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SOS Children's Villages in Maputo
SOS Children's Village Maputo comprises fifteen family houses, a house for the village director, an administrative building, a workshop and a plant nursery.
The SOS Kindergarten for up to 100 children has also been in operation since 1992 and consists of four group rooms, a kitchen and a playground. At the SOS Hermann Gmeiner School, primary and secondary school education is offered to up to 830 children.
There are 24 classrooms, a canteen and a laboratory. In the mid 1990s, the erection of an SOS Youth Facility was decided upon and it finally opened its doors in 1999. Up to 32 youths who have already outgrown the SOS Children's Village stay there during the time of their vocational training or higher education and prepare for an independent life.
In 2002, an SOS Social Centre was put into operation to offer help to HIV/AIDS affected families in the area. The aim of this facility is to support and strengthen socially and economically disadvantaged families, avoiding their breakdown and thus enabling the children to grow up with their biological relatives.
It offers home-based care, supports two community kindergartens with nutritional programmes for between 100 and 120 children each, and runs a school placement programme. Additionally, measures are taken to improve the living conditions of the families and to offer them psycho-social support.
Up to 2,000 children and their families receive support through this outreach programme. Another SOS Social Centre was set up in Laulane in 2007, giving help and support to around 500 children.
Our Impact
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The SOS Kindergarten in Mozambique are a fundamental building block for the early development needs including, intellectual and social skills for children. |
1 KINDERGARTENS | 84 Kindergarten students |
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SOS Social Centres in Mozambique aim is to help families, in particular women and children, living in communities neighbouring the SOS Children's Villages to gradually escape from poverty, and to help young people become self-reliant. |
2 SOCIAL CENTRES | 1785 Beneficiaries |
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The SOS Children's Village in Mozambique provides loving homes to orphaned and abandoned children |
1 VILLAGES | 139 Orphaned and Abandoned Children |
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The SOS Youth Facilities in Mozambique provides youth with a loving environment where they learn to transition into independent living and to expand their education |
1 YOUTH FACILITIES | 77 Youths in our Care |
Our Impact