An SOS mother holding her boy in her arms at Children's Village Rio Bonitom, in Brazil.
In Brazil SOS works to supporting families so that children can have a healthy and happy childhood. I found this report about the kinds of activites SOS Children does with families in Brazil. The report tells of the work done in 2005, when 120 families were supported with home visits, meetings, and interviews, and in Jacarepaguá, in Rio de Janeiro, over 340 families were helped. Here is the report:
- Lisa
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An SOS mother holding her boy in her arms at Children's Village Rio Bonitom, in Brazil.
In Brazil SOS works to supporting families so that children can have a healthy and happy childhood. I found this report about the kinds of activites SOS Children does with families in Brazil. The report tells of the work done in 2005, when 120 families were supported with home visits, meetings, and interviews, and in Jacarepaguá, in Rio de Janeiro, over 340 families were helped. Here is the report:
In Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul), social support was offered to fmailies thanks to a partnership with the Centro Universitário Franciscano.
Many families also participated in a variety of workshops and courses on income generation and professional qualification in areas such as education, gardening, computer science, day-care center management, clerical assistance and child education. 265 people benefited in this way.
Another example is São Bernardo do Campo, in Great Sao Paulo, where SOS gave family support to 119 families in need. They were provided with information regarding health care, family development, adaptation between parents and children at school, women's health, domestic economy, family income, cookery, hairdressing, manicure, and others.
The organization gives special attention to cities in which an important number of vulnerable children are identified. Presently there are 13 programs of child abandonment prevention operating in different cities of the country, in which thousands of children, youth, and families of the community are benefited. They are located in the regions of Manaus (AM), Lauro de Freitas (BA), Engenho do Meio (PE), Jacarepaguá and Pedra Bonita (RJ), Juiz de Fora (MG), João Pessoa (PB), Caicó (RN), Santa Maria (RS) and Rio Bonito, Poá and São Bernardo do Campo.
- Mary
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The view out to sea from Ban Had Saidum village in Tsunami affected Thailand.
"Tsunami village" opens in Thailand
On 24th January 2009 SOS Children's Village Phuket was opened. It is one of the six that were built in the region after the tsunami disaster. Phuket is mainly remembered as the place where the most tourists lost their lives in the tidal wave. Yet many inhabitants of the coastal region were also seriously affected by the disaster.
The SOS Children's Village in Phuket bears witness to the great international solidarity that was shown towards tsunami victims from both Thailand and abroad, who died there on 26 December 2004. With the help of donations from throught the world.
In the presence of many guests from Thailand and abroad, the president of SOS Children's Villages Thailand, Norawat Charoen-Rajapark, expressed his thanks for the financial and emotional support that had been given. Thirty five years of experience in Thailand were reflected in the village, which will be another place to protect children in need.
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