Back to School in India
Tuesday 02, Sep, 2014As children across the UK return to school this week, we reflect on the stories of sponsored children living in countries where something we take for granted is far from certain. World Vision believes that primary education is both a basic right of every child, and the surest way to help a poor community lift itself out of poverty. But in the world’s poorest areas, education is often overlooked.
One Girl's Trauma
Thursday 04, Sep, 2014Almost two months after the start of the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict, World Vision talks to Rima, one of the hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza who are now in need of trauma counselling to help them deal with the loss and destruction that they have experienced.
Planning for our children’s future
Tuesday 09, Sep, 2014Geeta Bandi-Philips, World Vision UK's External Relations Manager reflects on the Post 2015 policy debates, and how World Vision can help shape the conversation to achieve the best future possible for the world's children.
Ripples, and the beat of a butterfly's wings
Thursday 11, Sep, 2014Gavin Crowden, World Vision’s head of Policy and Public Affairs answers the question ‘What’s the point of Party Conferences anyway?’
Easing the burden for host communities
Tuesday 16, Sep, 2014The conflict in Syria is now in its fourth year, and has already claimed more than 190,000 lives—at least 10,000 confirmed to be children. It has forced approximately nine million people to flee their homes and almost three million to take refuge in neighbouring countries.
The pursuit of an ideal
Thursday 18, Sep, 2014This Sunday is International Day of Peace, a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. Senior Conflict Adviser Sarah Pickwick reflects that we still have some way to go before ideals become a reality for children around the world.
'I want to be a sponsor one day'
Tuesday 23, Sep, 2014Mary is nine years old, and a sponsored child in Armenia. Her mum came to the country as a refugee when she was nine herself, and their family has struggled to make ends meet. Since becoming a sponsored child, Mary's family has received amazing support from World Vision and her sponsor, and Mary's goal is now to sponsor other children like herself one day.
With flying colours
Thursday 25, Sep, 2014Diagnosed with cancer, teenage pupil Rabbani suddenly had a lot more to worry about than how to pass his upcoming exam. But with World Vision’s help and an undying determination to succeed, he sat the test with his classmates before nervously awaiting his result
Matthew's First Christmas
Tuesday 30, Sep, 2014Nadene recently travelled to South Sudan and the overwhelmed Malakal Refugee Camp where she was heartbroken to hear the stories of people living there.