I-SOS Children's Villages eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Save Our Soul iyinhlangano ezimele, engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni, engenzi nzuzo yokuthuthukiswa kwamazwe ngamazwe ekomkhulu e-Innsbruck, e-Austria. Inhlangano ihlinzeka ngosizo lobuntu nolwentuthuko ezinganeni ezidingayo futhi ivikela izintshisekelo namalungelo azo emhlabeni jikelele. I-SOS Children’s Village yokuqala yasungulwa ngo-1949 eTyrol, e-Austria yisazi sase-Austria esiphila saka uHermann Gmeiner ngemva kokuqaphela ukuthi impi yomhlaba yayishiye izingane eziningi ziyizintandane futhi zinganakiwe. Namuhla, i-SOS Children’s Villages isebenza emazweni nasezifundeni ezingu-135 emhlabeni wonke. I-SOS Children's Villages inikeza enye imindeni ezinganeni ngaphandle kokunakekelwa okufanele kwabazali. Izingane ezineminyaka ehlukene nesizinda zihlala ndawonye endlini enomzali wesikhathi esigcwele, ngokuvamile owesifazane okhonza njengomzali wezingane. Ngokuvamile kunezindlu eziyisi-6 kuye kweziyi-15 e-SOS Village evamile. Ngaphandle kwamaDolobhana, le nhlangano iphinde ibe nezinhlelo eziningi nezinsiza zokweseka imindeni entulayo ngokwenhlalo nehlwempu ngezinkulisa zayo ezixhaswayo, izikole zamabanga aphansi nezamabanga aphezulu, izikhungo zentsha, izikhungo zezenhlalakahle nezokwelapha, kanye nemisebenzi yokusiza izimo eziphuthumayo. Ngo-2017, izingane nentsha ezingaphezu kuka-85,000 zikhuliswe eZindaweni Zezingane ze-SOS ezingama-572 kanye nasezikhungweni zentsha ze-SOS ezingaphezu kuka-700. Ezinye izingane eziyizigidi ezingu-3.8 kanye nabantu abadala bathole izinsiza kwezinye izinhlelo zabo.