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SOS Children's Villages works in 2 core areas:
1. Building families for orphaned and abandoned children in a village setting, with an SOS mother and brothers and sisters; and
2. Strengthening families in communities so that children remain in their community of origin.
Children's Villages
Full Village list . . .
Family Strengthening Programme
Full Programmes list . . .
1. Building families for orphaned and abandoned children in a village setting, with an SOS mother and brothers and sisters; and
2. Strengthening families in communities so that children remain in their community of origin.
Children's Villages
SOS Children's Villages build
families for orphaned and abandoned children. Eight to ten children are
cared for in small family-type homes, the SOS families, and are raised
like brothers and sisters. The head of the family is the SOS Mother,
who provides the children with the affection and security they need for
their sound development. This is supported by the Village-based Child and Youth
Development Team. Most Villages have youth houses
which enable the youth to grow towards independence in a secure
setting. Villages also have SOS
Kindergartens that serve both the Village children and those in the
surrounding community.
Full Village list . . .
Family Strengthening Programme
The approach of family strengthening
programmes is to work with families and communities to support them to
improve their ability to protect and care for their children, so that
their children are able to grow within a caring family environment.
This is achieved through the building of community capacity and the
unlocking of 3
"keys to self-reliance". The programmes are either Village-based or
community-based, operating through Social
Centres.
Full Programmes list . . .
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