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Togo - Select a village Capital: Lome Area: 56,600 km² Population: 4,5 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: There are 37 ethnic groups, the largest are the Ewe, Mina,
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Select a village Capital: Kinshasa Area: 2,345,410 km² Population: 50.3 million(December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Bantu (80%), Sudanic (18%), Nilotic, pygmies,
Niger - Select a village Capital: Niamey Area: 1,267,000 km² Population: 10.8 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Hausa (56%), Djerma (22%), Fula (8.5%), Tuareg (8%),
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Capital: Yamoussoukro
Area: 322,000 km²
Population: 14.5 million (December 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: Akan, Agni-Baule, Kru, Malinke, Mande, Senufo
Official language(s): French
Religion(s): Islam (20%), Christian faith (20%), indigenous beliefs (60%)
Currency: 1 CFA franc = 100 centimes
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Our Facilities
Due to the tremendous social and economic problems which the people living in and around the city of Abidjan had to face, the French priest, "Father Martin", started to organise help for needy children in 1962. At first, he created a dwelling for about 15 abandoned children in an empty house in Treichville near Abidjan. Later, he set up the "Village of Friendship" 15 km from the centre of Abidjan with the help of the government of Côte d'Ivoire.
In 1970, for the first time, "Father Martin" and met to talk about cooperating. In 1971, "Father Martin" joined the umbrella organisation of SOS-Kinderdorf International with his project in Abobo Gare. Thus, "Father Martin's" children's village in Abobo Gare became the first SOS Children's Village in Côte d'Ivoire. In 1980 co-workers of SOS Children's Village Côte d'Ivoire became aware of a special social problem in the region of Aboisso, situated in the southeast of the country.
In that region, according to tradition, it is customary to abandon the tenth child of each family as people think that these children bring bad luck. This prompted SOS Children's Village International to start construction of the second SOS Children's Village in Côte d'Ivoire. After three years of construction the first children could move into their new homes.
Contact:
Association des Villages d'Enfants SOS de Côte d'Ivoire
B.P. 6180
1 - Abidjan
Côte d'Ivoire
tel. +225-22 40 97 20
fax +225-22 41 65 41
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Somalia - Select a village During the war a tent village was set up next to the SOS Children's Village to temporarily accommodate orphans and to give classes.
Burkina Faso - Select a village Capital: Ouagadougou Area: 274,200 km² Population: 11.6 million(December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Mossi, Gurunsi, Lobi, Senufo, Bobo, Mande,
Benin - Select a village Capital: Porto Novo Area: 112,620 km² Population: 6,3 million(December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Fon and Adja (59%), Yoruba (9%),
Liberia - Select a village The social problems in Liberia and the growing number of orphaned children, in particular, prompted the First Lady of Liberia, Mrs Victoria Tolbert,
Madagascar - Select a village Capital: Antananarivo Area: 587,040 km² Population: 15.5 million(December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Malayo-Indonesians, Cotiers (African ancestry),
SOS Children's Villages The basis of life in the community of an SOS Children's Village is peaceful co-existence - beyond all distinctions of ethnic,
China - Select a village Capital: Beijing Area: 9,596,960 km² Population: 1.3 billion (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups:
Azerbaijan - Select a village Capital: Baku Area: 86,600 km² Population: 7.7 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Azeris 90%, Dagestani peoples 3.2%, Russians 2.
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