocking. It is unimaginable. That is precisely why we owe it to each and every one of the million AIDS orphans to help them with all our strength where we can. We must not close our eyes to this misery,” stated the president of SOS Children’s Villages Helmut […]
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 […]
Cambodian Aids orphans at SOS Children’s Villages
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007In addition to providing loving homes for orphaned and abandoned children, SOS Children’s Villages seeks to build stronger communities. They do so by creating family strengthening programs which provide families with the confidence and skills needed to care for their own children, which aids to decrease child abandonment. A leading example in building a stronger […]
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