About us

As the mother of seven children, I know what it means to accompany your own protégées along their path in life; to protect and encourage them. Experiencing a happy, carefree childhood is unfortunately not something that can be taken for granted. For various reasons, countless children still grow up in need and without the warmth of a loving family home.

A superman who turns up at the right moment and removes all obstacles, would be practical. Perhaps a superman isn’t even necessary. An observant teacher, a supportive neighbour, a helpful colleague – each and every one of us can accomplish great things.

Children have a wide variety of needs: as well as nourishment, they particularly need warmth, affection, respect and access to education in order to flourish. Through our projects, we make this possible for less privileged children as well so that they too, despite having difficulties at the start of their lives, can grow up to become educated, strong personalities. Our projects improve the conditions of many children sustainably and durably – this knowledge provides me with my daily motivation to campaign for SOS Children’s Villages with great joy and commitment.

The world is open to children if we give them the opportunities they deserve. Unfortunately, not all children have these opportunities. It is my firm belief that our society and we have a responsibility to support less privileged children. And - when sad, weepy children's eyes turn into smiling beams - then that is a wonderful thank you and for me the greatest possible motivation to continue on this path together in the SOS Children's Village team. Smiling children's eyes are the promising paths of humanity towards a better future for all of us.

Actually, it should be a matter of course that children grow up in a loving home and are allowed to discover the world with mom and dad. As a mom, it makes me sad to see that 147 million orphans do not have the opportunity to grow up under such circumstances and therefore have fewer prospects later on. Through our work at SOS Children's Villages, we succeed in creating new opportunities for many boys and girls and, above all, in giving them the love and security to which every child is entitled.