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"The night I saw death"

By Justin Byworth, World Vision United Kingdom CEO “Death. That night I saw death,” were the first devastating words eight-year-old Tasnim said to me...

Supporting well-being of Syrian-Armenian children

World Vision Armenia joined forces with the Ministry of Diaspora, the “Coordination Centre for Syrian-Armenians’ Issues”, UNICEF, and Save the Children to...

Living in a water tank in Lebanon

Many families flee Syria with nothing more than the clothes they are wearing. This family, is living in a water tank designed to irrigable farm land in...

One million lives

The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has passed one million. One million lives have been disrupted, many of which belong to children. The problem can...

Drawing smiles on the faces of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon

Life is hard for refugees from Syria in Lebanon. It is especially hard for children. Many have lost everything, even their chance to be a child. Through...

The unseen side of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan

Tim Costello, CEO of World Vision Australia, highlights the other side of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan--the impact the influx of refugees is having...

When the shoemaker’s children go barefoot

By Mike Bailey, World Vision’s communication manager for the Syria crisis response, based in Jordan. It is the beginning of Ramadan, the Muslim month of...

Where is the hope for Syrian refugees in Lebanon?

Tim Costello, president of World Vision Australia is moved by the desperate situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Help provide hope for Syrian refugees.

Septic tanks for Syrian refugees in Jordan

Casting a septic tank for the new refugee camp at Azraq in Jordan takes a lot of work, casting 2,600 is a massive task. This company in Aman is working...

Syrian refugees continue to flood into Za'atari camp in Jordan

Even as workers make progress on the construction of Azraq camp, Syrian refugees continue to flood into neighboring Jordan and Lebanon. In Jordan, many end...

Septic tanks start to arrive at Azraq

Work continues at Azraq to ready this desert land into what will soon be a home for some 130,000 Syrian refugees. World Vision is busy installing the water...

Work continues at Azraq

Work continues to ready Azraq camp for the arrival the first of the anticipated 130,000 Syrian refugees it is to house. World Vision is installing water...

Building a city for Syrian refugees in Jordan

World Vision staff member Chris Palusky gives a glimpse of what living conditions will be like for Syrian refugee families in Azraq camp in Jordan. World...

We are in Syria, but we need help

By Michael Bailey, World Vision Syria Crisis Response Communications Manager The war in Syria hit me personally yesterday. It wasn't a bullet or shrapnel...

The threat of being displaced at home

Nearly 500,000 Syrian refugees have found refuge in Jordan. Their safety, however, is causing hardships on host countries and communities. Tamadour, a...

Behind the scenes; building sanitation infrastructure for Syrian refugees

Jonathan Spence, World Vision procurement and logistics adviser visits the factory where the first 60 cement septic tanks are being cast. Over the next...

Work continues at Azraq camp in Jordan

World Vision's crews are hard at work weekdays and weekends setting up the water, sanitation and infrastructure for the first 30,000 Syrian refugees who...

"We hope the world will hear our children's voices"

Dave Toycen, of World Vision Canada visits Syrian refugees in Jordan living day-to-day.

Work continues on water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure for Syrian refugees in Jordan

World Vision workers are hard at work digging holes and fabricating septic tanks that are part of the water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure being...

Work begins to provide refugees in Jordan with water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure

Crews are hard at work digging trenches and installing pipe that will provide water for refugees in the Azraq refugee camp, currently under construction in...

Bringing water to the desert in Jordan

The continuous stream of Syrians seeking refuge in Jordan (and other nearby countries) continues to grow. Zaatari, the main refugee camp in the Jordan has...

Building a home for Syrian refugees in Jordan - Azraq camp

Work continues on the construction of Azraq camp in Jordan. The refugee camp is being designed to provide refuge to 130,000 people, an estimated half of...

Locked out - Syrian refugees in Jordan

By Mike Bailey, World Vision Communications Manager in Jordan “There was terrible screaming in the middle of the night,” remembers Ishmail, a husband and a...

Living in Limbo - Syrian refugees in Jordan

By Mike Bailey, World Vision communications in Jordan We entered the Za'atari refugee camp through the back gate in a convoy of green water-tankers. We had...