- Who we are
SOS Children’s Villages of BiH is a humanitarian organisation that takes care of children and young people without parental care and gives them a chance for a happy childhood and a better future. In SOS families, with brothers, sisters and SOS parents, children grow up in a family-based environment with parental love, because every child deserves to belong somewhere, to be loved and safe.
SOS Children’s Villages of BiH have been operating in BiH since 1994 and are part of SOS Children’s Villages International, international organisation that has been operating for more than 70 years in 136 countries around the world, on 5 continents.
Transparent systems of reporting and monitoring the use of funds enable us to ensure that the donated funds are used in the most efficient way.
Key policies and guidelines enable us to use our resources effectively, meet legal requirements and learn from our experience so we can do the best for children.
The employees of SOS Children’s Villages in BH actively contribute to the development of our Organisation with their creative ideas, revealing a new perspective on things. We truly believe that our different opinions encourage progress and strengthen community – the one in which we achieve our common goals with our different ideas and creative freedom.
Becoming a Committed giver means that you continuously donate monthly to families living in SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Our work
Becoming a Committed giver means that you continuously donate monthly to families living in SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Committed giving
- Donations from companies and institutions
Our corporate partners, providing financial support, ensure the coverage of part or the entire annual costs of the key programmes of SOS Children’s Villages of BiH. In accordance with your possibilities, wishes and commitment, you can support the annual expenses of the SOS family or part of the expenses for the purchase of food, hygiene products, school supplies, clothes and shoes, overhead or investment expenses, medical expenses, expenses for the services of speech therapists, psychologists, speech therapists.
We cooperate with international organisations and multilateral donors, such as the United Nations and the European Union, as well as with state authorities and embassies in order to improve the situation of vulnerable children, their families and communities.
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- Publications
Copyright© SOS Children’s Villages BiH.
We allow downloading documents partially or entirely and further use, with full acknowledgement of the original source.
➔ Convention on the Rights of the Child
➔ Child Protection PolicyCopyright© SOS Children’s Villages BiH.
Downloading documents in their entirety or their parts is allowed, with the obligation to quote the original source.
➔ The situation of children in Bosnia and Herzegovina
➔ SOS Voices of Youth leaving care in BiHCopyright© SOS Children’s Villages BiH.
Downloading documents in their entirety or their parts is allowed, with the obligation to quote the original source.
➔ SOS CARE-Promise
➔ Safe and protected children
➔ About the SOS programme for young people YES Centre
➔ SOS Single ParenthoodBecoming a Committed giver means that you continuously donate monthly to families living in SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Child protection
Child safeguarding – everyone’s responsibility
As an organisation working with children without parental care or who are at risk of losing it, we witness cases of abuse and neglect.
SOS Children’s Villages do not tolerate any form of child abuse, exploitation, neglect or violation of the child’s privacy and rights. We are dedicated to creating and maintaining a caring and safe environment for every child involved in any of our programmes.
The key documents that guide us in our work are: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Guidelines for alternative care for children.
Our document CHILD PROTECTION POLICY focuses on four key areas: awareness, prevention, reporting and response. We place special emphasis on awareness and prevention in order to protect children and improve the quality of care. We take every case of reporting the suspicion related to the safety of children seriously and address them without delay. This means that:
- We build the capacities of employees, children, young people and families to empower them to recognize abuse – and to prevent it
- We teach about using tools, such as self-discipline
- We are working to eliminate established harmful practices
- Every report of suspicion or concern about the violation of children’s safety is analyzed in detail, and specific steps are taken based on the assessment.