Child Sponsorship Background from Kaifeng, China

SOS Children's Village Kaifeng

In 1995, it was decided to build the sixth SOS Children's Village of China in this city. A plot of land was provided to SOS Children by the authorities. The village was officially inaugurated on 7 April, 1997. It is situated in the largest residential area of Kaifeng City. There is a market, a primary and a secondary school and a hospital nearby.

SOS Children's Village Kaifeng consists of 15 family houses, the house of the village director, a house for the SOS aunts (family helpers who support the SOS mothers) and some administrative buildings. In addition, there is a room for medical treatment, an SOS Nursery School and an SOS Youth Home.

Other SOS Projects in Kaifeng

The SOS Nursery School has a capacity of 180 children and is attended by both children from the SOS Children's Village and from the neighbourhood.

Young people usually move from the SOS Children's Village to an SOS Youth Home when they start vocational training or higher education. With the support of qualified youth workers, the young people develop realistic perspectives for their future, learn to shoulder responsibility and increasingly make their own decisions.

Background to Kaifeng

Kaifeng, formerly known as Bianliang, is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It is a located along the southern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the west, Xinxiang to the northwest, Shangqiu to the east, Zhoukou to the southeast, Xuchang to the southwest, and the province of Shandong to the northeast.