报刊上有时提到“SOS 儿童村”,它究竟是怎么回事呢?“SOS”是“Sociatas Socialis”的缩写,意即“社会福利协会”。它是目前世界上最大的全部由私人创办的儿童福利组织。其宗旨是收容被弃散在外无人教管的儿童,让他(她)们也能象一般家庭中的儿童一样,享受家政教育,健康地成长。世界上第一个 SOS 儿童村是奥地利的赫尔曼.格马纳干一九五一正创办的。它的国际总部设 The newspaper sometimes refers to “SOS Children’s Village”, what is going on with it? “SOS” is “Sociatas Socialis” acronym, which means “Social Welfare Association.” It is by far the largest privately owned child welfare organization in the world. Its purpose is to accommodate abandoned children who are left unattended, so that they can also enjoy the same kind of domestic education and healthy growth as their children in the ordinary family. The first SOS children’s village in the world was founded by Hermann A. Greerman of Austria in 1951. Its international headquarters