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Monday, December 16, 2024

A Christmas Miracle in Matlameng: The gift of a New Home

World Vision restores hope to a family in Matlameng with a new home after a devastating fire, embodying the true spirit of Christmas miracles.

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Sustainable Development is an inevitable trend in humanitarian programming

By Mary Njeri As more humanitarian crises around the world become protracted and as the integration of refugees into host communities become more imbedded...

Child labour in Busia gold mines

Rescuing and supporting children forced into illegal mining in Uganda

Behind lucrative business lurks a desperate daily battle for survival--child miners bearing the heaviest load. The impact of the work on a child's health...

The power to choose in a child's hands: Highlights from Bambadala 1

Some children wait years before being chosen by sponsors. But what if, instead, they got to choose? For the first time, the power to choose is in the hands...

Sudha is inspiring other girls and women through her child sponsorship.

Transforming one life at a time: Sudha’s story

“I want to grow up to be a Civil Servant and serve my community at a level that I can't do now,” asserts Sudha, a World Vision sponsored child in Delhi...

FNB foundation and World Vision Eswatini, 102 vulnerable pupils receive new school shoes

102 vulnerable pupils receive brand new school shoes, jerseys and backpacks

After wearing old plastic open flops to school, Nhlakanipho Myeni, who aspires to be a doctor, was pleased to get a new pair of shoes. He hasn't had a pair...

Child holds ipad

5 Reasons Not to Connect with Your Sponsored Child on Social Media

Social media – it’s never been easier to keep in touch with your friends and family, no matter where in the world they are. Sounds perfect for connecting...

Genesis stands outside dressed in pink

Does sponsorship work? 14-year-old Genesis is living proof

Genesis is 14 years old, a karaoke queen, an informed big sister and a dedicated student. Today, she’s got a lot to smile about – but it hasn’t always been...

Gertrude shares the joy of sponsorship for her and her community in Ghana

Fifteen-year-old Gertrude describes how excited she was when she first received a gift from PM International. Through sponsorship, PM International funded...

WV volunteer plays with child

3 ways we can protect children in conflict zones

The scenes of heartbreak, chaos and ruin from conflict are gut-wrenching. It’s hard not to feel hopeless and helpless in the face of it. But, child...

Volunteer overlooks refugee camps

The ripple effect of Child Sponsorship helps children fleeing Ukraine

Once an enrolled child in World Vision’s child sponsorship programme in Romania, 21-year-old Andreea is now giving back as a volunteer for World Vision's...

Andreea looks over refugee camp

The ripple effect of Child Sponsorship helps children fleeing Ukraine

Once a child enrolled in World Vision’s child sponsorship programme in Romania, 21-year-old Andreea is now giving back as a volunteer for World Vision's...

Senior Leadership Team visit Mbeza Area Programme

World Vision Zambia Senior Leadership Team (SLT) conducted a one-day monitoring field visit in Mbeza Area Programme in Namwala District of Southern...

Marcus Frost holds up the picture of the child in Kenya who choose him to be his sponsor

Be Chosen: A little bit of good can overwhelm the world

By Marcus Frost, Partnership leader – Global Marketing and Communications I remember visiting a family in a ramshackle shelter in a refugee settlement...

Women cooking food

Child Sponsorship stopped a silent tragedy in Bangladesh

Thanks to World Vision's child sponsorship and nutrition training, malnutrition is a thing of the past in Riju's community after his mother--and others-...

Panha is 12 years old and chose his sponsor.

Simple gifts make a big difference for sponsored children

Today, 12-year-old Panha is at school for the second day in a row, and he’ll be going tomorrow, too. That might not sound very ground-breaking. But, for...

Michaela teaches

The ripple effect of child sponsorship protecting children in the Philippines

Thanks to child sponsorship in her community Michaela learned how to protect herself online. Today, she is paying that information forward by teaching...

Danesi sits in a hammock with a friend

Child sponsorship helps Danesi beat the odds in Honduras

Danesi lives in a community where it is all-too-common for young girls to get pregnant and drop out of school. But, Danesi is not one of them. Through...

Chrissy gets water

Because of child sponsorship, things are different now for Chrissy and other children in Malawi

Child sponsorship is helping Chrissy and other vulnerable children in Malawi dream big dreams for the future-like being a police officer-instead of getting...

My journey with World Vision - Moussa Signate

Moussa Signaté is a young boy living in the World Vision Senegal Program in Nétéboulou. He is part of the first cohort of the Club of Peer Educators formed...

Chosen™ – the power to choose in the hands of children in Senegal

Some children wait years before being chosen by sponsors. But what if they got to choose instead? For the first time, the power to choose is in the hands...

'Unlock Literacy' impacts positively on the learning outcomes of children across Ghana

As part of its obligations to help the most vulnerable children reach their full potential, and with funding from the Korea International Cooperation...

FNB Eswatini’s SZL56,100 to change 85 learners’ lives

FNB Eswatini partners with World Vision to help change 85 learners’ lives

For a child with no shoes and no jersey to wear on a cold winter day, going to school can be an unpleasant task that one is not too keen on. This is the...

Phindile Ndwandwe, who has turned her gift of one goat, received from World Vision Eswatini at the age of 12 years, into her livelihood

Gift of one goat feeding family 10 years later

Back in 2012, no one could have imagined that a small gift of a goat to a 12-year-old girl would one day feed a whole family and help send several children...

For Salma child sponsorship meant she could return to school

Child sponsorship helps Salma back to school in the Philippines

Salma in Philippines finally gets back to school through the World Vision Child Sponsorship programme.