SOS Children's Villages International

SOS Children's Villages is a politically and religiously independent organization and works in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. SOS Children's Villages' main task is to work to ensure that all children grow up in a caring family. SOS Children's Villages works both internationally and in Norway.

SOS Children's Villages has been present in Scandinavia since the early 1960s. In June 1964, the "Komiteen for norske venner av SOS-barnebyer" (Committee of Norwegian Friends of the SOS Children's Villages) was founded to support the worldwide activities of SOS Children's Villages. At first individual family houses were built in different SOS Children's Villages across the globe, but as the organisation grew, SOS Children's Villages Norway was able to finance a complete SOS Children's Village in Rajshahi, Bangladesh in 1979 with Norweigian funds. In 1983 the Norwegian Association was renamed the "Stiftelsen SOS-barnebyer Norge”.