SOS CV Botswana

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About Company

🇧🇼 What is SOS CV Botswana?

SOS CV Botswana is part of SOS Children’s Villages International, an Austrian-founded NGO (since 1949) focused on supporting children who have lost or are at risk of losing parental care. The Botswana arm began its work in 1986 in Tlokweng, expanding to Francistown in 1998 and Serowe in 2008.

🌍 Where They Operate

  • Tlokweng (near Gaborone): Began in 1986. Supports children, youth, and vulnerable families with shelter, health, education, and vocational training .

  • Francistown: Opened in 1999. Offers family houses, a clinic, kindergarten, multipurpose hall, and youth facility.

  • Serowe: Established in 2008 to meet rising community needs.

Overall, SOS CV Botswana runs 3 villages and 9 programme locations nationwide.

❤️ Their Core Approach

  1. Family-based care: Each family house is led by an SOS mother, caring for 6–8 siblings, providing a stable, loving home.

  2. Alternative care & family strengthening: Supports families struggling to keep children at home through community programs, counseling, health, education, and livelihood training.

  3. Youth development: Youth facilities prepare adolescents for independence, offering vocational training, mentorship, and life skills.

  4. Child safeguarding & advocacy: They prioritize children’s safety, rights, and community inclusion in all programs.

📈 Impact Metrics

  • Over the past 5 years, the Family Strengthening programme has supported 323 families and almost 1,700 children.

  • In Tlokweng alone, 940 adults & children received support, 1,460 accessed medical services, 90 children live in village care, and 30 youth are guided toward independence.

  • Nationally, SOS helps around 290 children growing up in care and allows 330 struggling families to stay together.

📞 Contact & Governance

  • HQ Address: Plot 584, Lesunyana Ward, Tlokweng, Botswana

  • Phone: +267 395 3220

  • Email: info.fdc@sos‑botswana.org

  • Registered NGO No. SOC0595150424BW

➕ Why Their Work Matters

  • Botswana faces high rates of HIV/AIDS, affecting about 1 in 5 people in some areas. As a result, many children lose parental care, contributing to thousands of orphaned or vulnerable children nationally .

  • Around 160,000 children, with 120,000 orphaned by AIDS, live without parental care.

  • Poverty remains a challenge, with 16% of the population (often children) living below the poverty line.

SOS CV Botswana plays a critical role in addressing these issues through its holistic model: family care, community support, education, health services, and youth empowerment.

✅ How You Can Get Involved

  • Donate or become a sponsor (child or village).

  • Partner as a corporate or institutional supporter.

  • Explore career opportunities: they regularly hire roles like Child & Youth Development Officers, National Director, and more