Introduction to our work in SOS Children's Villages Finland. 2015.

1. A LOVING HOME
FOR EVERY CHILD

2. WHY we are needed...

3. FAMILIES are not supported in
time.

4. Over 90 000 CHILDREN need
support from child welfare.
THL 2014

5. In Finland NEARLY18 000
children can’t live with their own
families.

6. WHAT is the focus
of our activities…

7. We believe that every child needs a loving
home to flourish in and we help families in Finla
and around the world to make it happen.

8. VISION: Every child belongs to a family
and grows with love, respect and security.
MISSION: SOS Children’s Villages Finland helps
children and adolescents to grow up in a family both
in Finland and around the world.

9. Every child is unique,
and so is the way we
work...

10. Whatever we do, the well-being of
children and families is at the centre.

11. We support families at early stage
before problems are too severe.

12. We provide individualized and tailored
support
for children and families.

13. Siblings can stay together.

14. We provide strong support for youth in
the transition from care to independent
living.

15. We work in close cooperation with
communities and partners.

16. We work with different types of families:
Biological
Families
SOS Families Foster
Families

17. HOW do we help…

18. • We organize family cafes
• We provide trainings and
seminars
• We offer hobbies and
camping activities
Preventative measures
SOS Finland is supporting families at early stage.

19. • Family work and family
rehabilitation
• Support family and support
person
• Camps for children and families
• Support for hobbies and studies
• Theraplay-therapy
• Supported and monitored visits
SOS Finland offers diverse open care services for over 100
children each month.
Open care

20. Around 170 children are placed on SOS families, foster
families and youth facility.
• Foster families (training and
support)
• Family based care in SOS
Children‘s Villages
• Institutional care in youth
facility (+ home school)
Foster care

21. Support for adolescents and young adults
• Accommodation trials
• After care
• Follow-up care (support
for young adults older
than 21 years)

22. • Group homes in Espoo,
Jyväskylä and
Haapajärvi for children
under 16 years.
• The group homes offer
immediate protection,
safety and care.
SOS Finland is helping unaccompanied minors seeking asylum.
Group homes

23. • Tapiola in Espoo (1966)
• Punkaharju (1972)
• Jyväskylä (1974)
• Ylitornio (1979)
• Vihanti (1982)
• Kaarina (2003)
• Tampere (2012)
• Central Office in Helsinki
 SOS Children’s Villages Finland was founded in 1962.
SOS Finland

24. HOW do we advocate
in the society…

25. We promote and advocate for children‘s rights.
Advocacy
• We encourage decision-makers
to bear responsibility for children
and families in vulnerable
situations.
• We create partnerships with
municipalities, organizations and
other actors.
• We support participation of
children and adolescents.

26. Family and it‘s needs have to be put at the centre. We search for
solutions together with municipalities.
New model to support families
 Provide support based on needs of
the family - not the system.
 From shattered services into solutions
that take into account individialized
needs of the family.
 We develop SOS Finland’s acitivities
and know-how as a provider of
preventative measures and as a
contributor for well-being.
 SOS Finland will be an important
partner for municipalities.

27. SOS Finland raises funds to help children and families in Finland
and around the world.
How to support SOS activities
• Sporadic donations
• Monthly donors for
SOS work in Finland
• Child sponsors for
international SOS work
• Legacies
• Cooperation with corporates
• Funding from foundations

28. Where the money comes from
77%
14%
7%
1% 1%
SOS Finland, revenues 2014
Care fees, 12 298 700 €
Revenues from fundraising, 2 311
800 €
Revenues from investment and
funding activity, 1 073 500 €
Grants, 154 000 €
Other revenues, 214 200 €

29. Expenditures by type
57%28%
9%
1%
5%
SOS Finland, expenses 2014
Personnel expenses, 9 193 700 €
User fees, 4 420 500 €
Homes' care expenses, 1 452 800 €
Investment and funding activity
expenses, 137 200 €
Other expenses, 790 200 €

30. HOW we help around
the world…

31. 151 MILLION children worldwide
have lost one or both parents.
UNICEF 2011

32.  We work with children, families, communities and states to prevent family breakdown
and ensure that every child's right to family, protection, education and health care are
fulfilled.
SOS Children‘s Villages International
• Family Strengthening
• Family-based child care
• Education and life skills
• Health care
• Emergency response
• Child rights advocacy

33. The first SOS Children‘s Village was built in Imst, Austria
in 1949.
Nowadays SOS Children‘s Villages is working in
134 countries and territories around the world.
SOS Children’s Villages globally

34. Where the children live
410,800 children, youth
and parents globally*
Latin
America Africa &
Middle East
Asia
Western
Europe
& North
America
Central & Eastern
Europe, CIS,
Baltics
* in SOS Children‘s Villages, youth programmes and family strengthening programmes
160,400
101,600
21,200
18,100
109,500

35. ”All the children of the world are our children.”
(Hermann Gmeiner, founder of SOS Children’s
Villages)

36. SOS Finland‘s supports for global activities
• SOS child sponsors
• Development cooperation
funded with support of the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Economic support for SOS
organizations in developing
countries
• Emergency fundraising

37. ”Just imagine, how much
there is space for love
in this world we are
living in!”
Albin Gebhardt,
Founder of SOS Children‘s Villages
Finland
www.sos-lapsikyla.fi
www.sos-childrensvillages.org