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Capital: Rome Area: 301,230 kmē Population: 57,3 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Italians (including small clusters of German-, French-, Slovene-, Albanian and Greek-Italians) Official language(s): Italian Religion(s): Roman Catholic 98% Currency:
         
         
  France - Select a village The work of SOS-Kinderdorf International in France started in 1956 on the initiative of the about 20 year old teacher Gilbert Cotteau who,

Haiti - Select a village In 1986 the dictator, Jean Claude Duvalier, was forced from power. Many foreign companies left the country and the economy collapsed.

Austria - Select a village Capital: Vienna Area: 83,858 kmē Population: 8.2 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: 90.7% Austrian, 4.2% citizens of the former Yugoslavia,

  
     

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Mantova Morosolo Ostuni Rome Saronno Trento Vicenza
Capital: Rome
Area: 301,230 kmē
Population: 57,3 million (December 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: Italians (including small clusters of German-, French-, Slovene-, Albanian and Greek-Italians)
Official language(s): Italian
Religion(s): Roman Catholic 98%
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cents
Our Facilities

In Italy, SOS-Children's Village began its work in 1954 by setting up a holiday camp at Caldonazzo near the picturesque Caldonazzo lake in the Northern part of Italy. Children from different European SOS-Children's Villages are welcome to spend their holidays here and have lots of fun, adventure and also the chance of meeting SOS-children from other European SOS-Children's Villages.

In 1963 the Italian national SOS-Association was funded and shortly thereafter the first Italian SOS-Children's Village in Trento was built. Today, seven SOS- Children's Villages exist in Italy and a number of additional SOS-projects.


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