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Thailand - Select a village Capital: Bangkok Area: 514,000 kmē Population: 60.9 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Siamese, Laotian and Chinese Official language(s):
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,
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.
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Capital: Jakarta
Area: 1,904,000 kmē
Population: 209 million (December 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: Javanese,Sundanese, Madurese, Bataks, Minangkabau, Acehnese, Balinese, Dyak and Ambonese
Official language(s):Bahasa Indonesia
Religion(s): Muslim, Christian and Hindu
Currency: 1 Indonesian rupiah = 100 sen
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Our Facilities
During a study visit to Austria in 1969, Mr Agus Prawoto, an Indonesian and future head of SOS Children's Villages Indonesia, became acquainted with the ideas of SOS Children's Villages and its facilities. Once Mr Prawoto had completed his studies, he worked at one of the Austrian SOS Children's Villages for some months. His wish was to give orphans and abandoned children of his country the safety and security of a home at an SOS Children's Village.
In 1970, Mr Prawoto returned to Indonesia with his family and immediately started preparing the construction of the first SOS Children's Village at Lembang-Bandung, West Java. In those days, after the suppression of the communist putsch in 1965, it was very difficult for a foreign organization to establish itself in Indonesia. Therefore it would probably not have been possible to start an SOS Children's Village without the help of Mr. Prawoto. SOS Desa Taruna (SOS Children's Villages Indonesia) was founded in 1971 and became a member of SOS-Kinderdorf International. The first children moved into the SOS Children's Village Lembang in September 1972.
Contact:
SOS Desa Taruna Indonesia
P.O. Box 1171
40011 Bandung
Indonesia
tel. +62-22-201 28 81
fax +62-22-201 10 26
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Burundi - Select a village Capital: Bujumbura Area: 27,830 kmē Population: 6.6 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%,
Uganda - Select a village Capital: Kampala Area: 237,000 kmē Population: 21,1 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Bantu tribes (e.g. the Baganda, Basogo, Bunyoro,
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...
Benin - Select a village Capital: Porto Novo Area: 112,620 kmē Population: 6,3 million(December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Fon and Adja (59%), Yoruba (9%),
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Select a village The work of SOS-Kinderdorf International in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) started in 1987 when first contacts were made with the...
Rourkela On 29 October 1999, a cyclone devastated the province of Orissa. The storm reached a maximum speed of 300 kph.
Chittagong The SOS Children's Village Chittagong was built on an area of 1.5 hectares in the middle of Chittagong, only 5 minutes from the city centre.
Tirana The construction work for the SOS Children's Village Tirana started in January 1994, the official corner-stone laying ceremony took place on March...
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