Child Sponsorship Background from Sargodha, Pakistan

SOS Children's Village Sargodha

SOS Children's Village Sargodha was set up in 1995 to provide for orphans and abandoned children from the area. Sargodha is a large city that is situated about 240 km from the capital Islamabad.                                                     

The SOS Children's Village currently has 14 family houses (which offer a new home to up to 140 children), a village director's house, an aunts' house, a clinic, a multi-purpose hall, a mosque, and an administrative block.

Other SOS Projects in Sargodha

Given the demand for education of a higher standard, an SOS School was opened in 1997. The school has 35 classrooms, two science laboratories and a computer lab. The school can take in 1,000 pupils.

An SOS Youth Home at Sargodha opened in 2003. It has ten dormitories, meaning that the facility can accommodate 40 teenage boys.

Background to Sargodha

Sargodha is a city in the Sargodha District of Punjab province, Pakistan. Sargodha is located in the northeast of Pakistan. It is the eleventh largest city of Pakistan. It is an agricultural trade centre with various industries.  Sargodha is one of three planned cities in Pakistan, the other two are Faisalabad (where SOS Children also works) and Islamabad.