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Haiti: Improving the Quality of Education

According to the United Nations, only 12% of Haiti’s already meagre public budget goes to national education and vocational training, which directly…

Watch: Tsunami - Ten Years On (Video)

This video interviews the people who were affected by the December 26, 2004 tsunami which killed over 230,000 people.

Tsunami 10 years later

On December 26, 2004, an earthquake hit in the ocean off the coast of Sumatra. The result was a tsunami which killed over 230,000 people across 11…

Air Transat’s Sun Auction raises $35,000 for SOS Children’s Villages

Air Transat is spreading the joy this holiday season to orphaned and abandoned children after raising over $35,000 for SOS Children’s Villages Canada…

Outstanding success at event to support SOS Children's Villages in Gaza

Friends of SOS Children’s Villages Canada raise $11,000 to support of SOS children in Gaza.

Orphaned by Ebola

After Blessing and Saye were orphaned by Ebola, they were sent to the Hawa Massaquoi Child Care Centre just outside of the capital city of Liberia,…

Homeless at six months but now a visionary for the future

Helina’s mother scavenged hotel garbage for food. But when she fell sick and could no longer forage food, Helina and her brother had to fend for…

SOS Colombian teen awarded prestigious scholarship

A Colombian teenager is one step closer to achieving his dream after winning a prestigious scholarship. His goal, becoming a neurosurgeon.

Enhancing parenting skills with mobile phones in Sri Lanka

SOS Children’s Village Sri Lanka is empowering women through mobile technology.

Video: Motherhood

Khun Krongtip has raised 34 children over the past 20 years and continues to be the loving, caring mother to all of them.  Watch her story.

Ebola Emergency Update - November 2014

Over the past eight months, the Ebola outbreak has heavily affected Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and continues to threaten the social, political…

Educating students through technology in Tanzania

At the SOS School in Arusha, Tanzania, everybody benefits from our Tanzania's ICT for Development project a program that provides computer training

What Can I Do? Making an Impact at Home - #putchildrenfirst

Selling dolls. Racing dragonboats. Drawing pictures. There are endless ways to have fun and help children in need

A Life Turned Around: Lucia’s Story - #putchildrenfirst

Lucia is only ten, but she spent most of her life looking after her alcoholic parents until an SOS Children’s Village was built in her region and…

Hope provided to orphaned children in the Philippines

After his parents and older brother were swept away by Typhoon Haiyan, Nico Melo has been living as an orphan under his grandmother’s care.

SOS Family Strengthening Program Makes a Difference for Ramani - #putchildrenfirst

Coming from a lower social class, Ramani found it extremely difficult to meet the needs of her children.

Everyone can help to Put Children First! - #putchildrenfirst

With all of the global issues that we have been exploring over the last seven weeks, it can be easy to get discouraged

SOS Children in Gaza Carry Unavoidable Fears - #putchildrenfirst

The children of the Gaza Strip and of Israel have grown up with the constant threat of violence and learned to live with it

The Philippines: One Year After Super Typhoon Haiyan

SOS Children’s Villages has helped transform the lives for hundreds of women, children and families in Tacloban, Philippines after Super Typhoon…

Virginia’s New Start - #putchildrenfirst

Virginia was fourteen years old when she became pregnant with her first child. She was forced to marry the child’s father, who turned out to be…

Displaced in your own country - #putchildrenfirst

In the village of Sakoura in central Mali, Gnorguel Gambi and his family received nineteen unexpected houseguests

Every child deserves safety: Week Seven’s topic - #putchildrenfirst

War. Natural disasters. Exploitation. Violence. As we will explore this week for Put Children First, there are many things that threaten children’s…

Freedom for Reena, Manju and Suniti - #putchildrenfirst

Reena, a seventeen-year-old Indian girl, had never gone to school until she came to SOS at twelve, after her mother died and her father re-married

SOS Children's Villages Now Accepting Donations for Ebola Emergency Program

Your donation to SOS Children’s Villages Ebola Emergency Program will go toward working with orphaned or unaccompanied children and funding medical…

Ebola Threatens Education in West Africa

As the threat of Ebola continues to grow, the governments of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea have temporarily closed their schools.