Welcome to SOS Children’s Villages South Africa

SOS Children's Villages will work to reunite children and their families and will ensure that these children are safe and protected during this time of insecurity and unclarity. All efforts must be taken to reunite families and to help them rebuild their lives.

In addition, SOS Children's Villages Haiti will provide emergency care for unaccompanied children and take all necessary steps to reunite children with their family. Only in cases where reunification efforts have been exhausted (approx 6-12 months) will SOS Children's Villages, together with the local authorities, child protection services and the child, seek other permanent care solutions, be it in an SOS Children's Village or any other alternative care form which works in the best interest of each individual child.

The emergency relief programme of SOS Children's Villages in Haiti includes the following actions:

• Relief supplies for children and families (food, medicine clothing, shelter material etc.)
• Temporary care for unaccompanied children in our two SOS Children's Villages in Santo and Cap Haitien and other SOS facilities e.g. the SOS School in Santo
• Psychosocial support for traumatised children and their families
• Reunification programmes for unaccompanied children
• Help families rebuild their houses and their lives with comprehensive social programmes (counselling, vocational training, income generating etc.)
• Help communities rebuild infrastructure e.g. schools

Please help us raise funds for our children in Haiti by clicking here - please remember to put the reference "Haiti SOS". Thank you for your help!

We take action for orphaned and abandoned children by building and strengthening families for them to live in and grow with love, security and respect.

SOS Children's Villages build families for orphaned and abandoned children. Eight to ten children are cared for in small family-type homes, the SOS families, and are raised like brothers and sisters.

The head of the family is the SOS Mother, who provides the children with the affection and security they need for their sound development.

This is supported by the Village-based Child and Youth Development team.