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SOS Help Featured in Var Reporter

Visit The Riveria Reporter website to view the latest edition of The Var Reporter, which includes an article on SOS Help.

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SOS Article Published in French News, France's English-language Newspaper

On 14 January, 2008, French News ran an article about SOS Help. It explains who we are, what we do, and why people would want to call us. French News has been around for 20 years, and their monthly publication is France's best-selling monthly newspaper in English for Francophiles.

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Death of Chad Varah, Founder of The Samaritans

On 8 November 2007, Chad Varah, founder of The Samaritans, a UK based crisis hotline, died at the age of 95. From the official article on the Befrienders website:

Felicity Varah, Chad's eldest child, comments: "Thanks to my father, Samaritans has been working for over 50 years, providing confidential, emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. His relationship with Samaritans had many chapters, from the moment he founded it in his beloved Church, St Stephen Walbrook in 1953, through its expansion worldwide, to the latter years when he stepped back to allow the movement to grow and flourish".

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Lost in France Mentions SOS Help

Lost in France, an online guide to living in France, published a feature about SOS Help and the services we offer. Here is an excerpt from the article:

SOS Help is a voluntary community service offering emotional support to English-speaking people in France. Empathetic listeners from all walks of life and nationalities listen to callers feeling lonely, anxious or depressed - or who just need someone totalk to in their own language.

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"The Listening Post" Published in Expatica

SOS Help is an English-language 'crisis line' operating out of an undisclosed Paris location for the past 30 years; a non-profit association, it's run completely by volunteers who keep their names a secret but who provide a sympathetic ear for 300 to 400 calls a month.

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