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SOS Children’s Villages

We arrange alternative family care (foster care) for children whose own family has become dysfunctional. SOS Children’s Villages give these children a chance to grow up in a family environment. The Association recruits and trains foster parents who then raise the children entrusted to their care in an SOS Children’s Villages. One family group of siblings consists of around 5-7 children. Contact between the children and their biological families is also supported.  

From the point of view of Czech law, SOS Children’s Villages are foster care facilities. Foster parents take children into their care and SOS Children’s Villages organise all the services they require – a family home (always for just one family), expert psychological and educational assistance, financial support for the children’s participation in various leisure activities (hobby groups and clubs, holiday camps, skiing courses), etc.

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Youth Community

We know from experience that our role does not end with ensuring support in childhood. The next step involves preparing and supporting adolescents. Consequently, the Association runs a Youth Community as a follow-up care programme for children from SOS Children’s Villages. The Association’s expert workers, who have been in long term contact with the young person (the director of an SOS Children’s Village, teachers, psychologists) as well as a foster parent in whose family the young person grew up, prepare a statement on moving this person from an SOS Children’s Village to a Youth Community. Nevertheless, a final decision is wholly dependent on the young person’s own free will. At the moment, the Youth Community is only open to clients from SOS Children’s Villages. The Semi-Independent Living programme is linked to residency in the Youth Community.

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Semi-Independent Living

The aim of semi-independent living is to consolidate and improve the skills that a young person will need to live an independent life (work habits, social skills, life skills, managing finances). Semi-independent housing lasts for a maximum of three years. After the successful completion of this programme, the young person embarks on an independent life.