SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES UK
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Mission Statement
We exist to help orphans, vulnerable children and children at risk lead a fuller life by providing a home, a family, a mother to a core group of children in our villages and other support such as education and medical care for a much larger group.
About This Cause
We believe that every child should belong to a family and grow up with love, respect and security. For over 60 years, we have been working to achieve this around the world. We support vulnerable children, families and their communities to flourish in several ways: We prevent children from ending up alone or abandoned by supporting families in need. If a child can no longer live with their family, we provide long-term family care in an SOS Children's Village. We provide quality education and healthcare in these communities. We give orphaned and abandoned children a loving home. Children in our care live in a unique community called an SOS Children's Village. Here, they grow up in a loving family home, and are cared for by a committed SOS mother. There are several SOS families in a Children's Village. We know each child by name, and support their individual needs until they are independent adults. In 134 countries, we provide long-term care for almost 62,000 children in 547 SOS Children's Villages. Each child that lives in an SOS Children's Village receives quality education and healthcare. When we build facilities such as an SOS Nursery for young children, an SOS School, or an SOS Medical Centre, we welcome the local community to use them too. Globally, over 130,000 children attend SOS Nurseries and Schools. Through our community outreach programmes, we help families care for their children. Our priority is that children stay with their biological or extended family, and our local partners work to make this possible via tailored services for families. Our established local networks mean we're well placed to help children and families during emergencies. If you agree that every child should grow up in a loving family home, the best way to help is to sponsor a child or sponsor a Children's Village. You can sponsor in most of the countries where we work, and will see your sponsored child growing up through the regular updates you will receive. 100% of your sponsorship will be used for the care of children, so you know that every penny makes a difference to a child's life. We were founded in 1949 to give long-term care to children who had lost their homes or families in the Second World War. We continue this work worldwide, and as a non-denominational and apolitical charity we always respect the religions and cultures of the local community. We uphold the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and work to defend these rights around the world. Orphaned and abandoned children require long-term, dedicated support. This requires working with local authorities and governments, who generally have legal responsibility for them. As such, we co-operate with all governments. This method has allowed us to continue to help vulnerable children in places like Zimbabwe where other organisations have had to leave. We are a charity which creates nurturing families, not headlines. We invest in communities, not in media presence. This way, we keep our admin costs low while delivering the best support to children at risk.