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Indonesia tsunami: The children who have lost everything
Wednesday 10, Oct, 2018Ten-year-old Olivia lost everything she owned during the Indonesia earthquake and tsunami - including her favourite toy.
Indonesia tsunami: Aid worker's diary of desperation and hope
Friday 05, Oct, 2018"Living in a disaster-prone country like Indonesia, I’m not a stranger to scenes of grief, but the devastation brought by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Palu was unbearable to fathom."
Back to school: From binding books to reading them
Thursday 30, Aug, 2018Day in and day out, 12-year-old Mohsin would work 10-hour shifts hauling around huge piles of books, desperate to know what was written inside of them.
Tania's story: Head of the family but still a child
Wednesday 29, Aug, 2018Instead of going to school, Tania spent many of her days peeling piles of icy shrimp - squatting for eight-hour shifts at a local fish depot.
Child sponsorship in Albania: Flavio and Amy's story
Saturday 21, Jul, 2018After two years of sponsoring and exchanging letters with Flavio, now 11 years old, in Albania, Amy decided to meet him and his family for the first time.
Advocating for a world where no girls are victims of child marriage
Tuesday 26, Jun, 2018Meghla escaped child marriage when she was 13 and has been working to change attitudes in her community ever since.
Children born of rape in war: Jacob's story
Tuesday 19, Jun, 2018Jacob is 17 years old. He should be enjoying school and thinking about his future, but instead his short life has been marred by struggle.
Meet the girls using football to challenge gender stereotypes
Thursday 14, Jun, 2018As the World Cup gets underway, we visit a group of girls in South Sudan using the beautiful game to make a difference.
The only ring on young girls' minds should be from the school bell
Tuesday 12, Jun, 2018Every year, 15 million girls under the age of 18 are married - but how can we stop it? It takes a world.
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World Vision joins DEC appeal to raise urgent funds for Indonesia tsunami survivors
Thursday 04, Oct, 2018The members of the DEC (Disaster Emergency Committee) launched the joint fundraising appeal today to raise vital funds for the survivors of the Indonesia earthquake and tsunami.
Indonesia earthquake and tsunami: World Vision UK launches appeal
Wednesday 03, Oct, 2018World Vision UK has launched an emergency appeal to help people suffering in the aftermath of the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami.
Indonesia earthquake and tsunami: Recovery may take more than 2 years
Monday 01, Oct, 2018World Vision experts say it will take years for communities in and around the Indonesian city of Palu to recover.
Indonesia earthquake and tsunami: World Vision response teams arrive in Palu
Sunday 30, Sep, 2018World Vision emergency response teams have arrived in Palu, to urgently support rescue workers searching for survivors two days after a powerful earthquake hit Indonesia and trigge…
UK must consult children to create peace in war-torn countries
Thursday 27, Sep, 2018World Vision UK is urging the UK government to include children in decision-making to achieve peace in war-torn countries.
World Vision delivers emergency relief in wake of deadly Typhoon Mangkhut
Tuesday 18, Sep, 2018World Vision has begun distributing emergency relief to hundreds of people affected by devastating Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines.
World Vision rushes emergency relief to Philippines ahead of Super Typhoon Mangkhut
Friday 14, Sep, 2018International aid agency World Vision has rushed emergency supplies to the Philippines, where a ‘super typhoon’ is set to make landfall Saturday morning local time.
World Vision disappointed by UK government's response to aid report
Thursday 13, Sep, 2018DFID is a world leader in delivering high-quality aid. However, as more and more money is spent through other government departments, funds are being diverted from the people and c…
Aid agencies call on leaders to avoid humanitarian catastrophe in Idlib
Friday 07, Sep, 2018Millions of civilians trapped in Idlib face the prospect of the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in Syria’s seven-year war, should there be a major military escalation in the coun…
Rohingya refugee crisis: One year on, children still living in limbo
Friday 24, Aug, 2018One year after arriving in Bangladesh, 890,000 children and adults are still living in limbo in the world’s largest refugee camp.
World Vision launches emergency response to Kerala floods
Monday 20, Aug, 2018International aid agency World Vision is rushing emergency supplies to India’s Kerala state, where hundreds have been killed and 800,000 displaced by devastating floods.
World Vision warns of mental health crisis as Indonesia earthquake death toll climbs
Wednesday 08, Aug, 2018International aid agency World Vision has warned of a potential mental health crisis following a powerful 7-magnitude earthquake which struck Indonesia’s Lombok Island on Sunday.
World Vision announces emergency response to devastating earthquake in Indonesia
Monday 06, Aug, 2018A powerful 7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Lombok Island on Sunday, killing 91 people and displacing thousands.
Survey finds huge drop in children’s letter writing
Monday 30, Jul, 2018Half of British school children (48%) say they’ve never written a letter to a friend, reveals a survey by charity World Vision.
Charities launch new Compact to help eliminate orphanages worldwide, echoing UK Government’s landmark commitment
Wednesday 25, Jul, 2018The UK Government became the first major donor of its kind to explicitly pledge support for family and community-based care for all children.
Latest From our Blog
What Our Kids Need: Blogger Stories
Tuesday 04, Apr, 2017At the start of the year we asked to bloggers write about what their children last needed and what this meant to them. We were delighted with the inspirational posts that came bac…
Caring for children in conflict: Child's play
Monday 03, Apr, 2017All children love to play, whether at home or away. Children in the Lake Chad Basin are no different.
Fighting tuberculosis in drought-stricken Somalia
Friday 24, Mar, 2017While Somalia is struggling with an on-setting famine, the country is, at the same time, fighting another silent killer: Tuberculosis. 8-year-old Molit and his brother Ali are bein…
The hopes and dreams of four orphaned children in India
Thursday 23, Mar, 2017We spoke to four orphaned children in India, currently hoping to be sponsored, to hear their hopes and dreams for the future. Read their stories.
First faces of famine in Somalia
Wednesday 15, Mar, 2017Muhammad is severely malnourished. You can see something is wrong the moment you meet him. But it’s quickly confirmed by the World Vision doctors who have set up a mobile heath uni…
11 things you can do right now to help end violence against children
Thursday 09, Mar, 2017World Vision’s campaign ‘It takes a world to end violence against children’ was named because no one individual, group or organisation can solve this problem alone.
The power of a sewing machine
Wednesday 08, Mar, 2017Roji, in Bangladesh, turned her family’s life around when she enrolled herself in tailoring training and became the main source of income for her family. Her children are now well …
Jerome Flynn faces the reality of violence against children in Myanmar
Sunday 05, Mar, 2017World Vision UK ambassador, Jerome Flynn, visited Myanmar to see our work and support the campaign #ItTakesAWorld to end violence against children. He met with street children, vic…
Sharmin’s story: educating girls to overcome poverty
Wednesday 01, Mar, 201717-year-old Sharmin, from Bangladesh, dropped out of school after completing grade 4 to support her family, selling food on the roadside with her mother. This reality is all too of…
Children of the Lake Chad Basin: The vulnerable, looking after the vulnerable
Friday 24, Feb, 2017In crisis, children regularly miss out on opportunities. They are forced to drop out of school, thrown out of home, and find themselves struggling in ways they had never imagined.
World Vision provides life-saving intervention as Somalia is on the brink of famine
Wednesday 22, Feb, 2017Somalia’s landscape has progressively turned drier and dustier over the past months, and with no rain in sight for the second year, rivers have dried up across the country and plan…
“Today I’m saying goodbye to the agony of diarrhoea”
Friday 17, Feb, 2017For Amanuel, 12, from Ethiopia, clean water means everything. Since World Vision installed a new water pipe in his village, he hasn’t stopped telling everyone how happy he is.
"No more living in darkness" Stopping child marriage through education in Bangladesh
Sunday 05, Feb, 2017When Meghla joined our child rights information sessions she gained the knowledge and confidence to speak up to her family and express her unhappiness with marrying young. Fortunat…
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…
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 wr…
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