Child sponsorship helps more than the sponsored child—it can also inspire your own child to grow into a globally-minded, emotionally-aware person.

Sponsoring a child can spark global awareness in your kids. Try these six fun ways to make sponsorship meaningful and engaging for the whole family.

World Vision has been working in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) since 1994, first providing relief to a war-torn country and then working on community development. For three decades, we provided sustain able livelihoods to the disadvantaged and needy, improved quality of education, and empowered families and communities to seek access to their rights.

Moving stories and hearty recipes from the Middle East to Eastern Europe enrich the Nourishing Peace Cookbook from World Vision.

We cannot do it alone. Empowering local actors to lead the response, recovery, rehabilitation and development in their countries is a top priority, and building their capacity supports us to achieve our goals of ensuring every girl and boy has what they need to live a life in all its fullness. We partner with supporters, governments, local communities, faith leaders, civil society, faith-based organisations to support the needs of children and their families throughout the region

School break boredom? Try these five fun, curiosity-sparking activities inspired by your sponsored child—perfect for keeping kids engaged and joyful!

Global social activist Graça Machel has been awarded the World Vision Mozambique Child Well-Being Champion title for her contributions toward creating an environment where children—especially girls—can live life to the fullest.

Saya’s family is from Syria, but she was born in Turkiye. Saya is six years old and has three sisters—one younger and two older. Her family lived in Syria until her older sisters were three and one year old. They fled because the war had made their hometown too dangerous. Her father was the first to leave, traveling to Turkiye, and soon after, Saya’s mother and sisters joined him. Saya and her younger sister were born in Turkiye.

The world needs problem-solvers. Sponsoring a child can help your child build creativity, empathy, and action-oriented thinking for a better future.

An uncomfortable truth: without placing children at the heart of resilience strategies, we are merely managing decline rather than building the future.