We believe care is not charity; it is structural justice. Every child carries a potential, and our work is to build that foundation until it resonates with the communities that nurture them. We do not offer pity. We provide stability.
A vulnerable child is a missed future. We work in Ethiopia, letting local wisdom lead and global standards guide, then introducing a single strategic program that recalibrates the entire family unit. The result is lasting independence.
Protection is the second language of our mission. Quality care, education, health, and youth empowerment; we curate services that hold resilience against hardship. Impact, we have learned, lives in that strength; never in the temporary relief.
Fifty years ofdedicated service.
Founding in Ethiopia
SOS Children’s Villages begins its mission in Ethiopia, establishing the first family-based care model to support children who lost parental care.
Founding in Ethiopia
SOS Children’s Villages begins its mission in Ethiopia, establishing the first family-based care model to support children who lost parental care.
Community Outreach
Expanding beyond residential care, we launch community strengthening programs to keep families together and prevent child abandonment in rural areas.
Community Outreach
Expanding beyond residential care, we launch community strengthening programs to keep families together and prevent child abandonment in rural areas.
Education Initiative
Opening of our first integrated schools, providing quality primary education to children from our villages and the surrounding local communities.
Education Initiative
Opening of our first integrated schools, providing quality primary education to children from our villages and the surrounding local communities.
Youth Empowerment
Launch of dedicated youth facilities, offering vocational training and life skills to ensure young adults transition successfully into independence.
Youth Empowerment
Launch of dedicated youth facilities, offering vocational training and life skills to ensure young adults transition successfully into independence.
Emergency Response
Scaling humanitarian assistance to support children and families displaced by regional hardship, providing food, shelter, and medical aid.
Emergency Response
Scaling humanitarian assistance to support children and families displaced by regional hardship, providing food, shelter, and medical aid.
National Impact
Operating across multiple regions, we continue to provide quality care, protection, and education to thousands of children and families in Ethiopia.
National Impact
Operating across multiple regions, we continue to provide quality care, protection, and education to thousands of children and families in Ethiopia.