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Capital: Asunción
Area: 406,752 km²
Population: 5.4 million (December 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: 95% are mestizos, 5% Guarani
Official language(s): Spanish
Religion(s): Roman Catholic
Currency: 1 guaraní = 100 céntimos
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Our Facilities
The work of SOS-Kinderdorf International in Paraguay began as early as in 1972, when the first SOS Children's Village was erected in Hohenau in the southern part of the country. Already on 15 March 1973, the first 3 SOS families could move into their new home. The construction of the second SOS Children's Village started in 1981 in the capital Asunción and in 1988, the corner stone of the SOS Children's Village San Ignacio was laid. Since the inauguration of the SOS Children's Village Panambí in 1993, this Latin American country also has an SOS Children's Village that was erected especially for handicapped children. The corner stone of the most recent SOS project in Paraguay, the SOS Children's Village Luque, was laid on 22 June 1996, the official inauguration was celebrated on 23 October 1999.
Apart from these SOS Children's Villages, there are also additional SOS facilities, like SOS Kindergartens, SOS Schools, SOS Social Centres and SOS Medical Centres which are also open to the population of the neighbouring areas. SOS Youth Houses have been installed where the youths from the SOS Children's Villages stay during their vocational and educational training in order to get used step by step to an independent life outside the SOS Children's Villages.
Contact:
SOS Aldeas de Niños Paraguay
Casilla 2366
Asunción
Paraguay
tel. +595-21-227 345
fax +595-21-227 346
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