Penonomé

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The second SOS Children's Village in Panama is situated at a distance of 150 km from the country's capital of Panama City on the outskirts of the povince's capital of Penonomé. The SOS Children's Village Penonomé is just off the Pan-American Road. The buildings, which have been set up in a circle on a building site of about 50 000 sq.m., are idyllically surrounded by little hills. The SOS Children's Village Penonomé consists of the family houses, a guest house, an aunts' house, a village shop and a community building which includes the office. Apart from that, an SOS Youth Facility for Boy has been added to the Children's Village. A large part of the site is used for agricultural purposes: fish farming, small animal breeding, fruit and vegetable plantations. Within easy reach of the SOS Children's Village are schools, a hospital and the national university.