SOS News Archive
Sponsor a child with SOS Children in any of 125 countries: News Archive
Our Charity News archive page is ordered by when events took place, dating from today back to February 2004. The page includes accounts of our follow up work in tsunami-affected countries, our other emergency programmes, such as in Pakistan and the Middle East, as well as all the recent news from our work around the world and fundraising efforts here in the UK.
Recent News
Extra support needed for typhoon-affected families in the Philippines
Feb 03, 2012 04:01 PM
The United Nations (UN) has this week asked for more money as part of its emergency appeal to support those affected by typhoon Washi in the Philippines.
Action needed to save mothers and children in Somaliland
Feb 03, 2012 11:49 AM
Despite its comparative stability, Somaliland still faces huge development battles, particularly in health.
Child Sponsorship Report 2011, from Tijuana, Mexico
Feb 02, 2012 10:35 AM
A child sponsorship report from Tijuana in Mexico. This report was written in 2011.
The battle to rid Chad’s children of polio
Feb 01, 2012 04:29 PM
Chad is one of three countries in Africa (along with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola), where an imported wild strain of the polio virus has managed to re-establish itself.
Child Sponsorship Report 2011, from Morelia, Mexico
Feb 01, 2012 10:15 AM
A child sponsorship report from Morelia in Mexico. This report was written in 2011.
The strength to power on: Adeline's story
Jan 31, 2012 10:30 AM
She was abandoned at the age of three – a small child, left alone in the frenetic market at Adjamé, in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital of Abidjan. A market stall woman took her to the police station.
West Africa famine appeal: SOS Children acts now
Jan 31, 2012 10:25 AM
Africa looks like it might be hit once more by a food crisis, this time in the arid Sahel region of Western Africa, placing millions of people at risk.
Greek crisis forces families to abandon children
Jan 31, 2012 10:20 AM
The economic crisis in Greece is forcing families to seek help from SOS Children -– and in many cases ask if their children could be taken into care.
“SOS Children’s educational programme is one of the best in the world.”
Jan 31, 2012 10:08 AM
Victor Ofosu attended the SOS Primary and Junior School in Tema, Ghana from the age of six. Here, he describes his experiences at the SOS School and why he believes the education he received gave him the confidence for his achievements later in life.
SOS Children in South Africa celebrates three decades
Jan 31, 2012 10:05 AM
2012 is SOS Children’s 30th year of working in South Africa. Dressed in a pretty pink sweater and curled on a couch in her home at SOS Children’s Village Ennerdale, Johannesburg, Maria is proof of the good that SOS Children continues to do in the country.
Investing in lives – my visit to SOS Children in Colombia
Jan 31, 2012 10:05 AM
When SOS Children Supporter Christina Lowe paid a visit to our SOS Social Centres in Colombia, she had the chance to see first-hand the impact of the projects. Here, she describes her trip and her impressions of how we are helping disadvantaged families.
Child Sponsorship Report 2011, from Migdal Haemek, Israel
Jan 31, 2012 10:01 AM
A child sponsorship report from Megadim, Migdal Haemek, in Israel. This report was written in 2011.
Protection for child labourers from Burkina Faso and other West African countries
Jan 30, 2012 04:51 PM
Child labour remains common in West Africa, where poverty increasingly results in the movement of children from poorer nations to work in wealthier ones.
East Africa Famine: Abdi makes a difference in Mogadishu
Jan 30, 2012 02:15 PM
Six months after famine was declared across the Horn of Africa, SOS Children continue to provide vital medical services to keep families alive. SOS Health Worker Abdi has migrated 125 miles away from his family to help his fellow Somalis recover from the famine.
Child Sponsorship Report 2011, from Meru, Kenya
Jan 27, 2012 04:26 PM
A child sponsorship report from Meru in Kenya. Written in 2011.
Footballers highlight the looming food crisis in Niger and across the Sahel
Jan 27, 2012 04:01 PM
With press attention on the African Cup of Nations, footballers from West Africa have made an appeal for the international community to act quickly over the looming food crisis across the Sahel region.
Continuing the fight against HIV/AIDS in Tanzania and the rest of the world
Jan 27, 2012 09:23 AM
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is the world’s largest provider of financial investment in health services and this week marks its 10th anniversary.
Child workers in the cotton fields of India
Jan 25, 2012 04:56 PM
There are an estimated 215 million child workers worldwide and nearly two-thirds of those (aged 5-17 years) work in agriculture, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Support for former child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Jan 24, 2012 01:32 PM
Despite efforts to end the practice of using child soldiers, up to 300,000 children worldwide are caught up in fighting each year, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Staying free of polio in Bangladesh
Jan 23, 2012 04:51 PM
Having launched a nationwide immunization programme at the beginning of January, Bangladesh is now using mobile health workers to reach around 560,000 children across the country who have yet to be vaccinated against polio.
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