About SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an independent member association affiliated to the SOS Federation. As a leader in childcare, SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda leverages existing community resources to strengthen quality child care and protection through a holistic continuum of care tailored to orphans, vulnerable children and their families. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda actively advocates for the promotion of childcare and child protection.
Since 2004, The First Lady of Rwanda, Her Excellency Mrs. Jeannette Kagame is the Patron of SOS Children’s Village Rwanda.

Our Programs

Alternative Child Care

Following the National Integrated Child Right Policy (2010) and the National Child Care Reform (2012), SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda remains one (...)

Empowering Youth

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda empowers youth to utilize their full potential and tap into opportunities for employment, productivity and economic (...)

Strengthening Families

Since 2005, SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda initiated the Family Strengthening Programme. The community empowerment programme aims to support (...)

Mental Health

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda initiated a Mental Health and Psychosocial Project aiming at building Mental Health competencies to support (...)

Green Project

Climate change is increasingly becoming a global problem posing a fundamental threat to vulnerable families which are faced to resource (...)

Dental Health

Oral health is essential to general health and well-being and greatly influences quality of life. It is defined as a state of being free from (...)

Emergency Response

In times of the global health crisis and global climate change challenges, SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is drawing on its deep delivery expertise, and trusted community ties, to respond to emerging needs of vulnerable children and their families.

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Children’s Villages

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda operates 4 villages

2937
Children and Young people

Children and young people supported in SOS family like care and youth care.

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Family Strengthening Programme

5138 families and 22108 children and young people supported through family Strengthening Programmes.

Latest News

News stories about children’s welfare and rights, social issues and questions that impact children and families

Tailoring face masks during Covid-19

Tailoring face masks during Covid-19

Charlotte Mutuyimana, 27 years, lives in Mabare cell, Rukomo sector, Gicumbi district in the Northern Province of Rwanda. ...

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SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda celebrated the Day of African Child at Isibo Ubutwari in Nyamagabe District

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda celebrated the Day of African Child at Isibo Ubutwari in Nyamagabe District

On June 16, 2021, SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda joined the Government of Rwanda and the African Union Member States to mark ...

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From the Streets to a Loving Home

From the Streets to a Loving Home

One of the videos that hit the social media channels in 2020 was the one of a six years old young boy, Gatson, who felt into ...

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