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Cyclone Pam lends urgency to tackle impact of disasters on children

Cyclone Pam lends urgency to call for leaders in Sendai to tackle impact of disasters on children.
World Vision has already launched an appeal for donations in a number of the countries

Dying for children - motherhood in South Sudan

For most women, the birth of a child is a happy event, but for many women in South Sudan it can be life-threatening. In a region blighted by civil war, proper medical provision for mothers can be problematic. We met Irma, a nurse on a maternity ward who sees daily the difficulties faced by young mothers such as Nyanut and Nyankiir.

Meeting Jalel

World Vision’s Rhonda Hirst visited Jalel - a 5 year-old child who saves the food he gets at school so that his family won't go hungry at home. She saw how the conflict in Syria had forced children like Jalel into a difficult and desperate position, but how remedial education classes were throwing him a lifeline and a future.

Living through trauma: Asil's story

15-year-old Asil grew up in a small town in Syria with his father and younger siblings. One day, however, the family’s quiet life had been swallowed by the rolling conflict that had been taking place in Syria since March 2011. As bombs began to fly, Asil and his family made the first of what would become many moves in search of a safe place to shelter.
Syria Crisis Appeal is helping families affected by the crisis

Exhausted endurance - Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Rob Henderson first visited Lebanon in 2013 amid rumblings that the country, already playing host to half a million Syrian refugees, was at bursting point. Despite the hard realities of daily life, Rob still managed to find stories of hope. However, when he returned to Lebanon a year later on secondment, that hope was greatly eroded.
children living in conflict. Since our Syria appeal was first launched in December

Every blanket and smile counts

Eleven year-old Lama and her family have survived the latest war on Gaza and, with the help of World Vision's Child Friendly Spaces, she is looking forward to a better, more stable future.

Planting the seeds of an education

Eleven year old Chok and his family are among the many people displaced by conflict in South Sudan. Thanks to World Vision, a seed distribution programme is helping Chok's father Jumar grow the food he needs to enable his children to go to school.

Helping to restore dignity

An important step in fighting Ebola is the ability to attend to victims quickly, offering safe burials to prevent further infection. As the only female burial worker in her district, Elizabeth sees a need for more females to help preserve a woman's dignity prior to burial - in a job role usually filled by men.

Seeking refuge in Iraq

As fighting continues to spread through Iraq, families are fleeing for the relative safety of Iraqi Kurdistan. World Vision is providing cash assistance to mothers like Ekhbal, who fled her village with a newborn son and three other children.

A mother's sacrifice

The floods that have recently destroyed the crops, homes and livelihoods of many people in southern Malawi, have an added human cost. For eleven year-old Bertha and her siblings, they've also become orphans. She shares her story with us.

One of the lucky ones

When Ebola came to her community, six year-old Safiatu lost most of her family to the disease. When she and her Aunty Theresa also showed symptoms, health workers were quick to respond and together they made a full recovery. However, after their trauma was over, they had a fresh challenge of returning to their community with the stigma of an Ebola survivor. This is their story.
World Vision UK launched our Ebola appeal 3 months

Winter is a time of fear for families in Za'atari

As the Middle East prepares for another harsh winter, the situation facing the estimated 11 million Syrians displaced by the crisis becomes even more difficult. The cold is particularly dangerous for young children, and those living in informal tents and sub-standard buildings. Ahead of tomorrow’s Coats for Syria fundraiser, we speak to the parents of 20 month old Nouras about their worries.

Hoping for a sweet start to the new year

We talk to a young Syrian family living in Azraq refugee camp, as they prepare for yet another harsh winter in freezing conditions.

New start for earthquake survivors

Five years ago today a massive earthquake struck Haiti and displaced more than 1.5 million people. Ahead of the anniversary Haiti, Jean-Wickens Merone visits Adeline and her three children, one of the families that World Vision helped to find a fresh start.

What happens when the rice runs out?

For families who have managed to remain unaffected by Ebola in West Africa, another crisis is now looming – hunger.

After a traumatic year, the children of Gaza look to 2015

The children of Gaza have suffered so much this year, but with the help of shelters and child-friendly spaces, they've been trying to piece their lives back together. We spoke to them about their wishes and hopes for the coming year.

A decade on - the Boxing Day tsunami

A decade ago today, a massive undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami that affected 12 countries and took the lives of more than 230,000 people. In response to the disaster World Vision launched its largest ever relief operation across five countries simultaneously. Ten years on, we’ve gathered a collection of stories from staff and survivors to tell you the tale of destruction, loss, and rebuilding.

Life in quarantine

Eleven year old Hindowa lives in southern Sierra Leone. After the death of a close family friend to Ebola, he and his family were put into quarantine for almost an entire month.
in Sierra Leone through our Ebola Crisis Appeal.

Return to South Sudan

Two decades on from her first foreign assignment covering war and hunger in South Sudan, UK Media Manager Sarah Wilson returns and finds that depressingly little has changed.

What do children in South Sudan eat for breakfast?

Next Monday marks one year since the fighting in South Sudan resumed. The worst fighting came on Boxing Day, when families fled the cosy aftermath of Christmas celebrations for makeshift refugee camps. Intermittent fighting and displacement have disrupted the planting and harvesting cycle, and as fields lie fallow and farmers are scared away, the spectre of hunger looms. Inspired by the recent New York Times piece What Kids Around the World Eat for Breakfast, we asked, what do children in South Sudan eat for breakfast?