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'''World Orphan Week''' (WOW) began in the UK in 2005, and is owned by [[SOS Children's Villages UK]]. It is a week developed to [[raise awareness]] for the needs of orphaned and [[abandoned children]] around the world.

World Orphan Week is a week for groups and individuals to volunteer their time and [[fundraise]] to support programs that can support these children in need.

This event is growing in popularity with launches in the UK, the [[United States|US]], and [[Canada]].

SOS Children's Villages invites schools, community groups, individuals and anyone interested to form their own fundraisers for the campaign.

== History ==
World Orphan Week began in 2005, originally running in October, before moving to February.

In the United Kingdom, WOW 2009 took place 9–15 February,<ref>{{Cite web|title=WOW World Orphan Week|url=http://www.wearwow.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120121356/http://wearwow.com/|archive-date=2008-11-20|access-date=2021-04-17}}</ref> and in The United States WOW 2008 took place 5–11 October. [[SOS Children's Villages - USA|SOS Children's Villages, USA]] held an online video contest called "WOW Us" to promote World Orphan Week 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-09-13|title=Enter the WOW Us Video Contest! - SOS Children's Villages|url=http://www.sos-usa.org/get-involved/world-orphan-week/wow-us-video-contest/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913204408/http://www.sos-usa.org/get-involved/world-orphan-week/wow-us-video-contest/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=2008-09-13|access-date=2021-04-17|website=www.sos-usa.org}}</ref> SOS Children's Villages Canada launched World Orphan Week in Canada, in October 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SOS Children's Villages Canada|url=http://www.soschildrensvillages.ca/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129191115/http://www.soschildrensvillages.ca/|archive-date=2014-01-29|access-date=2008-06-13|website=SOS Children’s Villages Canada}}</ref>

The campaign ran annually in the UK until 2013, where it was on hiatus until 2018, where it will be relaunched as part of [[SOS Children's Villages UK]]'s 50th anniversary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=SOS Children's Villages United Kingdom - No child should grow up alone|url=https://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410182832/https://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/|archive-date=2021-04-10|access-date=2017-07-03|website=SOS Children's Villages United Kingdom|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Current ==
World Orphan Week 2018 will run from 3–10 February 2018, as the campaign relaunches as part of SOS Children's Villages UK's 50th anniversary.<ref name=":0" /> The campaign looks to involve schools, companies, and [[community groups]], as well as businesses local to [[Cambridge]], where the UK headquarters are located.<ref name=":0" /> WOW is a national project, run across the UK, aiming to raise awareness for the large number of children missing one or both parents across the world.

==See also==
* [[Orphan's Day]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Awareness weeks]]
[[Category:October observances]]

World Orphan Week - Revision history

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