The
special feature of SOS Children's Villages is that they are not
traditional orphanages; they provide homes for orphans and abandoned
children with a warm family type environment. An SOS Village provides
children with loving care and instills in them a sense of confidence
so that they live normal lives and develop to their full pontential.
Each
SOS Village consists of 15 to 20 family houses besides a community
hall, administrative office, nursery school, grocery shop, mosque,
dispensary, infirmary, workshop, essential staff residences, adequate
playgrounds and vegetable gardens.
In
each home, 8 to 10 children are looked after by a trained mother.
Mothers are selected with great care. They usually are single women,
often widows without their own families, and are thus able to commit
themselves completely to the responsibility of living in a SOS Village.
A
Village Director is responsible for the administration of each Village
and is assisted by other well trained staff.
Youth
Homes are established in conjunction with all SOS Villages and boys,
on reaching adolescence, are shifted there. They receive professional
education or technical training, according to their aptitude, and
leave the organisation only when they are capable of earning their
own livelihood. Girls continue to live in the Village until they
are married.
Great
stress is laid on giving the children a good education as this is
what will make all the difference in their future lives. All children
are encouraged to obtain higher education, if they have the necessary
merit. Due emphasis is given to religious studies and a mosque is
a part of every Village complex.
The
special feature of SOS Children's Villages is that they are not
traditional orphanages; they provide homes for orphans and abandoned
children with a warm family type environment. An SOS Village provides
children with loving care and instills in them a sense of confidence
so that they live normal lives and develop to their full pontential.
Each
SOS Village consists of 15 to 20 family houses besides a community
hall, administrative office, nursery school, grocery shop, mosque,
dispensary, infirmary, workshop, essential staff residences, adequate
playgrounds and vegetable gardens.
In
each home, 8 to 10 children are looked after by a trained mother.
Mothers are selected with great care. They usually are single women,
often widows without their own families, and are thus able to commit
themselves completely to the responsibility of living in a SOS Village.
A
Village Director is responsible for the administration of each Village
and is assisted by other well trained staff.
Youth
Homes are established in conjunction with all SOS Villages and boys,
on reaching adolescence, are shifted there. They receive professional
education or technical training, according to their aptitude, and
leave the organisation only when they are capable of earning their
own livelihood. Girls continue to live in the Village until they
are married.
Great
stress is laid on giving the children a good education as this is
what will make all the difference in their future lives. All children
are encouraged to obtain higher education, if they have the necessary
merit. Due emphasis is given to religious studies and a mosque is
a part of every Village complex.
