Educational Resources
World Orphan Week can be educational as well as fun. It is a great opportunity for pupils to learn more about the world around them, and the issues facing the children they support through taking part in World Orphan Week.
One way to do this is to take this opportunity to sponsor one of our children’s Villages abroad, which will give pupils a real connection with children elsewhere in the world, making ‘Global Citizenship’ a reality in the classroom. It gives you a good foundation to learn about the country where you are sponsoring in terms of geography (your pupils will be interested to learn about the environment where their SOS friends live), maths (an opportunity to teach about the economy of the country), music (songs from all over the world can be found on the internet) and English (practice writing letters to the children you support). You can learn more about sponsoring with SOS Children here.
Lesson Plans
We will shortly have available a number of lesson plans on issues concerning children across the world. Topics will include for example child soldiers, child labour and HIV/AIDS. Please keep checking this page, as we will keep adding lesson plans as soon as they are ready.
Country Fact Files
If you want a brief overview of how SOS Children work in different countries, you can find that here:
Country List
Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh
Belarus Benin Bolivia Bosnia Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Côte d'Ivoire
Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Ethiopia Georgia
Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti
Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Lithuania Macedonia
Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Namibia
Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Cyprus Pakistan
Palestinian Territories Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Romania
Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Syria Tanzania
Thailand The Gambia Togo Tunisia Turkey Uganda