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Capital: Quito
Area: 283,560 kmē
Population: 12.4 million (December 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: 55% mestizos, 25% Amerindian, 10% Spanish, and 10% African origin
Official language(s): Spanish
Religion(s): 95% Roman Catholics
Currency: 1 US dollar = 100 cents
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Our Facilities
SOS-Kinderdorf International has been active in Ecuador since 1963 when Gerhard Engel, founder of Ecuador's first SOS Children's Village, made contact with our organisation. By 25 September 1963, the construction work on the first SOS Children's Village in the country had already started in the Ecuadorian capital Quito. A total of twelve family houses were gradually finished in this village up until 1970.
In 1979, the SOS Children's Villages in Esmeraldas and Ibarra went into operation. In April 1997, SOS Children's Village Ricaurte followed. There are now also numerous additional SOS facilities in this country, such as SOS Kindergartens, SOS Vocational Training Centres, and SOS Social Centres. The most recent Ecuadorian SOS Children's Village to date, in Portoviejo, became operational in Summer 1999 and was officially opened on 5 March 2001.
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Ibarra The SOS Children's Village Ibarra is located at 2000 metres altitude on the lagoon of Yahuarcocha which gained historical importance through the...
Esmeraldas SOS Children's Village Esmeraldas was built on a 1.8 ha site at the mouth of a river. It is situated only 300 metres from the Pacific Ocean not far...
Peru - Select a village Capital: Lima Area: 1,285,216 kmē Population: 25.2 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Indian (54%), mestizos (32%),
Paraguay - Select a village The work of SOS-Kinderdorf International in Paraguay began as early as in 1972, when the first SOS Children's Village was erected in Hohenau in the...
Namibia - Select a village Capital: Windhoek Area: 825,418 kmē Population: 1.7 million(December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: African descent (86%), European (6.6%),
Bhopal In the Indian state of Madhaya Pradesh, the work of SOS Children's Villages began in 1987 following a terrible poison-gas accident in the city of...
Bhuj SOS Children's Villages India moved deftly to provide emergency relief. Within weeks, 25 child-relief centres had been set up.
Country Information on Mongolia Economic activity has traditionally been based on agriculture and breeding of livestock. Mongolia also has extensive mineral deposits: copper, coal,
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