Irbid
Irbid is the Jordanian gate to Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. It has a population of about 80.000, mainly middle class and lower class people. There are two universities, several community colleges and five hospitals in town. The SOS Children's Village is located in an eastern suburb of the town. It can be easily reached by car.
         
         
  Ricaurte The SOS Children's Village Ricaurte was inaugurated in 1997 and is located in the small town of the same name a few kilometres outside Cuenca,

Luque The fifth SOS Children's Village in Paraguay was constructed in Luque, a town about 10 km from the capital Asuncion.

Islice The SOS Children's Village is located on the outskirts of the town of Bauska, in a suburb called Islice, 65 km south of the country's capital, Riga.

 
     

Irbid
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Irbid is the Jordanian gate to Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. It has a population of about 80.000, mainly middle class and lower class people. There are two universities, several community colleges and five hospitals in town. The SOS Children's Village is located in an eastern suburb of the town. It can be easily reached by car. It consists of twelve family houses (for an approx. Total of 110 children), an administrative building, a Village Director's house, two houses for the personnel, a service block, an aunts house and the SOS Activity Club. The children of the SOS Children's Village Irbid are Muslims.

 

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Pinkafeld/Burgenland The SOS Children's Village of Pinkafeld, in the province of Burgenland, was founded in 1962. Surrounded by fruit-trees,

Kavre The seventh SOS Children's Village in Nepal started its operation in November 1997. It is situated near the small towns of Panauti and Banepa,



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