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SOS
Children’s Villages is the worlds largest charity for orphaned and
abandoned children. The charity has provided a home for 60,000 children in
over 123 countries worldwide, and helps more than a million people through
their projects around the world. There main role is for helping children
who do not have parents; AIDs orphans, street children, child soldiers, and
children orphaned by war and poverty.
SOS
villages provide every child with:
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a mother - every
child has a caring parent
•
brothers and sisters -
family ties
grow
naturally
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a house - each
family creates its own home
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a village - the
SOS family is part of a
community. Girls and boys of different ages live
together
with
their SOS mother in the SOS Children’s Village, which provides a permanent home
for a happy, positive childhood. An average of 15 family homes form the
children’s village, which is an integral part of the wider community. SOS
mothers and families are guided and
supported
by the village director, while SOS aunts help out with childcare
responsibilities and daily life in the village.
Unlike
many other international NGOs, SOS Children is run by local
people with a specific knowledge
and understanding of their region; they are therefore directly responsible
for the development of their own community.
“SOS Children” refers to SOS Kinderdorf
worldwide. SOS Children is a working name for SOS Children’s Villages UK.
Charity Commission registered
number 1069204
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Julia's House is Dorset's only hospice dedicated to children with
life-limiting conditions. The majority of the children that they care for
are unlikely to live beyond the age of 18.
The children's
hospice complements the work of the Julia's House Community Team, which
consists of 50 nurses and carers who travel the county, providing
life-changing support for families in their own homes. In 2006, the charity
provided more that 6,000 hours of care for Dorset's
children.
To date, Julia's
House has received less than five per cent of its funding from the
Government and that was for 2007 only, and the rest of its essential income
has been raised by the Dorset community.
It cost £1.2m to run Julia's House in 2007.
Day care at the
hospice will gradually increase to provide more hours of care until it
eventually becomes a 24 hour a day seven days a week operation. Overnight
stays are expected to begin in summer 2008.
Charity Commission
registered number: 1067125
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