: The Family Strengthening Programme
| Prevention of Child Abandonment
Many children are at risk of being abandoned by their families due to many factors, including extreme poverty, illness of the primary care-giver or other social problems. In an effort to address this problem, SOS Children's Villages works with local communities, government authorities, and other organizations to help vulnerable families safeguard their children's well-being. The programme is designed to meet the specific needs of the families and help the primary care-giver develop necessary skills and knowledge to ensure long-term self-reliance and the protection and care of their children
SOS Children's Villages in Syria provides initial assistance to families whose children are at risk of abandonment. Such assistance is in the form of material, educational, health, legal and psycho-social support. Once these basics needs are met, the programme provides the families with additional skills and knowledge to help them secure their livelihoods and become self-sufficient. This is achieved through providing counseling services, vocational training, domestic economic skills, or assisting with setting up income-generation projects for the families
This programme also aims to support the larger community to self-organise, develop and sustain its own responses to the needs of vulnerable children and their families. By firmly rooting our programme within local communities, we work towards meeting the long-term needs of the families, so that children grow and develop within the love and care of their biological families
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