The many things my child needs
Wednesday 04, Jan, 2017What was the last thing your child needed? This New Year, World Vision asks bloggers to think about the most recent thing their children needed.
5 reasons to sponsor a child
Friday 06, Jan, 2017How to achieve all New Year's resolutions in one simple move. Feel great, help others, form positive relationships and sponsor a child today.
A view from the other side : refugees in the West
Sunday 15, Jan, 2017As the Pope dedicates today to remembering the many children and families fleeing conflict and seeking safety around the world, our Senior Child Rights Policy Advisor Erica Hall writes about her own experiences opening her home and her heart to refugees, and why there is always room for one more.
Starting over in Stepanavan, with help from child sponsors
Friday 13, Jan, 2017In April 2016, eight-year-old Nelly’s family fled their village when heavy fighting broke out between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in the Southeast of the country. Nelly’s family found shelter in one of Armenia’s remote communities, which also happens to be supported by our child sponsors in the UK – Stepanavan, located in the northern part of the country. In Stepanavan, the mayor helped to find the family a small house to live in, and our office provided the family with a cow, as well as the necessary bedding for the new house, and helped to register them in the local schools. Today Nelly and her four siblings are all sponsored children.
The power of the Super Tortilla
Friday 27, Jan, 2017We're fighting malnutrition with a new way of thinking about cooking; the super tortilla. Instead of making regular tortillas from corn alone, parents add vegetables such as coyote squash stem, yucca (full of fibre, vitamin C and potassium), chipilin (a legume packed with calcium, iron, protein and minerals), oregano, basil, and onions into the batter. The result is a tasty tortilla packed full of nutrition.