About us

SOS Children's Villages Armenian Charity Foundation is a child-centered organization, which operates in Armenia for more than 35 years. Our mission is to ensure the child and youth right to live in a family and to prevent child abandonment. Today, activities of the Foundation include 24/7 alternative care (long term and short term) and family strengthening services, including mother and child shelter and day care, implemented in Yerevan city, Kotayk, Tavush and Shirak regions. Below you can find details of our journey.

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About us

2021

The “Yerevan” branch was opened, uniting under one roof the family strengthening services and other charitable projects operating in Yerevan.
2020

Launched COVID-19 response programs in Yerevan and Kotayk region and emergency response programs for youth and families with minor children displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh.
2009

The second SOS Children’s Village Ijevan was opened in Ijevan town.
2001

The first Youth Home was established in Yerevan (2 more Youth Homes in the following years)
1994

SOS Kindergarten was built to provide quality pre-school education for the children of SOS Children's Village Kotayk and in nearby communities․
1990

SOS Children's Village Kotayk opened its doors in Kotayk Region for the children who lost their parents in the earthquake․
1988

Founding of “SOS Children’s Villages in Armenia” after the devastating earthquake in Spitak․