SOS - Kinderdorf International

This worldwide organization began with the construction of the world's first SOS-Children's Village in Austria in 1949. SOS-Children's Villages is dedicated to providing a permanent home and a stable environment to children who have lost or are no longer able to live with their parents. Currently there are approximately 450 villages and an additional 1300 facilities, such as kindergartens, youth centers, schools and clinics, in over 130 countries. They serve approximately 60,000 children of all ages with the goal of providing the children with a thorough preparation for life on their own, so that they can be integrated into their local communities and obtain job opportunities. The youth facilities, vocational training centers and schools in this group of secondary facilities provide continuity in the SOS-Children's Village chain of care and support.

 The Consular Corps of Arizona, in selecting SOS-Children's Villages International as a beneficiary of the year's Ambassadors' Ball, recognizes the need to improve the lives of children worldwide, to give them a home, an education, and a new beginning. 

Please visit sos-childrensvillages.org for more information on this great organization.