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SOS Children's Villages in Fort Portal
Between 1998 and 2003, communities in the Kabarole district (western Uganda) were badly devastated by rebel activities of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), HIV/Aids and Ebola.
The area remained largely underdeveloped with high poverty levels hence leading many people to live in the worst conditions without access to life’s basic needs.
Children were the most affected. In order to meet the growing numbers of orphans and vulnerable children in this area and following the proposal of the board of trustees, SOS Children’s Villages International decided to construct a SOS Children’s Village in Fort Portal, including a SOS Kindergarten and a SOS Social Centre (Family Strengthening Program).
The scope of activities of SOS Children’s Villages Kakiri, Entebbe, Gulu and Fort Portal was enhanced during the last years by including SOS Family Strengthening Programs which have been operated by the respective SOS Social Centre.
SOS Family Strengthening Programs aim at helping vulnerable children to stay with their family if they are at risk of being separated from it. In order to achieve this SOS Children's Village closely co-operates with the families and local governments and supports them in their endeavors to take care of and protect their children in the best possible way.
This kind of preventive action has been organized together with local authorities and other partners. The SOS Children’s Village Fort Portal comprises twelve family houses to accommodate approximately 120 children, a village director's house, aunts' house (SOS aunts take care of the children during their SOS mothers’ absence), “tukul”, which is an African hut to hold events, co-workers' house and an administration and service area.
The SOS Children’s Village also includes a SOS Kindergarten which accommodates 11 children. In order to rapidly provide vulnerable and destitute families and children with help, it was decided in 2009, before the SOS Children’s Village went into operation, to start a SOS Family Strengthening Program in Fort Portal. About 3000 children benefit from this Program per year.
Our Impact
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The SOS Kindergarten in Uganda are a fundamental building block for the early development needs including, intellectual and social skills for children. |
1 KINDERGARTENS | 76 Kindergarten students |
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SOS Social Centres in Uganda 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 | 1150 Beneficiaries |
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The SOS Children's Village in Uganda provides loving homes to orphaned and abandoned children |
1 VILLAGES | 111 Orphaned and Abandoned Children |
Our Impact