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Schools of Peace; a New Culture to Eliminate Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean

Schools of Peace; a New Culture to Eliminate Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Sourcevie selling embers in a community market in the DRC.

Child Labour: What you need to know

The 2021 International Labour Organization report indicates that a total of 3.3 million children are in situations of forced labour on any given day...

Nanuram and Sughna overcame poverty and achieved their dreams, against all odds.

Education: Achieving their dreams against the odds in India

Nanuram’s humble home is in the middle of a cornfield in India, ripe for harvest. He and his wife Sughna continue to farm this land just as his parents had...

Girl proudly shows off her artwork at the workshop.

Honduras: Painting with coffee to prevent child labour workshop

Faced with the problem of child labour associated with coffee production in western Honduras, we have joined forces with the Association of Coffee...

Nayeem is fighting to end child abuse in his community

Child trafficking: Nayeem's fight for change in Bangladesh

Seventeen-year-old Nayeem has stopped 37 child marriages, assisted two child victims of sexual abuse and helped rescue one child from being trafficked. The...

Varsha and her friends, Shivkanya and Gareema, dressed in traditional costumes in India.

Working with communities to end child marriage in India

India is known for its diverse culture and tradition. During celebrations, women and girls often dress in traditional attire with their ornaments. Ten-year...

Samira was trafficked in India at the age of just 14.

Child Trafficking: What you need to know

Child trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. Children are trafficked for purposes such as domestic labour, armed groups, criminal activity, and even...

Sabina survived child marriage and is an advocate to end to practise

Surviving child marriage: The victorious Sabina

Sabina was just 14 years old when she became a child bride in Bangladesh. “In eighth grade, my family pulled me out of school and married me off,” Sabina...

Child labourer Nuri in Bangladesh breaks bricks to earn money for her family.

Child Labour: 11-year-old Nuri forced to break bricks in Bangladesh

Eleven-year-old child labourer Nuri* is by the roadside in Bangladesh, sweaty and exhausted from hammering for hours under the burning sun, lost in the...

Alamgir is assisting the next generation of young leaders in Bangladesh

Meet Alamgir: The Bangladesh child rights activist

Alamgir never really had a childhood. The 21-year-old child rights activist in Bangladesh wants to make sure that no other child suffers that same fate...

Cyra is a sponsored child helping keep teens safe online with Bible verses

Philippines teen fights dangers online through Bible verses

Fourteen-year-old Cyra stands in front of a small crowd consisting of mothers and children. She starts to read a Bible verse nervously. When she finishes...

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Joyce and Joseph advocate for their rights

Lebanon is enduring a severe economic crisis– Inflation reached triple digits while the exchange rate for the Lebanese pound keeps losing value, prompting...

16 Days of Activism - SAR

World Vision staff and partners call for an end to GBV across Southern Africa

World Vision staff and partners from across the Southern Africa region joined the world in observing this year's 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based...

Two girls in an Iraq camp outside a health clinic

Child protection and participation must be the new global agenda

Dana says that while children are finally being heard by those in power, more must be done to protect them from threats like COVID, climate change, and...

Children praying and smiling

Research gives us faith that children can be protected

Kathryn is excited about new research in three countries that helps World Vision better understand the role of faith in social change and tackling violence...

Children in silhouette stand beneath a blue sky in Africa

It takes more than laws to end violence against children

Mirela explains that it takes more than people knowing there is a law preventing violence against children to stop them beating their children, it takes...

World Vision Uganda Child Protection It Takes A World to end violence against children

Meet Richard, a refugee championing child protection in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement

Richard is a Child Protection Committee (CPC) member who has been working with World Vision since 2016 to protect the lives of children in his village in...

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Speaking up and taking action to end violence against children

My name is Sreymey, 13 years old, and I'm of the child leaders in my community. Being the only child, my parents and I live a simple, harmonious life in...

Rifa, 14, no longer worries about walking back from school alone.

The Karate girls protecting themselves from violence 

“I am confident. I dare to go to school and return from school alone,” says 14-year-old Rifa. Rifa has completed six months of martial art courses with the...

Lured by false promises, I wasted two years of my life becoming a child soldier

Apart from children abducted and forcefully recruited by an armed group in South Sudan, there were also those who were pushed by poverty to join lured by...

Michaela is raising awareness about online sexual exploitation of children.

The Philippines teen fighting online sexual exploitation

Michaela, 16, folds the white banner. It’s almost noon in the Philippines. She waves goodbye to her friends whom she just had a brief discussion about...

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Hope for Girls Rescued from FGM and Forced Marriage in Kenya

By Martin Muluka, World Vision Communications Specialist, Kenya Esther (not her real name) was rescued from FGM and child marriage in 2016, when she was...

Anuradha was a child bride and is now an anti-child marriage advocate

From a child bride to an advocate against child marriage in India

Anuradha was just 13 years old when child marriage, then motherhood, ended her dreams of becoming a teacher. Or so she thought. “Dawn had just broken and...

Tabassum was tricked by her neighbour when she was facing a tough time.

Almost trafficked: The Girl Power Group saving children in India

A trafficker is an expert storyteller. Whether it is a promise of a happy marriage, a well-paying job in the city or an escape from the harsh realities of...