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SOS Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental, nonprofit international development organization headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria. The organization provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to families facing difficulties and supports children and young people without parental care or at risk of losing it.
The school was established in 1990 as a project of SOS Kinderdorf to educate the most academically promising students growing up in SOS-Children's Villages across the continent of Africa. These countries include: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Eswatini, Lesotho, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
In 2014 they were commissioned by SOS Children's Villages to produce "Drumming Together for Change: A Child’s Right to Quality Care in Sub-Saharan Africa" report based on a synthesis of eight assessments of the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children in Benin, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and ...
23 June 1919. Alberschwende, Vorarlberg, Republic of German-Austria. Died. 26 April 1986. (1986-04-26) (aged 66) Innsbruck, Austria. Hermann Gmeiner (23 June 1919 – 26 April 1986) was an Austrian philanthropist and the founder of SOS Children's Villages.
SOS Children's Villages – USA has been in operation since 1969 and has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. Headquartered in Washington D.C., SOS Children's Villages - USA strives to create awareness and build support for SOS villages around the world. FOUR PILLARS. SOS Children's Villages – USA works to ensure that every vulnerable and orphaned ...
Child labour is common in Tanzania with millions working. [1] : page 593 It is more common with girls rather than boys. [2] Girls are commonly employed as domestic servants, sometimes by force. [1] : page 594 Poor children in particular are trafficked internally for commercial sexual exploitation. [1] : page 594 Tanzania ratified the Convention ...
SOS Children's Villages UK, is an international children's charity based in Cambridge in the United Kingdom. It is part of the international federation SOS Children's Villages – the largest international charity dedicated to the care of children who have lost parental care. Internationally, SOS Children's Villages works in 136 countries and ...
The Shinyanga region, which once belonged to the Sukuma territory, is situated 20 to 160 kilometres south of Lake Victoria. The area is located between 2 and 3 degrees Southern latitude and 31 and 35 Eastern longitude. In the northwestern region of Tanzania, it is a component of the Lake Zone.