



If you are child or young person,
you have the right to care and protection
under all circumstances.

JOINT STATEMENT
More than idle words: time for EU Member States to commit to the rights of all children in and outside the EU!
October 18 2021 – SOS Children’s Villages and other organizations have been advocating for an inclusive EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child.

MENTAL HEALTH
New online course on trauma-informed care
October 18 2021 – There has been an increasing recognition of the need to train professionals working with and for children in applying trauma-informed practices. The course offers an introduction to and insights to the topic.

JOINT STATEMENT
Teaming up with unaccompanied children and youth
October 14 2021 – The TeamUp programme helps children and young people affected by trauma process emotions and regain safety and stability through play and other movement-based activities.

MENTAL HEALTH
Trisha's story: Writing to escape pain in the real world
October 13 2021 – Community mental health care models, integrated into family strengthening programmes, can train helpers to provide mental health support.

MENTAL HEALTH
When we understand trauma, we can learn how to deal with it
October 8 2021 – If trauma is addressed at an early age, children can learn mechanisms that will enable them to heal and support their development.

MEXICO
Mexican women take the future into their own hands
September 25 2021 – A group of women in a rural community builds opportunities through a bread-making business.
We work to ensure that
no child grows up alone
Every child has the right to belong to
a family and grow with love, respect
and security.
LEARN ABOUT OUR WORK
What we do
Give children a loving home

Make families stronger

Promote children's rights

Protect children in emergencies


Impact on children's lives
SOS Children’s Villages associations worldwide are helping hundreds of thousands of children, young people and families providing quality care, empowering families and communities and helping to ensure that children’s rights are met.

About us
SOS Children’s Villages strongly condemns all forms of violence and harm against children. Every SOS Children’s Villages’ co-worker has the responsibility to report any child safeguarding concern immediately.

Report a child safety concern
SOS Children’s Villages strongly condemns all forms of violence and harm against children. Every SOS Children’s Villages’ co-worker has the responsibility to report any child safeguarding concern immediately.