SOS Schools Worldwide

SOS Children is the world's largest orphan charity, most famous for our Children's Villages, which give a family-based home to children whose natural parents are not there for them (for example AIDS orphans or war orphans). We help those children in most need first.

SOS Children is also a very large school charity. Sometimes we are called a "gutter-to-school" charity in contrast to "gutter-to-pavement" charities which only help children's immediate problems. We have built and run 191 schools with several hundred thousand pupils across the developing world. Learning at school helps poor children grow up with a much better chance of earning their own living. We run schools where there is no adequate local education. Generally the schools are about 30% children we care for in a nearby Children's Village and 70% other local children living with their family in the community. We also have projects for vocational training to help young adults improve their own standard of living.

This site contains some basic information and photos on each of our schools. Please click on Asia, Africa or the Americas on the map or index for more information on our 191 schools in each of these continents or go to the Alphabetic Index for a list of school locations.

If you are interested in supporting an SOS School please see read more about SOS Children for details of how to help.