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SOS Children's Villages in Pakse
SOS Children's Village Pakse was the second Laotian SOS Children's Village. It was officially opened in January 1998. Pakse is the capital of Champasak province in the south of the country. The distance between Pakse and Vientiane is almost 700 km. The SOS Children's Village, which is situated not far from the town centre, is surrounded by houses with gardens. In the vicinity, there are three small primary schools and two markets.
SOS Children's Village Pakse consists of 14 family houses, the house of the village director, accommodation for co-workers and an administration and service area.
There is an SOS Kindergarten and an SOS Hermann Gmeiner School, which are both also open to children from the neighbourhood. The kindergarten consists of six classrooms and a playground. It has a capacity of 100 children. The school provides primary and secondary education to up to 820 pupils. It has 29 classrooms, laboratories, a library, a sick room, a service and administration area, a canteen, workshops and a basketball court.
Older boys from the SOS Children's Village normally move to the SOS Youth Facility when they start a vocational training course or go on to higher education. With the support of qualified youth workers, they develop realistic perspectives for their future, learn to shoulder responsibility and increasingly make their own decisions.
In 2002, SOS Children's Villages Laos launched its family strengthening programmes. These programmes are intended to support families at risk of abandoning their children and to encourage families to stay together. SOS Children's Villages therefore works with local authorities and other service providers to support families and enable them to take good care of their children.
In Pakse, the family strengthening programme focuses on primary health care and sanitation for people of all ages from the neighbourhood of the SOS Children's Village. A room of the SOS Kindergarten building has been set apart for the family strengthening programme.
Our Impact
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The SOS Kindergarten in Laos are a fundamental building block for the early development needs including, intellectual and social skills for children. |
1 KINDERGARTENS | 97 Kindergarten students |
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The SOS Children's Village in Laos provides loving homes to orphaned and abandoned children |
1 VILLAGES | 127 Orphaned and Abandoned Children |
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The SOS Youth Facilities in Laos provides youth with a loving environment where they learn to transition into independent living and to expand their education |
1 YOUTH FACILITIES | 44 Youths in our Care |
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