SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES KENYA 40^TH ANNIVERSARY & FUNDRAISING WITH NAIROBI CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL DAY - 20^TH AUGUST 2011 – IMPALA CLUB, NAIROBI.

We are very happy to invite parents and children from Nairobi (and those living outside Nairobi!) to join us as we celebrate the 40^th Anniversary of our work in Africa.

We are planning a number of exciting, family-friendly activities to mark this auspicious occasion. One of this activities is probably going to be the biggest, most colorful Children’s Carnival the City of Nairobi has ever hosted! The Carnival will include a children’s parade, magic shows, acrobatic performances, police band, food stalls, ice cream stands, face painting, a swimming pool, fun games, children’s merchandise for sale, SOS children’s work display, classic cars display, horse riding, merry go round, food and drink courts etc.

Kenya's SOS Children's Village Mombasa goes green

Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children available as publication!

SOS Children’s Villages International and the International Social Service are pleased to launch the publication “Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children: A United Nations framework”, with a foreword from Yanghee Lee, the Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. It includes the text of the Guidelines and sets of introductory questions reflecting on national policy.

United Nations adopted a resolution welcoming the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children

SOS Children's Villages International is very pleased to announce that on 20 November 2009 the United Nations General Assembly in New York adopted a resolution welcoming the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. Over the last five years, SOS Children's Villages International has been a leading organisation in supporting the development of these Guidelines and promoting them towards adoption.