{"id":17912,"date":"2017-12-04T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/?p=17912"},"modified":"2020-06-22T16:19:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T20:19:32","slug":"partnership-sos-childrens-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/partnership-sos-childrens-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"tripcentral.ca partners with SOS Children\u2019s Villages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corporate responsibility\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We want to give back to the communities where we send travellers. The Dominican Republic<\/a> is our 2nd most popular country for the all-inclusive vacation packages we sell. Through our partnership with SOS Children\u2019s Villages, we are able to give back to the communities that we have fallen in love with, and ensure that vulnerable children are cared for, protected, receive a quality education, and can pursue their dreams for the future.<\/p>\n

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A child sponsored through SOS Children’s Villages to attend school<\/p><\/div>\n

SOS Children\u2019s Villages, Dominican Republic and tripcentral.ca<\/strong><\/h2>\n

SOS Children\u2019s Villages has three children\u2019s villages in the Dominican Republic<\/a> that provide a loving home to 352 orphaned and abandoned children. We\u2019ve come on board as a corporate partner to support access to education for the children living in the children\u2019s village of Los Minas.<\/p>\n

Primary education in the Dominican Republic is a requirement, but few children attend because the cost of school uniforms and supplies are often unaffordable, and having a child in school eliminates another set of hands that could be bringing in money for the family.<\/p>\n

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SOS Children’s Villages in the Dominican Republic<\/p><\/div>\n

Our contribution will help cover school fees, uniforms, supplies, books, and extra tutoring for 100 children living in children\u2019s village of Los Mina<\/a>, located outside Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n

SOS provides access to kindergarten, primary school, secondary school, and extracurricular activities for children within its care. In addition to providing uniforms and school materials, SOS offers one-on-one tutoring, psychological support, and extra classes, knowing that many of these children have never attended school before and have been through traumatic situations.<\/p>\n

What does SOS Children\u2019s Villages do?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

SOS Children\u2019s Villages provides safe family homes for over 80,000 children that have been orphaned or abandoned. There are currently 569 villages in 134 countries. Each SOS child is part of an SOS family with an SOS mother who provides constant care, love, and support for five to ten children. These women, locally hired and extensively trained, provide children with more than a place to live; they provide a family.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the children\u2019s village set-up that SOS provides to orphaned and abandoned children, SOS also offers programs to support parents and families at risk of abandoning their children, vocational training programs for young adults, and emergency relief when disaster hits around the world.<\/p>\n

SOS Children\u2019s Villages has been working in the Dominican Republic or more than 30 years and now supports 352 children in 3 villages located throughout the country. Approximately 578,000 children (under the age of 15) are without parental care in the Dominican Republic: around 20 per cent of those are orphans.<\/p>\n

How you can help<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you are like our team at tripcentral.ca and would like to give back to a community that you have fallen in love with through your travels, consider making a donation to SOS Children\u2019s Villages. Know that you will truly be making a difference in the life of a child in need.<\/p>\n

SUPPORT SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Corporate responsibility\u00a0 We want to give back to the communities where we send travellers. The Dominican Republic is our 2nd most popular country for the all-inclusive vacation packages we sell. Through our partnership with SOS Children\u2019s Villages, we are able to give back to the communities that we have fallen in love with, and ensure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"categories":[3551,3553,3541],"tags":[],"modified_by":"Laura Cooper","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17912"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21852,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17912\/revisions\/21852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}