SOS Children's Villages Portugal

About SOS Children's Villages Portugal

The mission of SOS Children's Villages is to care for unprotected children as a family, helping them shape their future by developing and integrating positively into the community. The Association provides long-term care for children who cannot be with their biological families and strengthens the families of children at risk in order to prevent family separations. Founded in 1949 in Austria, SOS Children's Villages are present in 136 countries and support more than 2 million children, young people and families. We have been a consultative member of the UN since 1995 and have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 14 times. In Portugal, we have existed since 1964 and currently reach about 400 children and young people in our three SOS Villages and through the Family Strengthening Program that we already carry out with more than 120 biological families.