Life In Between The Lifeless

Tuesday 03, Dec, 2013

An incredible story of how baby Princess Yola, was born under torch light, in a mausoleum as Typhoon Haiyan tore trees, pilons and buildings down in Batan, Philippines.

A 44,000-Strong Family

Thursday 05, Dec, 2013

When Reka's trip of a lifetime turned into a nightmare of ill-health, the reaction of our colleagues in World Vision Peru surpassed anything she – or we – could have expected.

Meeting Juan Carlos in the mountains of Bolivia

Thursday 12, Dec, 2013

Reka is responsible for arranging all of our supporters' trips to see their sponsored children, so she felt it only right that she take the trip out to see her own sponsored child to understand just what it felt like to see the faces of the community she's helping.

Aidworker Diary: Each Other's Miracle

Tuesday 10, Dec, 2013

How do you write about all of the things you see in the course of a disaster? How do you put the fear - and the hope - into words? Florence Joy Malyuo from WV Philippines gives a fascinating insight in the world of an emergency communicator.

My Life As An Aidworker Turns Around Mandela's Values

Saturday 14, Dec, 2013

World Vision DRC's Aimee Manimani shares the impact Nelson Mandela's life has on her work every single day.

A Mother's Life In The Evacuation Centre

Monday 16, Dec, 2013

Not content with a simple recovery from the worst storm in history, the people of Estancia have also had to deal with evacuation from what's left of their homes thanks to an oil spill. This is just one family's story of life in the evacuation centre, and how they refuse to lose hope.

No Home, No Roof, But Not Hopeless

Tuesday 24, Dec, 2013

Jonny Spence, World Vision International's Support Services Manager for the Typhoon Haiyan response, shares the mixed feelings of leaving the people of the Philippines to return home to his young family for Christmas, and of the hope he sees on the ground.

It Could Have Been Me

Thursday 19, Dec, 2013

Emergency Programmes Officer, Joanna Garbalinska, shares the very personal impact her recent visit to the victims of the Syria Crisis had on her. Not just the dramatic need of the people, but the fact that their lives before they were forced to flee were not that far from our own.