Child Rights Groups Accuse the President of the SOS Kinderdorf International Misuse of Orphan Children's Funds.

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Nairobi, Kenya – It was very terrifying when the head of the SOS-Kinderdorf International Mr. Helmut Kutin has visited the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi last year. One moment was when the president received several youth bursting with cry and several other wailing. The children were complaining from food shortage and difficulties on their school fees. Helmut Kutin, felt stressed, and he talked his mother language, a German accent, in which he was seen consulting with his East African employees.

It was terrifying and the media people who were advertising him have changed their mid and begun looking at the complaints of the children. SOS-Children’s Villages are association those come under the umbrella organization SOS-Kinderdorf International. This organization is really very rich and invites almost every person to donate to them so that an orphan is fed, gotten for shelter etc. Historic events say that at times of its founder, Hermann Gmeiner, he used to take great care about his orphaned children inside the centers especially those in the poorest countries, the abandoned children of his era were satisfied with his work and had never suffered.

When Hermann Gmeiner died, Helmut Kutin was selected. The father had realized that if he selected Kutin he could be a model for all children, the other issue being that Helmut Kutin was an orphan himself and marketed the organization as he attracted almost every person in the world. Unfortunately, Helmut Kutin’s era has never granted favors for the insiders (orphans).

Most of the abandoned children were sent back to the streets whereby few of them have sponsorship through vocational trainings. Reports reveal that Kutin’s villages lack students who are enthusiastic about receiving university education; the SOS orphans in Africa do have a big challenge in getting such priority for their lives.

I have met, a journalist from SOS at the regional office in East Africa, Hillary Atkins she is currently one of the management there. Hillary talked to me but closed our speech by mentioning for me she is only a journalist that works for top officials in the organization, and produced the in-house journal. I have stressed that what I’m talking about was an orphan’s rights and its investigations, for my permanence. Helmut Kutin arrived in June last year, but what was overwhelmed by orphan’s complaints, that his children were coming to him and asking for several things.

African children and their current condition:

Somalia is the worst country. Children are currently a target by the Islamist groups. Recently a group of child rights associations condemned the Al-Shabaab Al-Mujaahediin to quit recruiting smaller children for war. It was on Wednesday when Somalia children rights groups expressed a deep concern over several children who were recruited from western countries to be used in war zones. Al-Shabaab is linked to Al-Qaeda and is the largest terror network in East Africa.

Al-Shabaab captured the SOS-Children’s Villages center in Mogadishu soon after a clinic nurse, Sister Nionella was murdered by staff sent by “Aden Ceyrow” a terror leader who had also been killed in Somalia’s central regions by a US drown attack. Soon after, their mission concentrated on the employees and the children inside the orphanage.

In a video cassette, I have recorded the situation of the children inside the SOS-children, most of the children complained that there is no service in Somalia and youth have evacuated to Nairobi where they are confident they may one day meet their father, Helmut Kutin.

“We have heard Hermann Gmeiner used to provide youth with anything they like as long as their background is from an SOS-Children’s Village” said an SOS girl. The youth explained that the operators of this time are not providing children with what they want.

Reports from the organization claim that SOS-Children’s Villages is the richest organization for the orphaned, abandoned and destitute children on the earth. Hermann Gmeiner founded it while having 600 Austrian shillings in his Pocket (40 US$) in 1949. Hermann Gmeiner was also a philanthropist who has met many important people throughout the world only so that these children succeed in better future. According to the financial times in 2004 SOS turnover was $804 million and as well donors from around the world says “They are ready to give to orphans with better and best lives for their future”

Journalists on humanitarian issues confirm that SOS youth fails mostly at the departure time. Departure time means that a child is forced to get out of the village and make his own living outside the center. Stories have been written that SOS-Children’s Villages, although a private organization, it never cares if these children suffer from unknown aftermath caused by their earlier or late departure. Youth at the time of leaving village worry and, wonders what will happen or who he/she will stay with, because, they do not know where to turn to moreover; there is no sound economical structure or training to begin employment. SOS-Children’s Villages have ignored the plight of the modern orphans, abandoned and the helpless children at its own hand; while it can sustain, media report added.

What many people are happy is that many know where the money is lost, why the money has been lost and that there is not fifty-fifty divide over the expense, in favor for children. SOS-Children’s Villages hires the best offices in towns and cities worldwide while children and youth were not clothed and fed nicely. Recent information says the organization is ranked 33 out of 100 for global accountability since it has been established. The SOS-Children’s Villages staff enjoys the modern welfare status while their noble families are filled with health and educational coverage-the sponsored SOS-kids never get it, investigations stress.

“I have heard from the village father my sponsor is from Europe, we do not receive our sponsors greeting letters at seasonal occasions, I have found  one envelope for last year in the office dust bin, because management do not want us to learn the contact address” said SOS youth. Studies say orphaned children and youth are sometimes called for a serious economical development by their sponsors and these intentions are mostly unseen.

Several Somali orphans evacuees in Kenya say their brothers were recently hired for “Holy War” a fatal war which is currently going on in Somalia. Child rights groups in Somalia criticizes that many humanitarian companies including SOS are pursuing political interest and not thinking about youth from the SOS-Children’s Villages joining terrorism activities. They said SOS hospital should stop medical, and food supplies to feed terrorism frustrating the government and A.U. peace-keeping soldiers on the ground.

Burhan Hassan

WorldnewsVine-Kenya

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