7. What we do
• We build families for
children in need
• We help them shape their
own futures
• We share in the
development of their
communities
8. What we do in Greece
• We have been operating
in Greece since 1979
• We operate programs in
Athens, Thessaloniki,
Heraklion Crete,
Kalamata, Alexandroupoli
and Komotini
• We provide help to 2,900
children and 1,300
families
9. Παιδικά Χωριά SOS
We cover different types of needs
Social CentersHostel
SOS-ELIZA
SOS Children’s
Villages
10. • SOS Children’s Villages in
Vari, Plagiari and Thrace
• Youth Houses in P. Faliro
and Thessaloniki
• 210 children
SOS Children’s Villages
11. • We cater for the needs of
20 children, up to 5 years
old
• We offer children
sheltering, education and
social re-integration
• We provide psychological
and social support to
the children’s biological
parents
SOS-ELIZA Hostel
12. • 6 Social Centers in Greece
• We support 1,300 families
and 2,700 children
• We provide counseling,
psychological and
psychotherapeutic support
for children and parents,
educational and material
assistance
Social Centers
13. Every child is unique,
and so is the way we work...
Our work towards children depends
exclusively on your donations
Starbucks
Thomas
The Hellenic Initiative
Lucy
14. • By making a donation
• By becoming a child’s or a
family’s sponsor
• As a company, by
supporting our activities
through your CSR program
or corporate volunteerism
scheme
How you can help
15. “Good things happen when people do more than
they
have to.”
(Hermann Gmeiner, founder of SOS Children’s Villages)
16. Σας Ευχαριστούμε πολύ
Merci!!! Thanks a lot !!!!!!
Jeunes eco-entrepreneurs
d'Europe !!!!!!!
GRANADA SPAIN 9-13 MARCH 2015
Editor's Notes
SPEAKER‘S NOTES:
[This opening slide can be tailored to the specific situation in which it will be used, for example by adding your name and the location and date it will be presented.]
[This first slide is an opportunity to introduce yourself and why you are there, for example: ‚Today I would like to tell you about SOS Children‘s Villages and how we strive to achieve our ultimate goal: A loving home for every child.‘]
SPEAKER‘S NOTES:
First of all, let‘s have a look at WHY we do what we do, and the circumstances that make our work indispensable…
SPEAKER‘S NOTES:
All over the world, millions of children are growing up without the care of their parents, without any supervision and in brutal living conditions.
SPEAKER‘S NOTES:
First of all, let‘s have a look at WHY we do what we do, and the circumstances that make our work indispensable…
SPEAKER‘S NOTES:
All over the world, millions of children are growing up without the care of their parents, without any supervision and in brutal living conditions.
SPEAKER’S NOTES:
Given that the preferred option is for children to remain in their existing families, we support families in many ways.
Around the world, we operate 624 Social Centres, and these facilities provide the basis for what we call Family Strengthening Programmes. In these programmes, we get to know the family and develop plans that will help them deal with the specific difficulties they are facing. And then we help them access support services, which may include:
Access to community services, which may include medical assistance, legal counsel, or education.
Coaching and vocational training for parents – to help them develop the skills they need to run a home and earn money.
Advice on raising children – practical support
Help with finances – which may include advice on budgeting, or even accessing small loans.
SPEAKER’S NOTES:
Given that the preferred option is for children to remain in their existing families, we support families in many ways.
Around the world, we operate 624 Social Centres, and these facilities provide the basis for what we call Family Strengthening Programmes. In these programmes, we get to know the family and develop plans that will help them deal with the specific difficulties they are facing. And then we help them access support services, which may include:
Access to community services, which may include medical assistance, legal counsel, or education.
Coaching and vocational training for parents – to help them develop the skills they need to run a home and earn money.
Advice on raising children – practical support
Help with finances – which may include advice on budgeting, or even accessing small loans.
SPEAKER’S NOTES:
Given that the preferred option is for children to remain in their existing families, we support families in many ways.
Around the world, we operate 624 Social Centres, and these facilities provide the basis for what we call Family Strengthening Programmes. In these programmes, we get to know the family and develop plans that will help them deal with the specific difficulties they are facing. And then we help them access support services, which may include:
Access to community services, which may include medical assistance, legal counsel, or education.
Coaching and vocational training for parents – to help them develop the skills they need to run a home and earn money.
Advice on raising children – practical support
Help with finances – which may include advice on budgeting, or even accessing small loans.
SPEAKER’S NOTES:
We have been working more and more with foster families, which in many cases is a child’s best option.
In every country, the relationship between SOS Children’s Villages and the state foster care system is slightly different. So our support might include:
Training and other types of support for existing foster families – we draw on our experience from creating SOS families to advise foster parents on how to address some of the difficult challenges they all face.
In some cases, we take primary responsibility and ongoing support for the training and supply of foster parents. This care might be provided either in the individuals’ own houses, or through SOS facilities.
And in other cases, SOS families are making a transition from living within an SOS Children’s Village setting to being a part of the state’s foster family system. Sometimes, the main legal responsibility for the child shifts from SOS Children’s Villages to the individual caregiver, but with continued support provided by SOS.
We also work with childcare authorities to help them improve their existing foster care systems.
SPEAKER’S NOTES:
When children can no longer stay with their families, we provide them with a loving home in an SOS family.
In the Children’s Villages, children are cared for by an SOS mother, who builds a close relationship with every child and provides the security, love and stability that each child needs. As a child-care professional, she lives together with her children, guides their development and runs her household independently.
The SOS mother creates a loving and nurturing environment where children can always feel at home.
The SOS Children’s Village is a real part of the community and siblings grow up together. SOS is one of the only organisations to work with groups of siblings.
SPEAKER‘S NOTES:
To provide a loving home, you have to recognise that every child is different. Every child comes from a different background, has different needs, different dreams.
Every child is unique. And so is the way we work.
SPEAKER’S NOTES:
Given that the preferred option is for children to remain in their existing families, we support families in many ways.
Around the world, we operate 624 Social Centres, and these facilities provide the basis for what we call Family Strengthening Programmes. In these programmes, we get to know the family and develop plans that will help them deal with the specific difficulties they are facing. And then we help them access support services, which may include:
Access to community services, which may include medical assistance, legal counsel, or education.
Coaching and vocational training for parents – to help them develop the skills they need to run a home and earn money.
Advice on raising children – practical support
Help with finances – which may include advice on budgeting, or even accessing small loans.
SPEAKER‘S NOTES:
Nearly every country on earth has signed up to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. And yet those statistics tell a different story.
We cannot just stand by, without doing something, while children are in that situation.
More than 60 years ago, this is what compelled our founder Hermann Gmeiner to establish SOS Children‘s Villages. The children who had lost their homes, their security and their families as a result of the Second World War compelled him to act. We follow in that tradition.
In Hermann Gmeiner‘s own words: “ALL the children of the world are OUR children”