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Liberia - Select a village During Liberia's civil war, which lasted about 6 years, the SOS facilities had to be closed time and again in order to guarantee the security of...
Guinea-Bissau - Select a village Capital: Bissau Area: 36,125 km² Population: 1.2 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Balanta, Fulbe, Manjaca, Malinke, Papel,
Cote d'Ivoire - Select a village 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,
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Capital: Conakry
Area: 245,860 km²
Population: 7.4 million (December 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: Fulbe (40%), Malinke (23%), Susu (11%)
Official language(s): French
Religion(s): Muslim (85%), indigenous beliefs, Christians (small minority)
Currency: 1 Guinean franc = 100 centimes
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Our Facilities
The liberalisation in Guinean politics and the special emphasis laid on welfare of children in need in 1984-85 enabled SOS Children's Villages International to take action in Guinea. In 1985, a co-operation agreement between the government of Guinea and SOS Children's Villages International was signed. This agreement was to become the basis of the SOS work in that country.
In 1987, construction of the first SOS Children's Village in Guinea was started. Two years later the construction works were finished and the first orphans moved into their new homes. In 1990, the SOS-Children's Village Conakry was officially opened.
In 1993, the Guinean Social Ministry invited SOS Children's Village International to build a second SOS Children's Village in Guinea and donated a plot of land for this purpose in the southeast of the country, near the town of N'Zérékoré. Due to a change of government, construction of the second SOS Children's Village could not be started before December 1999. The new SOS facility was finally completed in December 2000.
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Niger - Select a village Due to the difficult social and economical situation in Niger and the breaking up of traditional family ties an increasing number of urban children...
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,
Burkina Faso - Select a village Already himself supported the idea of the French SOS Promoting Association to start with SOS Children's Village activities in...
Benin - Select a village As a result of a field study carried out in Benin an agreement about the construction of an SOS Children's Village was signed by SOS Kinderdorf...
Burundi - Select a village Many refugee camps were set up in the province of Muyinga which received a large number of abandoned children for who SOS-Kinderdorf International...
Turkey - Select a village First negotiations with regard to the construction of a SOS Children's Village in Turkey were already held in the 1970s. It was, however,
Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama about SOS Children's Villages: "The splendid work done by SOS Children's Villages is charity where deeds speak louder than words.
Creating jobs and future: SOS Social Centre Sucre in Bolivia The knitting business The knitting business, for example, was the first to be established in 2000.
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