A Honduran and Armenian Easter
Thursday 02, Apr, 2015This weekend, children across the UK will be hunting eggs, attending church services, and donning rabbit ears. We were wondering how this experience might compare to those of the children we work with around the world, so we asked sponsored children in Honduras and Armenia, ‘How do you celebrate Easter in your community?’
Linda Barker visits Cambodia
Friday 10, Apr, 2015TV presenter Linda Barker has just joined World Vision as a celebrity ambassador, and recently visited some of our projects in Cambodia. Here she shares her reflections on the trip.…
Why I care about Action 2015
Wednesday 08, Apr, 2015Sue Tinney, World Vision child sponsor and World Vision Ambassador, blogs about her experiences at the Action/2015 summit in London and how the Sustainable Development Goals can help children like her sponsored child Laurent in Senegal.
Young leaders in the making
Saturday 18, Apr, 2015What do children living in disaster-prone regions of the world want to see from policymakers? Last month, Henry Makiwa, WV UK Media Manager had a chance to meet some of the extraordinary young speakers at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan.
Creating options - Absi's story
Thursday 16, Apr, 2015While most boys his age attend school, ten-year-old Absi is learning to earn a living. He is just one of thousands of Syrian children growing up without fathers, with limited family income and poor prospects for the future, who are now working to provide for their families.
Working around school - Peter's story
Tuesday 21, Apr, 2015For Peter, going to school is only a small part of a much longer day. Up at daybreak to work on his family's farm, he comes from a poor family where the need to earn an income falls on his and his siblings' shoulders. Now 17-years-old, Peter shared his experiences with us.
Sayna's story
Friday 12, Jun, 2015We met 12-year-old Sayna - a Bangladeshi girl who has worked as a brick maker since the age of 8. She told us about a typical day in her life, and how child labour was affecting her health and well-being.
Hearing girl’s voices in northern Kenya
Wednesday 22, Apr, 2015As the African continent marked the Day of the African Child last summer, Lucy Murunga was privileged to join thousands of children from northern Kenya in their celebrations.
Cyclone Pam through a child’s eyes
Tuesday 21, Apr, 2015One month on from Cyclone Pam, we met nine-year-old Shayla - one of many children in Vanuatu whose lives have been put on hold by the disaster. With World Vision's help, schools are slowly opening again so children can get back to education and their friends.
Rana Plaza, an anniversary
Friday 24, Apr, 2015Jonathan Blagbrough is an independent consultant specialising in child labour, and last summer he met some of the children World Vision works with in Bangladesh. He heard from them about their experiences of child labour and how World Vision is helping them and their families, so they can go back to school and make a better life for themselves.
Sitting through the aftershocks
Tuesday 28, Apr, 2015World Vision's Sunjuli Kumar Singh describes the current situation near Kathmandu, Nepal, where people affected by the earthquake are staying in tents.
When losing your house means losing everything
Thursday 30, Apr, 2015Seven-year-old Aaram and his family lost their house in the earthquake, and are now living in one of the many makeshift camps in Kathmandu. Children are especially vulnerable in these situations, and World Vision has begun opening Child Friendly Spaces to keep them safe and protected.