Today’s children will create the
future of the world. So now more than
ever it is important to support a commitment to true social change that will
benefit children worldwide. That is why
LightSources supports the mission of SOS Children’s Villages in Europe.
SOS Children’s Villages is an
international federation with 117 individual associations that support the
objectives, statutes, standards of child care and rigorous financial and
administrative practices of the organization.
It was founded in 1949 in Imst, Austria, with an original goal to assist
children who had lost homes, security and families as a result of World War
II. It has since expanded to help
children all over the world.
The SOS Children’s Village innovative
concept in children’s welfare organizations is to provide a family approach to
the long-term care of abandoned children or those without parents. Each child receives the care of a parent,
typically a mother, who provides a close relationship with every child in her
care by providing love, security and stability.
She lives with the children entrusted to her care, leads the household
and nurtures the development of each child while respecting their religion,
culture and family background. The
children live together, natural brothers and sisters always staying together in
the same SOS family, and develop emotional ties that last a lifetime.
A great need of late in Europe has
been the civil war in Syria and the tremendous number of children who have lost
their families not to mention countless refugees of all ages. SOS Children’s Villages in both Syria and
Serbia have stepped up their efforts with two mobile teams that help refugees
in numerous ways to stay healthy both physically and mentally and to continue
their journey to safe havens within other European countries.
At
LightSources we are proud to support SOS Children’s Village in Europe and
encourage everyone to help in any way they can.
LightSources
and its affiliated companies – LCD Lighting, Voltarc, LightTech, and Cerlux represent the leading high-tech
designers and manufacturers in the lamp industry today. Our products are used world-wide in a variety
of applications and industries such as our UV light air purification systems
that offer a safe solution for sterilization, odor control, and the removal of
toxic chemicals.
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