| New
Initiatives in the East African Region |
| Ethiopia
– The SOS Children's Village Gode opened in October 2005. The village
has 12 family houses and an SOS Kindergarten. Located on the same
premises is an SOS Hermann Gmeiner School and an SOS Medical Centre
which incorporates a small maternity hospital. The hospital is equipped
to carry out surgery if necessary. |
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Kenya
– A new SOS Children’s Village containing 13 family houses and an
SOS Kindergarten opened in October 2005.
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The SOS
Children's Village Meru. |
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| Somaliland
– A new SOS Children’s Village containing 12 family houses, together
with a kindergarten, is under construction in Hargeisa. The project
will also house an SOS Social and Medical Centre. It is being financed
by SOS promoting and supporting associations in Norway, Sweden and
Denmark. |
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Tanzania
– A new SOS Children’s Village is soon to open in Dar es Salaam.
It will consist of 13 family houses and will have an adjoining SOS
Kindergarten. It is principally financed by SOS Denmark, although
one house is being financed by SOS Switzerland. An SOS Children's
Village National Office has also opened in Dar es Salaam.
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A family
house at the SOS Children's Village Dar es Salaam. |
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| Uganda
– A new SOS Children's Village is planned in Gulu northern Uganda.
Currently SOS Children's Villages operates an emergency relief programme
in Gulu, incorporating a temporary children's village, an SOS Day
Care Centre for under fives and an SOS Social and Medical Centre.
The day care, social and medical centres will stay on the current
site, while the village will be built on new land donated by the Gulu
municipality. |
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