2. PROGRAMS MISSIONS AND VALUES
The Mission of SOS Children's Villages:
• To build families for children in need
• To help children shape their own futures
• To share in the development of their
communities
The Values of SOS Children Villages:
COURAGE: They take action,
COMMITMENT: They keep their promises,
TRUST: They believe in each other,
ACCOUNTABILITY: They are reliable partners.

3. SOS EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
• SOS Emergency Relief Program are
known to have empathy and help
areas hit by:
• Natural disasters like floods,
hurricanes, volcanic eruptions,
earthquakes, or landslides that impact
many families around the globe.
• Global food crisis because of
Skyrocketing prices for basic food and
energy that put many children in a
weak position.
• Armed conflict such as wars, armed
conflicts and persecution.

4. INPUTS
• To effectively run this
organization it is important to
have Income: SOS Children’s
Villages relay on donations
from all over the world.
• Program runs on a staff of child
care co-workers, such as:
• SOS mothers
• family assistants
• youth workers
• family strengthening co-
workers.

5. INPUTS (CONTINUED)
• The children in this organization grow • SOS Children's Villages frequently
up in an environment that is within provides its family strengthening and
their own culture. To provide this childcare services within existing
particular requirement SOS Children's social care structures. These are
Villages are therefore exclusively coordinated by government
allocated by national SOS Children's departments or existing agencies and
Villages Associations, which are provided by local, regional or
coordinate the work The national national social care services.
associations employ people locally. In
• Internationally, they cooperate with UN
this way, they support local labor
agencies, the European Union and
markets and give opportunities to
Council of Europe, as well as NGO
people in the countries where SOS
networks regarding issues that have
Children's Villages are present.
an impact on the rights and needs of
the children.

6. PROCESS
• SOS Children's Villages sets up food • They work with disadvantaged families
supply centers in famine- and drought- in order to prevent crises that can lead
stricken areas. to family separation.
• In the aftermath of natural disasters, • Their aim is, to build the skills and
food packages, medical supplies, capacities of carriers and of their
emergency accommodation or building communities so that children can enjoy
material for reconstruction are positive and caring relationships.
provided.
• They strengthen SOS families and
• Although emergency relief programs foster families, which provide stable
are set up as temporary initially they and consistent care to children who
can foment facilities long-term help cannot remain in their family of origin.
the community.
• They assigned SOS mothers to
orphans

7. PROCESS (CONTINUED)
• They have direct services for children • SOS Children’s Villages strengthen
and their families who don’t have the abilities of duty bearers, teachers
education, doctors or what their children
need and work with local partners to
and principals, schools, kindergartens,
make it possible. education authorities and parents.
• They organize trainings for • Through advocacy actions, they aim to
families, care-givers and for other duty improve the overall framework
bearers and service providers to share conditions for children whose parents
knowledge about child care, parenting cannot take care of them, or who are
and child protection.
at risk of losing the care of their
• They help families be financially self- families. They do this by bringing
sufficient by helping them develop about changes in policies and
income generating activities.
practices that weaken children’s rights.
example : increasing their access to job skills
through life skills training and through
empowerment of care givers.

8. OUTPUTS
• SOS Children’s Villages is an
independent, non-governmental
social development organization.
• Since its founding in 1949, SOS
Children’s Villages has expanded
to over 500 villages in 133
countries.
• They are currently raising over
80,000 children in their villages
and through many education,
family strengthening, medical, and
outreach programs, they impact
the lives of over 1 million people
each year.

9. OUTCOMES
• SOS Children's Villages aims to help improve the situation of vulnerable children in many
ways and by working with partners at different levels:
• They make child care, education, and health care available to children and their families
directly.
• They help families and communities to become strong so they can take care of their
children better and organize child care, education and health care.
• They help to improve the policies and practices of the state.

10. COMMUNITY NEED
• It is predicted that in 2013 over five • The quality of schooling remains low.
million children will die globally of Many children, especially girls, are
preventative causes before reaching obliged to contribute to family income,
their fifth birthday. Respiratory and drop out of school as a result.
diseases, diarrhea and malaria will
• Global economic crisis has severely
significantly contribute to the death
affected parents’ caring and coping
toll.
abilities.
• Millions suffer lack access to
• Family poverty has made more
affordable basic health services.
children vulnerable to violence, abuse,
Preventative health education, though
neglect and exploitation. The
cost effective, is underutilized in
psychological cost of poverty is
developing countries.
humiliation, despair, and a sense of
shame and failure.

11. HOPE IS INTERNATIONAL
• John could not talk, he had a very big
stomach, he had jiggers (parasitic
insects that lay eggs under the skin) on
his feet, hands, penis and mouth. They
had really eaten him up and he was
shaking like he had a fever. His house
was made of mud which propagated
jiggers.
• By aligning curative and preventative
healthcare, governments can save lives.
Basic health care must be made
available and affordable to all. Donors
and governments that allocate more
funds to preventative healthcare will see
improvements in maternal health. By
providing relevant information and
training to the poorest
communities, health education initiatives
can provide a cost effective method of
healthcare.

12. SHUTTLE WORTH FOUNDATION
Shuttleworth Foundation Critical Action
• Shuttleworth Foundation sends a • They are active participants in shaping
dedicate team that is brought from ones world.
different parts of the world to serve • They teach children and families to
one commitment. become a committed and responsible
• They commit to adopt projects and learners.
award fellowship that carry the • They encourage parents to take critical
common focus on defending the rights action after reading and learning child
of individuals in terms of information development.
and knowledge exchange.
• They investigate the needs in ones
community.
• They encourage children to learn and
have metacognitive abilities while
learning.
• They inform the parents about nutrition
and discipline.

13. PERSONAL CONNECTION
• I can connect to this foundations mission because everyday I am taking
action by, taking care of children that don’t have dads. I treat them like family
and help them learn manners. I have a kind disposition and I make sure
they feel secure and give them the opportunity to grow as individuals.
Currently I help my mom take care of 5 children who live in poverty. We cook
for them and help them with their homework. We provide utilities such as
computers and printers to help them succeed in their school requirements. I
take time to tutor them and listen to them.
• I donate money to different foundations dedicated to help orphans.
• I donate clothes and utilities for an orphanage in Tijuana and I supported my
mom when she went over there too volunteer and cut hair to all the children
that needed hair cuts.
• I also did community service in Santa Ana to feed the homeless children.

14. GET INVOLVED !!! 
• With your support we can undergird a future for
those who are unable to help themselves. Children
need our help. There are three ways to get involved:
• International sponsorship - Sponsor a Child.
• International online donations.
• Send an e-card: Capture the magic of SOS
Children's Villages and personalize and send your
greetings via E-card. They are free, but if you would
like to make a $25 donation to SOS Children's
Villages, they would appreciate it.
• Join the SOS Children’s Villages communities on
Facebook and MySpace to meet people with similar
interests and network together to help orphaned and
abandoned children around the globe.