article / May 15, 2014
In India, a rubber plantation means Tlangnunthang can dream about the future
With the aim to generate sustainable income, Tlangnunthang was one of 1144 beneficiaries who rubber received saplings. "I received 200 saplings. World Vision also facilitated training on managing the plantation.
article / November 20, 2003
A ‘goat-gift’ brings glasses of milk
“Watch him drink it down!” his father Nevruz exclaimed on a recent cold and rainy October afternoon. The wet season had come to central Albania and the entire family of nine was huddled in the small sitting room to talk with a visitor about their new goats.
article / February 28, 2014
Supporting Communities Devastated by Typhoon Haiyan with Hygiene and Sanitation
More than 100 days after typhoon Haiyan struck their community, survivors are doing their best to return to their normal lives. Most often, personal hygiene and sanitation take a back seat as families allot their limited resources to buy food and materials for house repair.
article / October 24, 2012
International Day for Disaster Reduction 2012
The theme for IDDR for 2012 in Bangladesh “Let’s build a disaster resilient country: Take girls and women as supporting forces” draws attention to the fact that women and girls are powerful agents of change.
article / April 29, 2014
Clean Water for People in the Hamlet Landau
Difficult access to clean water in Landau sub village in Pantok village, West Kalimantan has caused many people, especially children, to suffer from chronic illness.
article / October 3, 2012
Missing her home village
Decca, 5, outside her family's temporary house. Decca enjoys playing with other children in the IDP camp that she recently moved to and has made many friends. She says she misses her friends from her home village, though. Decca is hoping to be a teacher in future.
article / January 22, 2014
The simple touch
There are words we are trained not to use as humanitarian communicators. Traumatised is one of them. It’s a word with a very specific meaning applied in specific circumstances. But as I looked at this little boy standing with a plastic gun aimed at my head I could think of no other word.
article / October 6, 2013
Wheelchairs change the lives of six people
In collaboration with the local “Dolphin” association and the Albanian Community Assist (ACA) programme, World Vision’s Dibra ADP distributed six wheelchairs to children and adults with disabilities, whose families were unable pay for them.
article / October 18, 2015
Typhoon Koppu: Hitting close to home
I've been deployed to several emergency responses, including typhoon Haiyan. Doing the work now, in my own province, should not be any different. But I’m wrong. It’s harder.
page / March 14, 2013
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