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Children at SOS Children's Villages in Kandalaksha in Russia. The Second World War resulted in many children becoming homeless and orphaned. Hermann Gmeiner (23 June 1919 – 26 April 1986), who himself participated in the war as an Austrian soldier, founded the first SOS Children's Village in Imst in the Austrian Federal State of Tyrol in 1949 together with Maria Hofer, Josef Jestl, Ludwig ...
ADVOCACY: SOS Children's Villages - USA advocates for child protection and the development of children in a family environment. At local, national and international levels, they sensitize decision makers to the rights and needs of children in order to bring about changes in policies and practices that affect children's lives.
Nelson Mandela was a supporter of SOS Children's Villages work in South Africa and officially opened the SOS Children's Village in Cape Town. [13] Upon his death in December 2013, SOS Children's Villages joined in memorials to celebrate his life.
He served as Village Director in Imst, organized the construction of further SOS Children's Villages in Austria, and helped to set up SOS Children's Villages in many other countries of Europe. In 1960 SOS-Kinderdorf International was established in Strasbourg as the umbrella organization for SOS Children's Villages with Hermann Gmeiner as the ...
Jagan Nath Kaul (13 October 1924 – 16 December 2008) [1] was the founder, president, and patron of SOS Children's Village of India (SOS CVI). SOS CVI provides a home to almost 15,000 children in 34 children's villages, located in various parts of the country.
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Dereje Wordofa Gidda DBA (born 1 February 1966) is an Ethiopian humanist, development expert, social policy analyst and United Nations diplomat. He currently serves as the 4th and first African president of SOS Children's Villages - the world's largest non-profit organization focused on catering for children without parental care.