Videos in this website have been put together by children living in and around SOS Children’s Villages. They’ve captured their thoughts, opinions and ideas to present a new perspective on Africa through their own eyes. The result is this evolving ‘Our Africa’ educational resource.

SOS Children has been working in Ethiopia since 1975 as a result of the1974 famine and the government's appeal for international aid.  There are six villages dotted across the country. Find out more about SOS Children in Ethiopia.

Apart from making videos for this resource, each group of young people has made its own short film (sometimes more than one) on subjects that matter to them. Each film reveals quite a lot about their lives, their life experiences and their aspirations for their future.

This is what the children came up with:

Team A - Mama Ethiopia

This film, created by Team A, identifies some common problems such as quarrelling and how to solve them.  They also look at some of the traditional and unique Ethiopian festivals.

Team B - SOS saved me

Team B have created a film about what life was like for one girl before she came to live at the SOS Children’s Village and what her life is like now.