SOS Children's
Village in Costa
Rica 2009 Child
Sponsorship
Report
The SOS
Children's
Village Tres
Rios, Costa
Rica, offers its
report of its
actions and
results achieved
during the first
half of 2009, in
its work to
benefit children
and youth living
in the families
at the
Children's
Village.
The charity
began its work
in Costa Rica in
1975 when SOS
Children's
Village Tres
Ríos/San José
was built with
ten family
houses. Tres
Rios is about 11
km from San
José, the
capital of Costa
Rica.
Six more houses
were added in
1980 where SOS
youngsters can
live while
completing their
education or
learning a
trade. This has
since been
extended with
the addition of
carpentry and
handicrafts
workshops and
extra
accommodation
for girls as
well as boys.
Currently SOS
has 92 children
living in
thirteen
families in the
Village and is
in the process
of receiving 13
children more,
bringing the
number to 105,
closing in on
the goal of 100%
of service
capacity.
For more about
the SOS
Children's
Village in Tres
Rios Costa Rica
go to:
http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/child-sponsorship-report-2009-from-tres-rios-costa-rica |
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