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Portugal - Select a village The first steps to build an SOS Children's Village in Portugal were taken in the early ?60s. In 1967, the first SOS Children's Village Bicesse,
El Salvador - Select a village Capital: San Salvador Area: 21,041 km² Population: 6.2 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: 90% mestizos,
Uruguay - Select a village The work of SOS-Kinderdorf International in Urugay began as early as in 1964 with the construction of the first SOS Children's Village in the...
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Capital: Tegucigalpa
Area: 112,088 km²
Population: 6.3 million (December 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: 90% mestizos
Official language(s): Spanish
Religion(s): 85% Roman Catholic, small Protestant minority
Currency: 1 lempira = 100 centavos
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Our Facilities
The first steps to build an SOS Children's Village in Honduras were taken in 1968. Two years later the first SOS Children's Village which is situated in the capital of Tegucigalpa opened its doors to the orphaned and abandoned children of the country. Soon, other SOS Children's Villages had to be erected; as a result of the social situation and the consequences of several natural catastrophes, there was a constantly growing demand for permanent homes, where children could grow up in a safe and loving atmosphere. In 1974, the second SOS Children's Village was built in San Pedro Sula. After terrible inundations had hit the region around Tela, the decision was made to build a third SOS Children's Village there. Its inauguration took place in 1979.
During the 1980s two more SOS Children's Villages were built, the SOS Children's Village La Ceiba and the SOS Children's Village San José for handicapped children. During the 1990s three new SOS Children's Villages were erected: A new SOS Children's Village in San Pedro Sula, the SOS Children's Village Valle de Ángeles for handicapped children and the SOS Children's Village Choluteca, the construction of which had become necessary after the hurricane Mitch had hit the region in 1998.
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Haiti - Select a village The start of the SOS Children's Village work in Haiti goes back to 1978. It was then that Rodriguez Ben Bichtotte,
Hungary - Select a village The work of SOS-Kinderdorf International in Hungary began on October 30, 1983 with the laying of the corner stone of the very first Hungarian SOS...
Liberia - Select a village Capital: Monrovia Area: 111,370 km² Population: 2.9 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Kpelle (25%), Bassa, Gio, Kru,
Panama - Select a village Capital: Panama Area: 75,517 km² Population: 2.8 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: 62% mestizos, 14% African descent, 10% Spanish descent,
Costa Rica - Select a village Capital: San Jose Area: 51,100 km² Population: 3.9 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Spanish descent 96%), African descent (2%),
Harrar The second Ethiopian SOS Children's Village was built in Harrar in 1979. Harrar is the capital of the province of Harrarghe,
The Mechanical Cow After all, surely they can keep cows on the land. That is true. But when the drought is so severe that a splinter of glass in the sun is enough to...
Country Information on Dominican Republic The vegetation of the Dominican Republic, like that of the other islands of the West Indies, is extremely varied. Succulents and briars, e.g.,
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