SOS Children's Village

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings
It was on 10 February 2015 and 29,30 March 2015 ; I engaged external audit at SOS at Shyamoli Dhaka under CA firm with my CA colleagues. There is a beautiful flower garden and the overall environment was peaceful. Besides it there are beautiful Masque and play ground and small cottage for child orphans.
Discipline was attractive. It was awesome periods of my life.
Khan Abdul Latif

আমার নাম মোঃ আমির হোসেন
আমি চট্টগ্রাম এস ও এস শিশু পল্লী, চট্টগ্রাম ছোট থেকে বড় হয়েছি

যদিও এখানে সুবিধাবঞ্চিত বাচ্চাদের পড়ানোহয়।এখানে একটি মসজিদও আছে, আমি সেখানে নামাজ পড়তে গিয়েছিলাম।

General information on Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the poorest and most densely populated countries in the world. The country is also affected by repeated natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods. Due to political unrest, the people of Bangladesh suffer further. Over 30 per cent of the population lives in poverty and the number of vulnerable children is high.

Lives are affected by political instability and natural disasters
SOS Family Strengthening Programme in Rajshahi - photo: SOS Archives
SOS Children’s Villages cares for children who have lost parental care (photo: SOS archives)

The People's Republic of Bangladesh is in Southern Asia. It is one of the ten most heavily populated countries in the world with 158 million people (July 2017 est.). The capital city of Dhaka is home to around 14 million, thus making it one of the ten largest cities in the world.

Although democracy was restored in 1990 after 15 years of military rule, Bangladesh continues to have a volatile political climate. And it is not only the political climate which is unstable: the country is frequently affected by natural disasters such as heavy rainfall or cyclones that cause damage to infrastructure, crops and livestock. About a third of the country floods annually during the monsoon season.

This is an organization especially for orphaned and abandoned children who have no one caring for. Orphaned/abandoned children get a chance to grow up in a loving home under the care of an SOS Mother. Very good organization in Bangladesh!

This is great institute i think.
SOS Children's Villages is the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children without parental care and families at risk. Since 1949, we have been working to ensure that children grow up in a loving family environment and have their rights fulfilled.
SOS Children's Villages associations worldwide are helping hundreds of thousands of children, young people and families providing quality care, empowering families and communities and helping to ensure that children's rights are met.

The Village was formally opened by the then President of the People's Rebuplic of Bangladesh - Mohammad Ullah on 10th February 1974.

SOS Children's Village Dhaka is formed with 15 family houses. The houses are divided into three wings. Each wing consists of 5 houses and each house contains 8 to 10 children - boys and girls of different ages. The Village is well equipped with social amenities and educational facilities through which children are having experience of happy childhood.

I was there to attain a programme with the children's, Environment was too good.how the children treat in there actually i don't know. Hope the management care them very softly.

A voluntary agency dedicated for the betterment of rootless & destitute childrens of street.

This is home of some Orphanage kids located at shyamoli in mirpur road. If you ever have a bad mood just visit this place. I am sure your mood will be charged with joy and smile instantly.

A place where poor and orphan children are being sheltered here with education and more. Here many activities like different types of training program are conducting for their future.

SOS Children's Village Dhaka is situated on a main road leading out of the city to the north. They work closely with the local population, adapting their activities to their needs. In order to support families in the neighbourhood, we offer day-care facilities for young children whose mothers have to go to work, as well as primary and secondary education, vocational training programmes and loving homes to children and young people who have lost parental care. After the devastating storms and floods of 1991, a cyclone shelter was built in the city, which is also used as a meeting place for the local population.

If you ever feel like depressed or something, I would suggest you to visit this place; it would surely change your mood.

This place is for the childs. There are many rides for the children. And there is a accommodation facility for the infant childs. They can live there.

SOS Children's Villages is the largest independent, non-governmental, nonprofit international development organization headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria. The organization provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children in need and protects their interests and rights around the world. The first SOS Children's Village was founded in 1949 in Tyrol, Austria by an Austrian philanthropist Hermann Gmeiner. Today, SOS Children's Villages is active in 135 countries and territories worldwide.

SOS Children's Villages has been present in Bangladesh since 1973 when we started supporting vulnerable children in the capital city of Dhaka. Poverty is widespread in this densely-populated southern Asian country, and political instability and environmental factors cause further misery.

Dhaka is home to over 16 million people. It is not only one of the largest cities of the world, and one of the most densely populated, but according to some reports it is also considered one of the world's fastest growing cities with about 400,000 people moving there every year. They come from rural areas, in search of work and a better life for their loved ones. However, the increase in the population has posed challenges to the infrastructure of the city.

The majority of the people who have migrated have ended up living in slums on the fringes of the city. They have no access to electricity, safe drinking water or sewage systems, let alone access to health care or education for their children. Most live precariously off the informal economy; they sell goods on the streets, drive rickshaws, sort rubbish or beg on the streets. Others manage to find work as domestic servants or in the textile industry.

Due to the economic and social pressures that families are under, many children are forced to go out to work and contribute to the household income. Like their parents they are involved in precarious activities on the streets of the city. In addition, thousands of children are working as domestic servants for the emerging middle classes of the capital. Education becomes a luxury, and they often cannot afford to go to school. Many of these children have already lost parental care due to these complex circumstances, and countless more are at risk.

SOS Children’s Village International in Bangladesh is a private, non-political and non-denominational child welfare organization provides care for the children who have lost parental care or who are at risk of losing parental care and deprived of caring family environment.
So far 6 (six) SOS Children’s Villages established in Bangladesh, first one in 1972 as first Children's Village in Bangladesh.
In each SOS Children’s Village there are 10 to 16 family houses and in each family house there are 8 to 10 children - boys and girls of different ages. The children love each other as brothers and sisters, being cared for by an SOS-Mother. The SOS-family house is a lasting home for the children even when they are grown up. The children attend local best available schools/colleges/universities and have good contacts with the children of outside families. In the SOS Children's Village, the children are being brought up in their own religious and cultural atmosphere.

SOS Children's Villages was established in Bangladesh in 1973. Its main function is supporting the vulnerable children in the capital city of Dhaka.

SOS Children's Villages has been present in our country from 1973 when we started supporting vulnerable children in the capital city of Dhaka. Poverty is widespread in this densely-populated southern Asian country, and political instability and environmental factors cause further misery. SOS Dhaka is home to over 1,60,00,000 people. A large number of the people who have migrated have ended up living in slums on the fringes of the city. They have no access to electricity, safe drinking water or sewage systems, let alone access to health care or education for their children. Most live precariously off the informal economy; they sell goods on the streets, drive rickshaws, sort rubbish or beg on the streets. Rest of them manage to find work as domestic servants or in the textile industry. Thousands of children are working as domestic servants for the emerging middle classes of the capital. They often cannot afford to go to school.

SOS Children's Villages has been present in Bangladesh since 1973 when we started supporting vulnerable children in the capital city of Dhaka. Poverty is widespread in this densely-populated southern Asian country, and political instability and environmental factors cause further misery.