SOS Children Charity News

Latest charity news from around the world including third party news stories for those interested in child welfare and news from SOS Children projects worldwide

SOS Children operates projects for children in 124 countries, specialising in giving children the chance of a family childhood. The news articles listed below are a mixture of our own news from around the world and articles contracted from third parties which we think are relevant to our work.

We can provide news, stories and interviews, source features, pictures and footage on a wide range of topics from around the world. Our strength is that unlike many other UK development organisations, we are based in-situ, permanently. We predominantly (98%) employ local people and receive regular automatic news-updates from our colleagues on the ground. We can also provide statements and analysis on more general topics, such as child's rights, education and equality.

We are a reliable organisation and news source, having been awarded the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize and nominated numerous times for the Nobel Peace Prize. We have an extremely extensive network and are regarded as experts in the field of child protection, family tracing, child trauma and the care of children with no viable family.

If you would like more information about SOS Children then useful places to look are our charity facts section, including a short pdf download called SOS Children in a nutshell. If you are interested in visiting our projects around the world then you should contact elizabeth@soschildren.org . We have considerable video footage and photographic material from around the world.

We also have some topic related microsites for those interested in researching a particular topic; namely emergency relief work, street child projects including preventative programs, a site detailing some of our work with child soldiers, our SOS Medical and Social Centres, and of course our charity's 192 schools. In addition to these sites we also have a website to convince people to sponsor a child through any charity, and gives a gentle comparison of the differences.

News by archive

You can also search the news archive for older stories.

SOS Children's Villages is a member of AlertNet, a humanitarian news network which aims to keep relief professionals and the wider public up-to-date on humanitarian crises around the globe, www.alertnet.org

Recent SOS News

Sports Relief: Foraging a living on a rubbish dump

Sports Relief: Foraging a living on a rubbish dump

Mar 21, 2010 06:50 PM

Sports Relief: Foraging a living on a rubbish dump, another sports relief campaign

Sports Relief: "Hasan and his brothers" AIDS Orphans.

Sports Relief: "Hasan and his brothers" AIDS Orphans.

Mar 21, 2010 04:50 PM

AIDS orphan symbolic of a nations problems

Sports Relief: Malaria, African children and better life

Sports Relief: Malaria, African children and better life

Mar 19, 2010 10:33 PM

An editorial on the 2010 Sports Relief campaign

Chile Earthquake: Follow-up 17 March 2010

Mar 19, 2010 10:44 AM

Chile Earthquake: Follow-up 17 March 2010

Rising from the Rubble

Mar 19, 2010 10:20 AM

Rising from the Rubble video

Haiti: 33 "orphans" to be reunited with their parents

Mar 17, 2010 02:37 PM

Haiti: 33 "orphans" to be reunited with their parents

Chile Earthquake: Follow-up 15 March 2010

Mar 17, 2010 08:56 AM

Chile Earthquake: Follow-up 15 March 2010

Kidnapped British boy found safe in Pakistan

Kidnapped British boy found safe in Pakistan

Mar 16, 2010 09:56 AM

Kidnapped British boy found safe in Pakistan (comment on the news reports)

SOS Children launches emergency relief programme in Niger to protect 10,000 children from famine

Mar 16, 2010 08:42 AM

SOS Children launches emergency relief programme in Niger to protect 10,000 children from famine

Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts walks for Haiti earthquake charity

Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts walks for Haiti earthquake charity

Mar 15, 2010 11:41 AM

The original winner of Britain's Got Talent in 2007, Paul Potts, is walking from Wales to London to raise funds for children affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Gaza’s scarred children

Gaza’s scarred children

Mar 15, 2010 11:00 AM

Gaza’s scarred children: dispatches documentary tonight.

Former SOS child returns to Haiti to help her SOS family

Mar 11, 2010 03:33 PM

Former SOS child returns to Haiti to help her SOS family

Chile earthquake update

Mar 08, 2010 03:48 PM

Chile earthquake update

Chile Earthquake: Update 4 March 2010

Mar 05, 2010 10:43 AM

Chile Earthquake: Update 4 March 2010

Working with traumatised children in Haiti

Mar 03, 2010 02:56 PM

Working with traumatised children in Haiti

Stories from the SOS Nursery in Santo

Mar 03, 2010 02:51 PM

Will they see each other again? Blog entry from Louis Klamroth

Classical Stars Join Forces to Support Haiti Quake Orphans’ with CLASSIC RESPONSE

Classical Stars Join Forces to Support Haiti Quake Orphans’ with CLASSIC RESPONSE

Mar 02, 2010 02:48 PM

Haiti earthquake appeal supported by classical music stars at one-night concert at The Royal Albert Hall.

Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children: Charity gets much needed boost

Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children: Charity gets much needed boost

Mar 02, 2010 11:25 AM

Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children: Charity gets much needed boost

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