Rajpura is situated nearly 40 km south east of Chandigarh, on the National Highway, the capital city of Punjab. It is an industrial town with a number of large and small scale industries with good communications, transportation, medical and educational facilities. Chandigarh airport is at a distance of 45 kms.

SOS Children’s Village was established in Rajpura in 1996 on the request of State Government. It was set up to care for a large number of children rendered homeless and parentless after a decade long violence and terrorism in Punjab. SOS Children’s Village, Rajpura is situated in the heart of Rajpura town and well connected by rail & road.

The Children’s Village is home to 169 children in 14 family homes, with 29 studying in boarding schools. A Kindergarten which takes care of pre-school education and prepares children for formal schooling, a community house, a guest house, learning centre comprising of library, computer lab and a music room, tailoring hobby centre, workshop, dispensary and sports facilities are all a part of the Village facility.

The first batch of children has moved up to higher studies and some have settled down in jobs and become independent. At present, four girls are doing vocational courses in polytechnics / Institutes, eight girls are in nursing courses, one is in Second year of B.Sc. in Hotel Management and one is attending college education. The focus is on job related education so that children can settle down and become independent. 106 children are studying in local schools while 26 are in boarding.

The Youth House has 41 youth boys. Five youth boys are attending three year Diploma courses in Polytechnics, one is in First year of B Tech (Mech Engg), one is doing B Sc in Hotel Management, two are in final year of graduation course and one youth boy is in Second year of Bachelor of Computer Applications.

There are 55 children in the Kindergarten. Out of this 23 are from the Village and 32 are from the community. Pre-Nursery, Nursery, LKG and UKG classes are conducted to prepare children for entry to formal schools.

The Programme is being conducted since 2003. Having started with a modest number of 10 beneficiaries, the village has expanded the benefit to 317 children and their 73 families. One girl from the programme has completed three year scholarship GNM course and has been employed at Multi-Specialty Hospital. Children are tutored for their academics & have started showing better results in their schools. Nutritional support has brought about physical & health improvement. Assistance was extended in preventive medicine, health & hygiene and also immunization programme. Tie-ups with a reputed hospital in proximity to the Village were made. In-house medical camps including dental proved beneficial. Efforts are on to motivate ladies to form Self Help Groups to make them self-sustaining.