SOS Children's Villages offers alternative care options such as SOS family like care, foster care and residential care for children who have lost parental and family care. These programs provide a loving and supportive environment for children to grow and develop.We provide family reunification in the long run to reunite children with their familes after certain process and procedures have been considered. SOS Children's Villages has provided long term care for 746 children and young people within its family like care program, with quality education, health care, MHPSS and above all allowing them to grow in a very safe environment. SOS Children's Villages Nigeria has successfully reunited numerous families, preventing children from entering and staying in the alternative care system and enabling them to thrive in their natural homes. The organization successfully reunited 205 children back to their families of origin.

We promote and are guided by the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care for Children to which we made key contributions in the development process. In line with the guidelines, we draw on our wealth of experience to provide and support a range of alternative care settings, because different children, different cultures, and different situations call for different care options.  

Pillars of SOS Family Care: 

  • We provide care and education to equip each child to face life’s challenges in the future. 

  • We nurture a secure, loving and reliable relationship between the child and their parent or a primary caregiver. 

  • We work with community partners to develop strong social support systems for children and families to develop, grow and learn in a positive, supportive environment. 

  • We aim to provide the most appropriate care for each individual child. 

We take the side of children and young people.

Society's most vulnerable, especially the weakest, need a strong partner - unconditional, passionate, courageous and all with emphasis. This determination is necessary and effective. We are committed to young people who cannot live with their parents as they are exposed to massive unequal treatment and we provide them with improved training opportunities after the end of compulsory schooling. Equal rights for all young people, no matter where they come from.