SOS Children | The End Justifies the Journey

On October 8, 2011, I posted an article about this non-government organization and shared the article I wrote for them. I am saying this to let you know that SOS Children’s Villages Philippines is NOT a bogus NGO, in case anyone doubts immediately. I know they are real and I can vouch for them because I used to work for them. Anyway, I am really posting because this is the best way I can think of to be able to really help them in this time of need. Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) has devastated the SOS Tacloban Village and traumatized the kids.

Filipinos and non-Filipinos alike, kindly send donations either in cash or in kind. The children especially need help. The Village is their family. They have gone through a lot in their young lives already and this is already too much! SOS Children’s Villages Philippines has been giving underprivileged kids homes they can call their own for more than 40 years. I know you might be helping Tacloban already, but I am still appealing for more hearts to send help as well to this Village.

This is their most recent update in Facebook, as of this writing:

Kindly send donations for the sake of the kids living in the SOS Tacloban Village

Starweek Magazine (The Philippine Star)

October 25, 2009

An SOS Mother and Her Kids (Photo by J,Gi Federizo)

A LOVING HOME FOR EVERY CHILD: At SOS Children’s Villages, each child is provided food, shelter, clothing, education and a loving family — complete with brothers, sisters and an SOS Mother who will raise him as her own

“MANILA, Philippines – The youth is the hope of the nation, a cliché but true. But had Jose Rizal the gift of foresight, he would have given us fair warning: ‘Parents, take better care of your children lest we destroy the future!’

Post-Rizal and post-World War II, Hermann Gmeiner, in Austria, saw for himself how a harsh world could kill hopes and sabotage lives, especially of children. The war left many children orphaned, abandoned, isolated and suffering. Orphaned by his mother as well, Gmeiner realized that help cannot be effective when a child has to grow up without a mother, and even more so, without a home. He can only develop to his full potential in a supportive and protective family environment.

This conviction would later give birth to a new and noble cause…”

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.

SOS Children are being reared to grow up as responsible, productive and independent adults

*ERRATUM: There are really EIGHT (8) Children’s Villages (CV) in the Philippines today, but the first-ever CV in Lipa, Batangas was not mentioned in the enumeration. These CV’s are in Bataan, Calbayog, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Lipa, Manila (Alabang), and Tacloban. And, oh, forgive my layout. WordPress could be such a pain.