Blogs

Mozambique

Three Peas in a Pod

17.12.2018 - Triplets Bella, Ernestina and Esperanca lost their mother shortly after they were born in the Inhambane province of Mozambique. The girls have found a loving home with their SOS carer Joana at the SOS village community in Inhassoro.

Somaliland

Children face famine in the Horn of Africa

14.12.2018 - A succession of droughts and floods in the Horn of Africa have left 15 million people food-insecure. Halimo lost her home and livelihood in the crisis, now SOS Children's Villages is helping her feed her family.

Iraq

Usuf: A child soldier’s story

27.11.2018 - Usuf was kidnapped by ISIS when he was 11 years old and forced to become a child soldier. SOS Children’s Villages trauma counsellors are helping Usuf cope with the abuse and loss he endured and rebuild his life.

Zambia

Tackling child homelessness in Livingstone

21.11.2018 - Nine-year-old Thandi has been homeless for a third of his life. SOS Children’s Villages has found the family a home where they will be safe from crime and abuse.

Zimbabwe

Helping girls like Tunda stay in school

16.11.2018 - When Tunda's father died, her family could not afford to send her to school. We are helping schools set up their own business to fund scholarships for vulnerable children.

Zimbabwe

Elube’s story: “I am too old to care for these children alone”

16.10.2018 - Elube is a single mother to her seven grandchildren in rural Zimbabwe. With the help of the SOS family strengthening programme, she can care for her grandchildren.