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The visiting SOS team poses for a photograph with their hosts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The visiting SOS team poses for a photograph with their hosts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Management of the SOS Children\u2019s Villages has embarked upon a programme to seek alternative funding for the activities of the non-governmental organization.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Daily Guide<\/em><\/strong> when he led a team from
\nthe establishment M. Kojo Atta-Krah President\/Board Chair of the
\nnon-governmental organization with its headquarters in Austria said the new
\napproach has been informed by developments such as increased pressure on the
\ntraditional source of funding for their humanitarian activities and a
\ncurtailment of funding from the traditional source. <\/p>\n

Thirteen countries with the SOS Village programmes he said
\nare now independent of the parent body in Austria amongst them are Poland,
\nSouth Africa and Mauritius.<\/p>\n

The SOS in their efforts to secure the future of distressed
\nchildren have established schools from primary to College levels he explained
\nbut the catch about the latter is that payment is demanded for that segment of
\neducation. <\/p>\n

The SOS College which serves other inlets in Africa admits
\nonly exceptional students who are admitted through competitive examination he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

The initial fee of $17,000 for successful students he said
\nopens opportunities for high-notched universities worldwide. The SOS College in
\nGhana he added has twelve Ghanaians and the rest from others parts of the
\ncontinent. <\/p>\n

The First Lady Madam Rebecca Akufo-Addo he announced has
\nagreed to render support to the NGO when she was approached. <\/p>\n

Subsequently he added all first ladies will have roles to play
\nin the running of the villages.<\/p>\n

The Village concept he said is witnessing an alteration;
\nselected parents would be identified and supported to manage their children who
\nwould have otherwise not been given the necessary support.<\/p>\n

Under the current arrangement there are villages scattered
\nacross the country where children are assigned to mothers who are responsible
\nfor their upbringing he explained adding that this is in tandem with the dream
\nof the Austrian founder of the SOS concept with the family as cornerstone. <\/p>\n

There are he said 700 children in the Villages of the SOS
\nwith over 50,000\u00a0 benefiting from other
\nservices such as the oral hygiene programme being provided.<\/p>\n

With increased pressure he went on, the need to adopt a new
\nconcept as explained earlier has become necessary. <\/p>\n

The SOS has taken up oral hygiene of children and in some
\ninstances provided the necessary intervention to ensure the dental health of
\nchildren.<\/p>\n

The SOS Children\u2019s Villages Ghana provides abandoned,
\nvulnerable and destitute children with safe, stable homes and loving families.
\nThey are different from traditional foster homes because once they are admitted
\nthey remain in these villages until they become adults.<\/p>\n

The family concept, unique to the SOS Villages is made up
\nclusters of about 12 to 15 family houses integrated into existing communities.
\nThey leave upon attaining adulthood, educated and equipped for independent
\nlivelihood. <\/p>\n

The Country Director, a Liberian is a product of the concept
\nand there are medical officers, accountants and other professionals who passed
\nout through the gates of the SOS Village concept.<\/p>\n

To sustain the lofty concept the SOS Villages would need the support of all to continue rendering support to the distressed and vulnerable child and there are countless in every society across the country. <\/p>\n

By A.R. Gomd<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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