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Gambia, The - Select a village Capital: Banjul Area: 11,300 kmē Population: 1.3 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Mandinka 41%, Fula 19%, Wolof 15%, Jola 10%,
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 Capital: Monrovia Area: 111,370 kmē Population: 2.9 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Kpelle (25%), Bassa, Gio, Kru,
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Capital: Niamey
Area: 1,267,000 kmē
Population: 10.8 million (December 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: Hausa (56%), Djerma (22%), Fula (8.5%), Tuareg (8%), Beri Beri or Kanouri (4.3%)
Official language(s): French
Religion(s): Muslim (80%), the rest Christian or indigenous beliefs
Currency: 1 CFA franc = 100 centimes
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Our Facilities
Due to the difficult social and economical situation in Niger and the breaking up of traditional family ties an increasing number of urban children and youths had to fend for themselves. In order to tackle this problem the Social Ministry of Niger set up a center for abandoned and orphaned children.
After the big drought between 1980 and 1985, the number of these children had increased to the extent that the state run orphanage was totally overcrowded. Thus, the idea of building a SOS Children's Village came up. After representatives of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs had visited SOS Children's Villages in Senegal in 1982, first talks were held with the representative of SOS Children's Village International in West Africa. These talks finally lead to the construction of a SOS Children's Village project. In 1990, the Ministry of Health, Social and Women's Affairs transferred a site which is located on the outskirts of the capital Niamey to SOS Children's Village International.
The cornerstone ceremony of the first SOS Children's Village in Niger took place on July 26th, 1991. On April 1st, 1993 the SOS Children's Village Niamey was opened and the first children moved into their new homes. In 1996, the SOS Primary School in Niamey started to operate. It comprises twelve classes and is attended by 360 students at the moment. In order to enable them to attend afternoon classes, a school canteen was built. In addition, small workshops and an agricultural project (rabbit hutch) were set up.
Contact:
Villages d'Enfants SOS du Niger
B.P. 11649
Quartier Dar-El-Salam
Niamey
Niger
tel. +227-75 28 98
fax +227-75 25 45
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Syria - Select a village In October 1974, Mrs Helga Zundel, representative of SOS Children's Village International in the Middle East,
Togo - Select a village In view of the tragic fate of children who - according to a tradition in the north of Togo ("Witch Children") are abandoned by their families - a...
Guinea-Bissau - Select a village Capital: Bissau Area: 36,125 kmē 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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