KIGALI
The first SOS Children’s Village (Kigali location) was established in Rwanda in 1979 dedicated to the International Year of the Child. Various reasons justified the support SOS Children’s Village Rwanda offered to children.
Due to the escalation of the violence that was affecting children, SOS Children’s Village Kigali had to be evacuated in 1994 and the children were moved to safer emergency accommodation. In 1995, the situation had stabilized enough for children and co-workers to move back to the children’s village.