Volume 1: Protecting Children Through Crisis and Beyond

On March 21, 2019, SOS Children’s Villages Canada hosted the first volume of the SOS Canada 50th Anniversary Speaker Series. Focusing on the theme of Protecting Children through Crisis and Beyond, this was an engaging event with a panel of SOS Children’s Villages International Representatives. Guest panelists spoke of their first-hand experiences of child protection through the Venezuelan refugee crisis and in the aftermath of war in the Middle East. An informal reception followed, hosted by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP at their offices in the financial district of Toronto.

SPEAKERS INCLUDED:

Angela Maria Rosales Rodriguez

National Director, Aldeas Infantiles SOS Columbia

Luciana D’Abramo

SOS Children’s Villages Director of Emergency Relief Programs for the Middle East and North Africa

Sofia Garcia Garcia

SOS Children’s Villages Representative to the United Nations in New York

DATE AND TIME

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2019
Time: Registration begins at 5 PM; Formal program begins at 5:30 PM

LOCATION

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Office
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower
22 Adelaide Street W
Toronto, ON
M5H 4E3

EVENT PHOTO

Luciana D'Abramo, Alfred Page, and Sofia Garcia Garcia

EVENT SPONSOR

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Rebecca Leikin
Co-ordinator, Special Events
Tel: 1.800.767.5111 ext. 539
Email: [email protected]

If you are unable to attend, but wish to make a donation in support of SOS Children's Villages Canada, you may do so here. Your support will help transform the lives of the most vulnerable.