November 2009
Children denied schooling because of poor eyesight
Nov 02, 2009 12:00 PM
Hundreds of thousands of children in Pakistan are missing out on school because they have eyesight problems and their parents can’t afford to get them treated or buy a pair of glasses.
Plight of Israel’s 783,600 children living in poverty
Nov 03, 2009 12:00 PM
Postal Strike with a Silver Lining
Nov 03, 2009 12:00 PM
US lifts AIDS travel ban
Nov 03, 2009 12:00 PM
Ukraine closes schools amid flu outbreak
Nov 03, 2009 12:00 PM
United Nations pulls support for Congo
Nov 03, 2009 12:00 PM
Bangladeshi children abused
Nov 04, 2009 12:00 PM
Parents accuse Sierra Leone charity of forced adoptions
Nov 04, 2009 12:00 PM
Botswana teens find refuge at club
Nov 05, 2009 12:00 PM
Child refugees’ mental health at risk
Nov 05, 2009 12:00 PM
Rescuing Brazil children from lives of violence and drugs
Nov 06, 2009 12:00 PM
Women and children killed as starving villagers attacked
Nov 06, 2009 12:00 PM
Children taught handwashing to fight cholera in Zambia
Nov 06, 2009 12:00 PM
El Salvador hurricane kills 124 and leaves thousands homeless
Nov 09, 2009 12:00 PM
Brazilian recycling project gives women and homeless an income
Nov 09, 2009 12:00 PM
Chewing gum to fight malnutrition
Nov 10, 2009 12:00 PM
Children’s rights protected by new law in Tanzania
Nov 10, 2009 12:00 PM
SOS Children El Salvador suffers severe structural damage following hurricane Ida
Nov 11, 2009 12:00 PM
Thousands homeless after El Salvador floods now face food shortage
Nov 11, 2009 12:00 PM
Ethiopia police trained to protect street children
Nov 11, 2009 12:00 PM
Despair and hope for babies in Morocco
Nov 11, 2009 12:00 PM
Thousands more ready to flee flood-soaked Somalia
Nov 11, 2009 12:00 PM
Burkina Faso's first lady calls for female circumcision ban
Nov 11, 2009 12:00 PM
Breast feeding urged to reverse South Asia’s masses of malnourished children
Nov 12, 2009 12:00 PM
Drug firm donates 50m swine flu jabs to poorest nations
Nov 12, 2009 12:00 PM
Haiti’s children and families still need help a year after hurricanes
Nov 13, 2009 12:00 PM
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children: On the way to the United Nations General Assembly
Nov 13, 2009 12:00 PM
Children die as schools collapse in China’s abnormal snow
Nov 13, 2009 12:00 PM
Crunch means countries need to rethink HIV/Aids spending
Nov 13, 2009 12:00 PM
New improved schools replace hundreds destroyed in Pakistan quake
Nov 16, 2009 12:00 PM
Thousands of schoolchildren in Pakistan will get to go to brand new schools in Pakistan through a drive to ‘build back better’ in areas where schools were destroyed in the 2005 earthquake.
Children and families in deeper trouble as Philippines aid appeal doubles
Nov 19, 2009 09:10 AM
Children and families who survived the deadly storms and typhoons in the Philippines now face hunger and health problems
Orphans lose touch with Zambian cultural identity
Nov 19, 2009 09:15 AM
Hundreds of thousands of Aids orphans growing up in Zambia have lost touch with their tribal roots, because no one has been there to teach them about their culture. There about were 600 000 AIDS orphans living in Zambia.
Africa accused of masking true scale of hunger crisis
Nov 19, 2009 09:15 AM
In the next few months 6.2 million Ethiopians will need food aid. Twenty-five years since the famine that killed about one million Ethiopians, the country still can’t feed at least 12 million of its people.
Slumdog star highlights 40 million invisible children
Nov 19, 2009 09:20 AM
Slumdog Millionaire actor Anil Kapoor and Archbishop Desmond Tutu told a London conference how a drive to register all children born in the world’s poorest countries, has turned around millions of young lives
Hundreds of British children could be being trafficked, Barnardo's says
Nov 19, 2009 09:20 AM
Hundreds of British children may be being groomed for sexual exploitation by networks of men, suggests research from a children’s charity.
Ruud van Nistelrooy visits SOS Children's Villages Spain
Nov 19, 2009 10:30 AM
Dutch football icon Ruud van Nistelrooy visited the SOS Children's Village El Escorial in Madrid, together with his wife Leontien. Van Nistelrooy has been an Ambassador for SOS Children's Villages for ten years.
Kenya turfs thousands of families from illegal homes
Nov 19, 2009 02:35 PM
Twenty thousand Kenyan families have left the farms they had set up home in illegally
SOS Children's Villages El Salvador helps families who lost everything to Hurricane Ida
Nov 19, 2009 04:05 PM
In the aftermath of the tropical storm that devastated parts of El Salvador at the beginning of this month, SOS Children's Villages has launched an emergency relief programme, handing out basic food supplies and advice on hygiene and sanitation to those families who were hit hardest by Hurricane Ida.
Nigeria’s lost generation of child beggars
Nov 20, 2009 10:15 AM
Child beggars are pouring into Nigeria's cities in a growing trend that is worrying authorities and residents.
Family Matters ii-2009
Nov 20, 2009 10:31 AM
The second edition of Family Matters in 2009 is now available
Millions of children still suffer, 20 years after child protection pact
Nov 20, 2009 12:10 PM
Twenty years after a landmark agreement to protect children, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are malnourished.
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Nov 20, 2009 02:15 PM
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), SOS Children’s Villages and the Council of Europe have published a youth friendly version of the rights of children in alternative care together.
24 million children without parents
Nov 20, 2009 04:10 PM
There are at least 24 million children growing up without a parent and in poor countries their number is growing rapidly
TB’s AIDS link stigma stopping people seeking treatment in Kenya
Nov 23, 2009 09:20 AM
The taboo subject of TB infection being linked to Aids and HIV is a major obstacle to persuading people to seek early diagnosis and treatment in Kenya warn health experts.
United Nations adopt a resolution welcoming the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
Nov 23, 2009 11:04 AM
SOS Children's Villages is very pleased to announce that on 20 November 2009 the United Nations General Assembly in New York adopted a resolution welcoming the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.
Lamzira's story: SOS Children's Villages Georgia
Nov 23, 2009 12:06 PM
Born and raised in Sukhumi, in today's breakaway region of Abkhazia, Lamzira hoped for a quiet peaceful life as a librarian, wife and mother. Soon after graduating from the local university, she married and gave birth to a baby daughter. This is her story.
'Witch children' in Africa
Nov 23, 2009 04:55 PM
Child trafficking, witchcraft and child labour are among the main threats to childhood in Togo. The situation of children is aggravated by poverty and the collapse of family structures.
Children need army protection on school run
Nov 24, 2009 08:55 AM
Going to school and home safely is something children all over the world take for granted. But, for Palestinian children living in the shadow of the conflict on the West Bank, simply walking to school can be terrifying.
Kenya to test one million for Aids
Nov 24, 2009 08:55 AM
More than one million Kenyans are expected to get tested for HIV during a national campaign.
Gaza Blog: Flashes from daily life in the Gaza Strip
Nov 24, 2009 01:45 PM
A blog written by Professor Kamil Shamil, an employee of SOS Children's Villages Palestine. Find out from Kamil what daily life is like for children living in the Gaza Strip and how, through education and counselling, SOS Children is making a difference to their lives.
Quintessentially Foundation Event for SOS Children
Nov 24, 2009 07:55 PM
The Quintessentially Foundation is staging a "POP" event on Mon 7 Dec in The House of St Barnabas at No.1 Greek Street, Soho. Tickets for this exclusive event in support of SOS Children are just £50.
Refugee children suffer malnutrition in Yemen
Nov 25, 2009 08:35 AM
People who have fled fighting in the north of Yemen face malnutrition and the risk of a cholera outbreak, the United Nations has warned.
New HIV infections in decline
Nov 25, 2009 11:55 AM
The HIV pandemic, which started 28 years ago, is officially in decline
Children affected by AIDS meet ‘Dustin the Turkey’ in South Africa
Nov 25, 2009 04:01 PM
Children ARE showed the Irish TV character and workers for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) the challenges they face growing up in rural south Africa.
Men must stand up to violence against women, urges UN
Nov 25, 2009 05:20 PM
Three out of four women worldwide experience violence by men. The United Nations is reaching out to men to help as it launches a global campaign to end violence against women.
Children among thousands in Pakistan trapped into working for pittance
Nov 26, 2009 01:54 PM
Hundreds of thousands of so-called bonded child labourers at are forced to work seven days a week in Pakistan's brick kilns.
China executes child traffickers
Nov 27, 2009 09:40 AM
Two men found guilty of abducting and selling 15 children have been executed in China.
Climate change fuels war in Africa
Nov 27, 2009 09:44 AM
Global warming has been a major force behind civil war in Africa, research shows - and future climate change is likely to raise the number of people killed in conflict.
Women uprooted from homes in Columbia need proper aid, says report
Nov 27, 2009 03:21 PM
Thousands of homeless women and girls many of whom are victims of sexual violence and abuse, are not getting the help they need, says aid agency Refugees International.
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