organization SOS Children's Villages, an organization that maintains housing and services for children without stable parental care SOS Sahel Ethiopia, a non-governmental organization in Ethiopia working on rural development Stop Our Ship (SOS), an antiwar movement during the Vietnam War Sport Strength of schedule, a competitor rating statistic Survival of the Shawangunks, a triathlon held in New Paltz, New York Other uses Södersjukhuset, a hospital in Stockholm, Sweden Somali shilling (ISO 4217 code: SOS), currency of Somalia SOS incident, several missing person incidents in Hokkaidō, Japan in the 1980s