Zambia + 1 more
A prolonged drought in Zimbabwe and the southern part of Zambia, crop failure, the aftermath of cyclone Idai and macro-economic challenges, led to acute food insecurity at the start of 2020. Heavy...
By Sofía García García, Representative to the UN and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber, Communications Advisor Advocacy at SOS Children’s Villages International One year on...
UK + 1 more
Nearly 200 UK humanitarian, development and domestic charity leaders and leaders, including The National Federation of Women’s Institutes, Save the Children, Greenpeace UK, UNICEF UK and Friends of...
By nature, human beings have a deep desire to know who they are to feel valued, respected and connected. People acquire identity from various sources and this forms the foundation that helps them to...
Joint News Release Bangkok, 11 October 2020 - Six of the world’s largest child-focused international development sector organisations comprised of World Vision International, ChildFund Alliance, Plan...
Greece + 1 more
My name is Kourosh. I am 17 years old and I am from Iran. It is almost a year and a month since I have been living in refugee camps in Lesbos (Moria and KaraTepe refugee camps). Right now, the living...
Greece + 1 more
Steffen Braasch, CEO of SOS Children’s Villages International, issued the following statement following the fires at the Moria camp on Lesbos which left some 13,000 people without any shelter and...
Over the past days devastating fires burnt down the Moria Registration and Identification Center and surrounding areas, the EU Hotspot on the Greek island Lesvos. The fires have left thousands of...
By Amelia Andrews Child representatives and care leavers from South East Asia have called for increased support for continuing education, psychosocial care, finding jobs and affordable housing in the...
Introduction The EU’s intention to develop a comprehensive Child Rights Strategy represents an important opportunity for the EU to champion the rights of the child within its borders and across the...
Brazil currently has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world. Michéle Mansor, programme director for SOS Children's Villages Brazil, says the poor -- particularly those living in...
New user-friendly version of UN resolution SOS Children’s Villages International has launched a user-friendly version of the 2019 UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child focusing on children without...
Ecuador + 1 more
Over four million people have left Venezuela. The UN agency for refugees (UNHCR) estimates that 25,000 unaccompanied children and youth have travelled to neighbouring countries to escape the violence...
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
DAKAR, Senegal - Although the coronavirus has been slow to take hold on the continent, hotspots have emerged with a scale and depth of financial shock forcing many families to resort to child labour...
World + 16 more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest shocks to global stability since World War II. Before the pandemic, more than half of all children worldwide lived in daily exposure to...
Cases of female genital mutilation on the rise Child rights organisations working in Somalia led by SOS Children's Villages, Save the Children and Plan International have expressed deep concerns on...
“Children’s press conference” speaks out on the devastating impact of Covid-19 - New report shows increasing threats to children’s protection and wellbeing Children from all over Uganda are taking...
Will we listen to them? – Children and young people tell us about the massive impacts that the COVID19 crisis has already had on their lives and what we still need to do to win the fight against the...
As COVID-19 continues to progress around the world, Cambodia has emerged as one of the rare success stories. With zero known community transmission and only two imported cases in more than 6 weeks,...
World + 1 more
Latin America has been declared the new epicentre of the global COVID-19 pandemic. With weak healthcare systems, informal economies and high levels of inequality, the crisis presents an unprecedented...