How does SOS Childrens Villages Cyprus help orphaned and abandoned children?
The SOS Children’s Village was built in Lefkosa (Nicosia) in 1993. Today, as well as the Village, we have an SOS Youth Facility, an SOS Nursery and an SOS Social Centre. In the beginning of 2007, SOS Children’s Villages started to operate a Family Strengthening Programme in Lefkosa, which enables children who are at risk of losing the care of their family to grow within a caring family environment. In our Village, we enable children to live with a familiy in a warm and safe house and encourage them to become active members of the social community. Their abilities, interests, talents are important to us. We provide them with an education and do our best to give them the life training they need in order to become independent adults. Today we have 12 family houses that currently care for 68 children. What are the main challenges faced by the children in your care? Quality biological family care is the most valuable treasure for a child. We work hard for the children to give them the best
