SOS Children's Villages International

📢 Children and young people have the right to participate in public decision-making. The Together project aims to empower children and young people living in vulnerable family situations and in alternative care to participate meaningfully in decisions and solutions at local and national level on all matters affecting them. 👉 Learn more and watch all the videos created by children: https://lnkd.in/gM73VdgA SOS Детски селища България 👐 SOS Gyermekfalvak 👐 SOS Villaggi dei Bambini - Italia 👐 Aldeas Infantiles SOS de España 💙

📢 Support parents and other caregivers to be in the personal, financial, social and professional conditions to give care. 📢 Ensure quality alternative care for children who cannot live with their parents. 📢 Work towards more research, more resources and more respect for the caregiving profession. Our representative to the United Nations Sofía García García will speak at the United Nations Economic and Social Council today on solutions that need to be in place for care and support systems to better fulfill children's rights. 📺 Watch LIVE: http://bit.ly/3WpmMF2 #ECOSOCCARE2024 #childrights Permanent Mission of Chile to the UN United Nations Foundation IFC - International Finance Corporation International Domestic Workers Federation UN Women International Labour Organization UNDP

As co-chair of the Child Rights Action group, SOS Children’s Villages attended the first plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg this week.   This visit was organized in the context of the #VoteforChildren campaign with colleagues from Missing Children Europe, Save the Children Europe, UNICEF EU, and World Vision EU Representation to ensure #childrenrights remain a political priority of the #EU in the coming legislature.   It was a great opportunity to meet with newly elected Members of the European Parliament and representatives of the political groups to discuss how to work together to make sure no child is left behind in and outside the EU.   We shared the #ChildRightsManifesto for #MEPs to become Child Rights Champions and commit to protect and promote the rights of children throughout their mandate. Representatives of the European Parliament also received the results of the Europe Kids Want survey that gathered the views of more than 9200 children on what the EU should prioritize.   👉 Learn more about #ChildRightsManifesto, #VoteforChildren and #EUKidsWant: https://lnkd.in/eWCrGh8v

'Mentorship and networking lead to young people getting jobs. A mentor's guidance addresses our top needs: self-confidence, self-awareness and motivation,' said Adi Soumena from the #YouthCan! Youth Advisory Board at our #HLPF side event. Young people - Adi and Paloma Souza - discussed with our partner DHL, International Labour Organization and Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations recommendations for the future of YouthCan! global partnership for #youthemployability and #entrepreneurship. The panelists called for collective support for young people developing skills for adulthood and leading #SDG achievement and thriving business and societies. #employability #YouthLinks 💡 Read the latest #YouthCan! Facts & Figures report: https://lnkd.in/dVf7esgR Aldeas Infantiles SOS México Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

‘Young people, often living in vulnerable circumstances, are incredibly dedicated. Their potential simply needs the right opportunities and guidance to flourish,’ says Giovana Catarina de Almeida Borba, #YouthCan! volunteer from TK Elevator. In 2023, 1,758 volunteers supported young people within our global partnership for youth employability and entrepreneurship. We are grateful for each and every one of them. 💙 👉 Learn more about #YouthCan! in the 2023 Facts & Figures Report: https://lnkd.in/dVf7esgR #PartneringForOpportunitiesThatWork #decentjobsforyouth

📢 The first plenary of the newly elected European Parliament is a crucial opportunity for MEPs to send a strong, unequivocal message that they stand for #childrenrights. 💡 How? A tangible step is to support the re-establishment of the Intergroup on Children Rights, by signing and submitting this form 📑 ➡ https://lnkd.in/dqBkhfmy 🤝 If you are in Strasburg, you are a MEP and you agree that the #EU should deliver for every child, meet us and participate in our photo action 📸 at our 'Meet & Greet' on 17 July, at 2:30 pm at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. 🚉 SOS Children's Villages International is delighted to be in Strasbourg during this important week along with colleagues from Missing Children Europe Save the Children Europe World Vision EU Representation and UNICEF EU. We are honoured to be representing the #VoteforChildren coalition and the Child Rights Action group, the widest informal network of civil society and international organizations advocating for children's rights at the EU level.

Youth unemployment is an urgent global challenge ❗️ Young people who grow up without their families or in disadvantaged communities often lack the education opportunities and networks they need to find decent jobs. Our 🌍 partnership for #youthemployability and entrepreneurship is here to support them. 🔍👇 Zoom in to see what #YouthCan! achieved last year and read the latest Facts & Figures Report for more: https://lnkd.in/dVf7esgR #PartneringForOpportunitiesThatWork #decentjobsforyouth

Partnerships that work: Cooperation around youth skills for youth-led #SDG achievement Watch our #HlLPF side event!

289 million young people today are not in employment, education, or training. Gaining self-reliance is especially challenging for those entering adulthood without the support of their families. This is why #YouthCan! exists. In 2023, SOS Children’s Villages’ global partnership for #youthemployability and entrepreneurship reached 17,800 young people 🌍 with mentoring, training and practice opportunities. 📢The latest #YouthCan! Facts & Figures Report is here! 🎉 👉 https://lnkd.in/dVf7esgR AkzoNobel 🤝 DHL 🤝 TK Elevator 🤝 Johnson & Johnson 🤝 Siegwerk #YouthSkillsDay #WYSD #PartneringForOpportunitiesThatWork #decentjobsforyouth

'My children's psychological state is disastrous,' says Islam, a mother from #Gaza whose family has had to relocate three times since the start of the war. Over one million children - almost every child in Gaza - need mental health support today. SOS Children's Villages Palestine has been providing #mentalhealth and psychosocial support to children and their caregivers displaced from the SOS Children's Villages in Rafah and to families in the local community in central Gaza. #MHPSS #CeasefireNOW