SOS Children’s Villages
A The
goal of SOS Children’s Villages is to provide children whose original family do
not want them or cannot look after them with a new home full of love and
understanding. The first SOS Children’s Village was established in 1949 in the Austrian city
of Imst.
Unfortunately, the need to care for children at risk, who have been taken from
their original families for various reasons, is still a topical issue.
Consequently, SOS Children’s Villages were also established in other parts of
the world during the second half of the 20th century. Today, there are villages
operating in 132 countries around the globe.
B In the
former Czechoslovakia,
the idea of SOS Children’s Villages appeared in the second half of the 1960s in
connection with the general liberalisation of the political situation and the concomitant mobilisation of civil
society. At present, the SOS Children’s Villages Association runs three SOS
Children’s Villages in the Czech
Republic. The oldest of
these was established in 1969
in Karlovy Vary
– Doubí. In 1973, an SOS village began operating in Chvalčov, a small village
beneath Hostýn Hill in the Zlín region. Another SOS village was subsequently
opened in Brno
– Medlánky in 2003.
C The
construction of the SOS Children’s Village in Karlovy Vary – Doubí began in 1969, and it
welcomed its first foster families just a year later. The SOS Children’s
Village in Karlovy Vary is therefore the oldest
such village in the Czech
Republic. Altogether,
there are 12 family homes available in the SOS Children’s Village, and each
home is used by one foster family.
D The
homes in the village were completely refurbished
in the years 2000 – 2001. For organisational reasons, however, the SOS Children’s
Village in Karlovy Vary
was wound down in 2005 and it was transformed into an education centre for the
SOS Kinderdorf International association, which is a worldwide umbrella
organisation for individual national SOS Children’s Villages associations. The
SOS Children’s Village renewed its activity in January 2007 and new foster
families gradually began arriving in the village.
E At
present, there are a total of 23 children in 7 foster families living in our
village. One of these families lives outside the area of the SOS Children’s
Village. Because all the family homes are not yet occupied, we have provided
two houses to the Ostrov Children’s Home for the time being. The remaining four
houses are awaiting new foster parents and we are looking forward to their
being occupied and new children finding a home here. Besides 12 family homes
for foster parents, we have 2 houses nearby for retired foster carers and 1
house in Dalovice for youngsters who have grown up.
concomitant – průvodní jev
refurbished – zrenovovaný
1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.
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SOS Children’s Village in Karlovy Vary
– Doubí
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History of SOS Children’s Villages
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The SOS Kinderdorf International association
4
Introduction
5
Foster families living in the village
2) Read the article and answer the questions.
1
What is the article about?
2
What are SOS Children’s Villages?
3
Describe history and location of Czech SOS Children’s Villages.
4
What happened in 2005?
5
What is the SOS Kinderdorf International association?
6.
What is the situation in the SOS Children’s Village in Karlovy Vary today like?
3) Explain the following words.
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children at risk
2
foster family
3
Children’s Village
4
retired foster carer
5
youngsters
4) Answer the following questions.
Who
are foster parents? Who can become foster parents? Which children cannot be
adopted?
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1. The article is about SOS Childen´s Villages. And their history and now.
2. The goal of SOS Children’s Villages is to provide children whose original family do not want them or cannot look after them with a new home full of love and understanding
3. In Czechoslovakia, the idea of SOS Children’s Villages appeared in the second half of the 1960s in connection with the general liberalisation of the political situation and the concomitant mobilisation of civil society.
4. the SOS Children’s Village in Karlovy Vary was wound down in 2005 and it was transformed into an education centre for the SOS Kinderdorf International association, which is a worldwide umbrella organisation for individual national SOS Children’s Villages associations.
5. SOS Kinderdorf International association, which is a worldwide umbrella organisation for individual national SOS Children’s Villages associations
6.The SOS Children’s Village renewed its activity in January 2007 and new foster families gradually began arriving in the village
3. children at risk - they are children who are threatened by life
foster family - it is the family that takes care of the adopted child as its own
Children’s Village - are houses in which children live in smaller groups with foster parents
retired foster carerit is a situation when the foster parent dies or is no longer able to take care of the child
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1. The article is about SOS Childen´s Villages. And their history and now.
2. The goal of SOS Children’s Villages is to provide children whose original family do not want them or cannot look after them with a new home full of love and understanding
3. In Czechoslovakia, the idea of SOS Children’s Villages appeared in the second half of the 1960s in connection with the general liberalisation of the political situation and the concomitant mobilisation of civil society.
4. the SOS Children’s Village in Karlovy Vary was wound down in 2005 and it was transformed into an education centre for the SOS Kinderdorf International association, which is a worldwide umbrella organisation for individual national SOS Children’s Villages associations.
5. SOS Kinderdorf International association, which is a worldwide umbrella organisation for individual national SOS Children’s Villages associations
6.The SOS Children’s Village renewed its activity in January 2007 and new foster families gradually began arriving in the village.
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Children with some problems like hate, abuse, family problems...
It is family without blood bond and protectors of children are not real parents of these children.
It is place where children live in save with love.
Old people without job who take care of children.
It is synonyms for young peole.