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SOS Children's Village Mombasa

Mombasa is a lively port-town and tourist centre with around 1,208,333 as per the 2019 census inhabitants. Construction works for the SOS Children's Village Mombasa were completed in 1979. In the same year, the first children and SOS mothers moved in. It was opened by the former President of Kenya, His Excellency Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi, in 1995.

SOS Children's Village in Mombasa was developed on the Northern shore of the Bay of Mombasa, 500 metres from the coast. It consists of fifteen family houses, a village director's house, staff flats, an ICT resource centre, a house for the SOS aunts and an administrative and service unit.

Each family house comprises a small garden in which fruits and vegetables are cultivated. The kindergarten was opened in 1979 and consisted of four group rooms, a playground, and several secondary rooms. Children from the SOS Children's Village in Mombasa and the local neighbourhood attend the kindergarten.

SOS Children's Village Nairobi

SOS Children's Village Nairobi was the first SOS Children's Village in Kenya. It was constructed in 1973 in Buru Buru Estate in the Eastland area of Nairobi, 11 km from the central business district of Nairobi. On 16 October 1975, the village was opened in the then Kenyan Vice-President His Excellency Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi, and the founder and president of SOS Children's Villages International, Hermann Gmeiner. The first Village Director was Mr Anthony Herrnegger. In subsequent years, over ten more have served in the village. The girls' house is located within the village while the boys' house is across the road. This facility was officially opened in 1989 but has been occupied since 1985.

SOS Children's Village Eldoret

SOS Children's Village in Eldoret was the third SOS Children's Village to be constructed in Kenya. It is located in Kapsoya Estate, about 6 km from Eldoret town. It was opened by the former President of Kenya, His Excellency Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi. Although the village started with 12 family houses, 3 more have recently been added. Each family house has a capacity of 10 children who attend either the kindergarten located in the village, the SOS Herman Gmeiner Primary or Secondary School, located directly opposite the village, or other government and private schools.

Attached to the village are the youth facilities where the youth move to as they reach adolescence. The girls' house is located within the village while the boys' house is a little further away from the village.

SOS Children's Village Meru

SOS Children's Village in Meru was officially opened on 8 October 2005. The village has 13 family houses, each with a capacity of 10 children. The village director's house, accommodation for SOS aunts, guest house, and an administration and service area. The SOS Children's Village is situated on the outskirts of Meru on the road to Meru National Park. Due to its central location, Meru was considered a perfect location for constructing an SOS Children's Village. Meru has a reasonably good infrastructure and is situated in the middle of Kenya's most densely populated areas.

Educational and social facilities are insufficient; however, due to the construction of the SOS Children's Village and the Kindergarten, SOS Kinderdorf International improved the social standards of the local population considerably.

SOS Children's Village Kisumu

Kisumu is located on the shores of Lake Victoria. SOS Children's Village Kisumu is the largest among all the villages in Kenya, and its construction ended in November 2011. So far, the village comprises 15 houses, guesthouse, resource centre, social hall and a kindergarten.

The village comprises 16 family houses, a village director's house, a house for the SOS aunts (SOS aunts take care of the children in case an SOS mother is absent), a guest house, an ICT resource centre, a sports ground, a multi-purpose hall, an administrative and service unit, coops for the chicken, vegetable beds, kindergarten, greenhouse for tomatoes and a water treatment plant.

Every family house has a capacity of 10 children, and the children attend the SOS Kindergarten (located in the village) and the SOS Herman Gmeiner Primary School located just 2kms away. The secondary school students attend the SOS Hermann Gmeiner Secondary School in Eldoret and other government and private schools. Attached to the village are the youth facilities where the youth move to as they reach adolescence.