The SOS Children’s Village celebrated its founder Dr Hermann Gmeiner’s birthday as “SOS Day’ with much enthusiasm hereon Tuesday. The day was observed with its motto of “A loving home for every child”.
Austrian philanthropist Dr Hermann Gmeiner had reformed the age-old-concept of "Family by blood" and has been engaged in providing secure and a loving home- with a family and a mother, to children without parental care, abandoned and those who are at the risk ofabandonment across the globe, for nearly seven decades now.
Sumanta Kar, Deputy National Director, Integrated Child Care, SOS Children's Villages of India said, "Dr Gmeiner initiated a unique concept of building families for abandoned and parentless children in the world and today, children in over 130 countries in the world are benefited. SOS India being the largest programme in the world has impacted the lives of about 71,000 children in 22 states through its two programness called Family Base Care and Family Strengthening Programme.”
The recent campaign of SOS India has met with tremendous success in highlighting the plight of 2 crore children without adequate parental care in
India and evoked response to ensure that over 26,000 children under the care of SOS India would never be alone again.