History 101
Founder of the organization
Hermann Gmeiner
What is the admin percentage?
11.81% (will accept 11 or 12)
Amount of children helped through family strengthening programs
3.3 Million
4 Things That SOS Provides For Children
Food, Water, Education, Shelter, Healthcare
Years involved in training
The year and place the first SOS Village was established
1949, in Austria
Marketing/Fundraising Percentage
16.63% (will accept 16 or 17)
Number of countries SOS is active in
135
4 key things we provide
SOS Mother, SOS Brothers/Sisters, SOS Home, SOS Villages
Once qualified, what do SOS Mothers receive?
free room and board, a household allowance and a salary.
Award they received in 2016
the Princess of Asturias Award, which recognizes individuals, entities or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, and public affairs.
How much does an insecticide bed net cost?
Hint: They protect women and children from infections when most vulnerable
$10
Amount of lives saved per year from vaccines, according to WHO
2-3 Million lives per year
The Government of Canada is responding to this crisis by supporting humanitarian partners like SOS Children’s Villages, and is helping Canadians to take action against the famine
Famine Relief Fund
Amount of children the mother will care for
Between 4-10
Year first SOS village in North America
1991
What donations cover?
Require 2 to get points
food, clothing, schooling, the running costs of the village and, if present, its kindergarten, school, medical centre and social centre, which provide education, medical care, and social services including family strengthening efforts, and more.
Amount of SOS Facilities world wide
Over 2000
Around the world, SOS Children’s Villages works with extremely vulnerable children and youth – helping to ensure that they have the foundation for a bright future. Working on developing important soft skills
SOS Social Circus Program
Age children leave their SOS Mothers/Homes
There is no specific age at which children have to leave the SOS Children’s Village. Usually, they stay in the care of SOS Children’s Villages until they are capable of looking after themselves, or until they can be reintegrated with their biological families.
Reason Hermann founded organization
following World War II , he witnessed a lot of suffering orphaned and abandoned children and felt that something had to be done to help them
Why overhead is a bit higher than some charities?
We deal with children and long term placements. A lot more protocol is involved thus increasing costs
Number of women and children in Somalia that are helped through SOS Hospital Program
36000 per year
helping to reduce school drop-out rates and promoting educational success amongst the most vulnerable.
Hint: In Uganda
Ugandan Girl's Education Project
Religion child is brought up in
Each child is brought up according to the beliefs (s)he shares with her/his biological parents. If the parents’ faith is not known, the child is brought up according to the religion which is most common in the particular culture. In many SOS Children’s Villages, different faiths are represented.