Sos Childrens Villages
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Mariska C
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
14 Dec 2023, 10:07
SOS Childrens Villages, a Practical Functionality in Today's World, My Experience
It is not easy to run a charity in this new era where government stopped almost all the financial aid orphanages and nursing homes used to get for decades. These are full-time staff who need salaries to live, and children with no hope other than SOS due to government failure, begging for charity. Instead of family planning policies and improved care, government has left the kids to charity just like our elderly (except for the tiny hand-outs that are almost impossible to arrange and receive, due to crumbling entities like SAPOS and SASSA). Fancy news laws like NHI are being written that have no practical forethought, only a desire to create more overpaid office-jobs while the needy practically receive less every year. Kids require healthcare, SOS makes a plan! So in that context I have for many years donated to SOS. I see many complaints here about debit orders, are they living in LaLaLand? In this dire time only the naive sign debit orders and then expect anything good from it. No, I make once-off donations for specific things, and I always get a letter back, in my preferred language, and before 28 February I receive a proper tax certificate - SOS is the only charity that understands such practicalities, and SARS accepts their tax certificates, wow! So, in essence, part of my taxes go to SOS instead of down the endless useless leak that is government, not only in South Africa but globally. For that, I thank you. I do not expect miracles, this here is the desecrated Earth not Heaven, but I expect reliable administration and I have received that from SOS for years. I do not know how you keep that up nowadays, but I hope you do. Finally, if people really cared, they would notice and use the greatest service SOS has, namely not their orphanages but their anonymous child-abuse reporting process. Something that has collapsed from government over the last decade, so someone has to do it. Thank you, SOS, for understanding what is going on. Please continue trying your best while the world falls deeper.
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Mariska C
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
14 Dec 2023, 10:07
SOS Childrens Villages, a Practical Functionality in Today's World, My Experience
It is not easy to run a charity in this new era where government stopped almost all the financial aid orphanages and nursing homes used to get for decades. These are full-time staff who need salaries to live, and children with no hope other than SOS due to government failure, begging for charity. Instead of family planning policies and improved care, government has left the kids to charity just like our elderly (except for the tiny hand-outs that are almost impossible to arrange and receive, due to crumbling entities like SAPOS and SASSA). Fancy news laws like NHI are being written that have no practical forethought, only a desire to create more overpaid office-jobs while the needy practically receive less every year. Kids require healthcare, SOS makes a plan! So in that context I have for many years donated to SOS. I see many complaints here about debit orders, are they living in LaLaLand? In this dire time only the naive sign debit orders and then expect anything good from it. No, I make once-off donations for specific things, and I always get a letter back, in my preferred language, and before 28 February I receive a proper tax certificate - SOS is the only charity that understands such practicalities, and SARS accepts their tax certificates, wow! So, in essence, part of my taxes go to SOS instead of down the endless useless leak that is government, not only in South Africa but globally. For that, I thank you. I do not expect miracles, this here is the desecrated Earth not Heaven, but I expect reliable administration and I have received that from SOS for years. I do not know how you keep that up nowadays, but I hope you do. Finally, if people really cared, they would notice and use the greatest service SOS has, namely not their orphanages but their anonymous child-abuse reporting process. Something that has collapsed from government over the last decade, so someone has to do it. Thank you, SOS, for understanding what is going on. Please continue trying your best while the world falls deeper.
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Johan C
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
10 Nov 2018, 05:23
SOS Villages more interested in money than care for children
There are so many other childrens home to support, Why SOS? I see others have complaints as well. Here is my story with SOS: At a shopping mall in Paarl I was asked to contribute and I started with signing a debid order. They said my money was allocated to kid and gave me her name and photo. As I started to care about this kid and wanted her to have a bigger friendship circle and "family life", I thought about visiting her at her village and maybe bring her some presents at different occasions - something that was possible according to the officials "selling" the debit orders at the Mall. I tried to contact SOS hoping to get some answers about the possibility to visit the child, but absolute silence struck me in the face. No emails were answered and it does not help to call them. What concerns me, is that they have this front of caring for children and begging doners for money and when they receive the money from you, you simply disappear from the radar. They don't care about you at all - they only care about the money! This is sad, because if they really have cared about the kids, they would have welcomed as many as possible opportunities to stimulate children in different ways by allowing the doners to meet them - showing care and love to them. I miss the love at SOS and see them only as a business opportunity. I had to close my bank account to be able to stop my debit order, otherwise it would never have happened. A woman from SOS called me 2 days ago (a year after i closed my account) and mentioned that she noticed that I have stopped making donations to SOS. I explained her what my problem with SOS Villages is, and to my surprise she did not even say a word!! Not a "sorry" or something like "I will investigate your issues" -just just kept silent with a "oh" and an "i see". This after a very calm one-way conversation that I had with her. I give SOS Villages a very clear and definite 1 out of 5 stars!
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Johan C
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
10 Nov 2018, 05:23
SOS Villages more interested in money than care for children
There are so many other childrens home to support, Why SOS? I see others have complaints as well. Here is my story with SOS: At a shopping mall in Paarl I was asked to contribute and I started with signing a debid order. They said my money was allocated to kid and gave me her name and photo. As I started to care about this kid and wanted her to have a bigger friendship circle and "family life", I thought about visiting her at her village and maybe bring her some presents at different occasions - something that was possible according to the officials "selling" the debit orders at the Mall. I tried to contact SOS hoping to get some answers about the possibility to visit the child, but absolute silence struck me in the face. No emails were answered and it does not help to call them. What concerns me, is that they have this front of caring for children and begging doners for money and when they receive the money from you, you simply disappear from the radar. They don't care about you at all - they only care about the money! This is sad, because if they really have cared about the kids, they would have welcomed as many as possible opportunities to stimulate children in different ways by allowing the doners to meet them - showing care and love to them. I miss the love at SOS and see them only as a business opportunity. I had to close my bank account to be able to stop my debit order, otherwise it would never have happened. A woman from SOS called me 2 days ago (a year after i closed my account) and mentioned that she noticed that I have stopped making donations to SOS. I explained her what my problem with SOS Villages is, and to my surprise she did not even say a word!! Not a "sorry" or something like "I will investigate your issues" -just just kept silent with a "oh" and an "i see". This after a very calm one-way conversation that I had with her. I give SOS Villages a very clear and definite 1 out of 5 stars!
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Nada S
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
7 Jun 2017, 08:27
Can't take no for an answer
<p>I have been trying to cancel a debit order to this organisation since March. Whilst they promise to cancel the debit, they still keep on debiting my account each month. </p> <p>This is a dishonest organisation that just can't take "No" for an answer.</p>
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Nada S
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
7 Jun 2017, 08:27
Can't take no for an answer
<p>I have been trying to cancel a debit order to this organisation since March. Whilst they promise to cancel the debit, they still keep on debiting my account each month. </p> <p>This is a dishonest organisation that just can't take "No" for an answer.</p>
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Anonymous
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
15 Feb 2017, 19:30
Unauthorised deductions
<p>last year i agreed to a R150 a month deduction and when SOS started deducted R300 instead of R150 i cancelled . The cancellation was done with much difficulty but finally ended in the middle of last year. now 7 months later they started deducting again without authorisation. My money was never refunded the last time and i let it go despite no apology from SOS. I will make it my business to discourage anyone from supporting this organisation as they seem like scammers to me. From past reviews on Hellop eter, it seems they simply don;t repond but i am going to share this on all social platforms</p>
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Anonymous
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
15 Feb 2017, 19:30
Unauthorised deductions
<p>last year i agreed to a R150 a month deduction and when SOS started deducted R300 instead of R150 i cancelled . The cancellation was done with much difficulty but finally ended in the middle of last year. now 7 months later they started deducting again without authorisation. My money was never refunded the last time and i let it go despite no apology from SOS. I will make it my business to discourage anyone from supporting this organisation as they seem like scammers to me. From past reviews on Hellop eter, it seems they simply don;t repond but i am going to share this on all social platforms</p>
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Thando M
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
6 Apr 2016, 07:31
NO Communication
Good day<br> I was stopped at Fourways Mall by a representative of the SOS Childrens Village asking for assistance to sponsor a child, i obliged and gave my details. This village taking donations to support a child, they promise that their call centre is there to help, but their call centre number doesnt work nor do they reply to emails. I have not been debitted yet, but at this rate i do not want to be involved with this establishment
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Thando M
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
6 Apr 2016, 07:31
NO Communication
Good day<br> I was stopped at Fourways Mall by a representative of the SOS Childrens Village asking for assistance to sponsor a child, i obliged and gave my details. This village taking donations to support a child, they promise that their call centre is there to help, but their call centre number doesnt work nor do they reply to emails. I have not been debitted yet, but at this rate i do not want to be involved with this establishment
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