The project Mittagstisch in Düsseldorf is carried out in different facilities. Both the SOS day care centre with 165 children aged 6 months to 6 years and a multigenerational house are supported in this initiative. In addition, 60 children of a secondary school receive a freshly prepared meal. With a support of 20,000 euros, lunch can be covered for one year.

Das Projekt kümmert sich um den Aufbau eines Familienzentrums, um Hilfe für Familien in Not zu bieten. Ziel ist es, Familie mit allen Mitteln zu helfen, ihre verzweifelte Situation zu überwinden, so dass die Kinder bei ihren Eltern bleiben können und nicht in Heime oder Pflegefamilien gegeben werden müssen. Die Unterstützung würde das Jahresgehalt für einen Sozialarbeiter, der 45-50 Kinder betreut, decken.

The project elternseite.at offers all parents – regardless of their financial situation – the opportunity to get information online about parenting issues and challenges in everyday family life. In addition, the online platform offers individual counselling by clinical psychologists, which can be done anonymously and free of charge via video, audio or chat. With “Pay as you wish”, those seeking counselling can pay for the service in the form of a donation.

SOS CV Poland runs a short-term placement facility in Sinbad for children who have been taken from their families by court order in urgent cases. It is a temporary place of residence where children wait for a court decision on their final whereabouts. With a grant, the facility will be renovated to make this a place of safety and comfort for the children.

The project takes care of needy families in Rwanda. They are supported to earn their own living and to provide for their family’s education and health. Support enables children to grow up in a family and prevents children from having to be placed in poorly functioning homes. It is prevented that children end up on the streets where they are exposed to child labour, prostitution and modern slavery.