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Tips: How to Explain the Coronavirus to Children

March 21 2020 : 

With the coronavirus or COVID-19 spreading around the world, including the Philippines, we had to implement community quarantines in Luzon. Children with their families are on strict home quarantine and classes were also suspended until April 12.  Surely, children will have questions about what’s going on around them. So here are some tips on how you can explain the coronavirus and our current situation to your children without getting them worried or scared:

SOS Philippines fights for children at risk amidst COVID-19 crisis

March 13 2020 : 

In these times where our public health and safety are compromised, children are affected the most. 

Five Love Languages: How to Make Every Child Feel Loved

February 29 2020 : 

How do you want to be loved?

We all have different answers when asked this question. After all, we have unique love languages. In Gary Chapman’s book The Five Love Languages, he listed five ways people express and experience love.

United Nations Resolution presses member countries to focus on children without parental care for 2020

February 21 2020 : 

The adoption of the UN Resolution on the Rights of a Child by the end of 2019 has set the year 2020 off to a good start for child-focused organizations. 

Happy Hearts Day, SOS Friends!

February 14 2020 : 

Children express their love in many different ways! This Valentine's Day, our children wrote letters for the special people who touched their lives. Scroll down to read the letters and find out if one is for you!

Success Through Diligence: How a Former SOS Child Became a Doctor

January 24 2020 : 

After graduating in college with a degree in Biology, Erwin pursued higher education and applied for medical school. Erwin now works as a doctor in Cavite. 

Children and Youths move out from SOS Lipa as Taal Volcano remains on Alert Level 4

January 16 2020 : 

January 16, 2020 (Muntinlupa, Philippines) – Children, youths, mothers, and other co-workers from SOS Children’s Village in Lipa depart from their homes and seek temporary shelter in the children’s village in Alabang, Muntinlupa.

Reaching Out to Children in Need: SOS Youth Leaders Conduct an Outreach

December 27 2019 : 

Last December 22, the youth leaders of SOS Children’s Villages Manila went to Antipolo to bring gifts and share inspiring stories to the children of Sitio Old Boso-Boso, Barangay Calawis.

Know their Rights!

December 2 2019 : 

Children are the most vulnerable members of our society. On their own, children are defenseless of the perils and harm that surround them. And although they might find ways to cope, without sufficient care and protection, these children grow up traumatized and fail to realize their full potential. 

SOS Children’s Villages Philippines Advocates for Alternative Child Care at Policy Forum

November 27 2019 : 

SOS Children’s Villages Philippines is hopeful that through Alternative Child Care more children in need of parental care can receive family-like care and more children will have the chance to reach their dreams and see a brighter future.