How we help

We work to ensure

A loving home for every child!

We help children in need

In doing so, we act quickly and unbureaucratically, actively engage and bring in our expertise as an international organization in a variety of ways. For example, in crisis housing groups, in counseling centers, outpatient clinics and aftercare, where children, adolescents and their families find what they urgently need: relief, support and the opportunity for a new perspective.

Family Like Care

SOS Children’s Villages builds families for orphaned, abandoned and other vulnerable children. When children cannot stay with their family or have no family, we give them a safe home, together with their siblings, where they can grow up in one of our SOS families.

The Mother

Each child has a caring parent

Brothers and Sisters

Family ties grow naturally

The House

Each family creates its own home

The Village

The SOS family is a part of the community

Family Strengthening Programme

We strengthen disadvantaged families to prevent crises that can in the worst case scenario lead to children being placed in out-of-home care. SOS Children's Villages supports families so they can once again manage their lives independently and care for their children.

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Ancillary Projects

We strengthen disadvantaged families to prevent crises that can in the worst case scenario lead to children being placed in out-of-home care

Hermann Gmeiner School, Piliyandala

Hermann Gmeiner School in Piliyandala welcomed the first batch of children to this fully fledged school in the year 1985 with the children who were at the SOS Children’s Village in Piliyandala at the time. Hermann Gmeiner School in Piliyandala serves a total of 982 children including 173 children from the SOS Children’s Villages currently. Hermann Gmeiner School was primarily a concept of Dr Hermann Gmeiner who intended to ensure not only the children at SOS Children’s Villages have access to a good school and a sound education, but the children from the neighbourhood also receive the same benefit. The school currently has classes up to GCE A/L and has showcased the talents of the children in many areas such as sports and arts.

SOS Kindergartens

Pre School education is a critical part in shaping a child’s life. Identifying this aspect of education , SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka set up SOS Kindergartens alongside each of the 6 SOS Children’s Villages and 2 social centres. Across the 8 kindergartends, we serve almost 500 children currently. SOS Kindergartens serve the children from the SOS children’s Villages and children who belong to families who are financially challenged. This gives an opportunity for the children at SOS Children’s Villages to mingle and build strong relationships with children from the neighboring communities.

Medical Centers

SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka is concerned of the holistic development of a child. Hence each of our SOS Children’s Villages has a medical center on ground which serves the children who are living at the SOS Children’s Villages and the neighboring community with an income below poverty line.
Some of the services provided are regular medical needs, Antenatal clinics, Immunization clinics, Family planning clinics etc

SOS Programme Locations

SOS Children's Villages

Family Strengthening Programmes

Gandara
Peraliya
Mallavi
Jaffna
Piliyandala
Anuradapura
Nuwara Eliya
Monaragala
Galle

Vocational Training Centers

Anuradapura
Monaragala
Malpotha

SOS Children's Villages

Our Programmes

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