SOS Children Côte d’Ivoire celebrates its 40th year

This New Year will bring something special for SOS Cote d’Ivoire; the organization is celebrating its 40th year in the country, and Africa. Opened in 1971, SOS Children’s Village Abobo-Gare in Côte d’Ivoire was the first SOS Children’s Village in the continent.

SOS Trustee re-visits sponsored child in Gambia

David Stranack, SOS trustee, recently re-visited the organization’s community in Bakoteh in The Gambia, and reported back on an emotional trip.

SOS working to help contain severe flooding in Albania

The worst floods in over 50 years have caused havoc in northern Albania this week, causing damage to over 7,500 homes.

The most severely affected area is Shkodra, where families who are supported by SOS Children’s Villages in the area are receiving emergency aid from the organization.

Cancun climate agreement reached

Negotiations at the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun ended unexpectedly this weekend, in a roundly accepted climate agreement signed by over 190 countries.

While the agreement is not a binding treaty, many have viewed the result of the conference as a significant step forward for the movement

Turtle shell trade may be decreasing says WWF

A WWF report on the turtle trade in Vita Levu has shown signs of a decrease in activity, raising hopes that recent measures designed to limit the killing of turtles in Fiji may be working.

The study focused on the hawksbill and green species and aimed to establish the efficacy of measures such as the renewed Turtle Moratorium (an order to cease hunting), enforced in Fiji last year

AFGHAN CONFERENCE NOT FULLY REPRESENTATIVE

Women and and most Afghan people will play no part in conference.

TROPICAL STORM THREATENS OIL CLEANUP

BP caps relief efforts for up to 2 weeks with Tropical storm imminent

SOS HELP IN BRAZIL FLOODING

Aid effort in flooded Brazil is reaching hundreds.

PLAN TRAINING A SUCCESS IN CAIRO

Plan’s training helps children escape the factory workplace.

SOS OPENS ARMENIAN CHILDREN’S VILLAGE

A second SOS Village opens with a grand celebration.

EU BANS SALE OF ILLEGAL TIMBER

Companies selling wood in EU must now prove their legal origins

ASDA UNDERPAYING OVERSEAS EMPLOYEES

Workers are being paid only a quarter of a living wage, Actionaid finds.

ANOTHER CASUALTY OF WAR

Child malnutrition and illness on the rise in Somalia

SOS IN FAMINE PLAGUED NIGER

SOS Villages providing emergency aid and long-term solutions.

PLAN TO G8 – TACKLE MATERNAL MORTALITY

Plan’s Chief suggests ways to reduce rising maternal mortality rates.

MITCHELL ANNOUNCES AID WATCHDOG

Development secretary promises better value for aid money spent.

ACTIONAID REPORT G8 AID IN WRONG HANDS

G8 funding is misallocated according to Actionaid findings.

DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD 2010

Children weigh in on issues they most want government to tackle.

35 YEARS SAVING THE BENGAL TIGER

Belinda Wright on her tireless work to save India’s wildlife

GABON LOGGING BAN A SUCCESS

Gabon hopes to encourage local industry to use timber sustainably

HUMAN DEMAND FOR FISH STARVES THE PENGUIN

Penguin numbers in huge decline as food sources disappear.

BAN IGNORED AS WOOD LEAVES MADAGASCAR

79 containers of endangered Rosewood exported from Madagascar

INTERPOL RAIDS CRACK DOWN ON POACHING

Interpol seize $1 milion of rhino horns and ivory across southern Africa.

SAVE THE RHINO STORY:’MY RELUCTANT ROLE’

Save the Rhino patron gives opinion on partnership with trophy hunters

WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR

Child labour on the rise in famine – ridden Niger.