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PM’s announcement on accepting Syrian refugees: World Vision commends UK’s commitment and urges European leaders to be resolute and decisive.

PM’s announcement on accepting Syrian refugees: World Vision commends UK’s commitment and urges European leaders to be resolute and decisive.
number of people forced to flee violence and conflict today is the highest since World War II.

The struggle for an education

In southern Lebanon, Syrian school-age children are struggling to get places at school due to overcrowding and a strain on resources. We met Baker, a 5-year-old Syrian refugee who was determined to go to a World Vision run Early Childhood Education Programme, in spite of his disability.

Visiting progress and inching closer to the end of Ebola in Sierra Leone

As Sierra Leone inches closer to the end of the recent Ebola outbreak that has claimed almost 4,000 lives, WVUK's Celebrity Media Specialist, Siân Merrylees, recently visited our projects there to see for herself how World Vision has helped.
newspaper in London to read of multiple conflicts around the globe with their roots in

South Sudan: Deal Just Start of Long Road to Peace

World Vision and other agencies say new peace deal is only the beginning of a long journey towards peace and reconciliation.
future as they have borne the brunt of this conflict. We look forward to supporting their … for peace that addresses the root causes of conflict and redouble efforts to rebuild the economy.

Talking with a former child soldier in CAR

Public Affairs and Government Relations Officer Sarah has been working on the SDGs for the past year. This summer she visited the conflict torn Central African Republic, and met a former child soldier named Francis. Francis' experiences symbolise the main failings of the MDGs, and what we need to do better over the next 15 years.
leaders on all sides of the conflict have used religion as a means to divide … that enough blood had been shed. The conflict in CAR has been marked by widespread human

Staying hopeful in the heat

World Vision's Therese Boulos recently visited the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, to see how Syrian families were coping in the heatwave that is currently sweeping the region. She met seven-year-old Rasha and her family who were trying to stay positive in spite of the food and electricity shortages.
moved to Lebanon about one month after the conflict started in Syria in 2011. I actually heard a

A day in the life of a humanitarian

Humanitarian Worker Ngure Muriithi shares his day with us for World Humanitarian Day. He visits POC3 - the largest camp in Juba, South Sudan to see how World Vision's food vouchers are helping families.
disheartening. Peace has been elusive since conflict renewed in December

World Humanitarian Day: Massive challenges ahead as over 78 million people across 37 countries require humanitarian assistance

On World Humanitarian Day, we pay tribute to staff on the ground as our humanitarian aid workers share their thoughts.
because of the traumatic nature of the conflict. Earlier this … out in the conflict affected rural South Sudan … is emotionally and mentally stressful. The conflict has put more and more restrictions on the

A girl named hope

A decade of conflict in the Eastern DRC, has killed millions and devastated the lives of many through violence, disease and poverty. Living through this uncertainty, a young girl called Esperance is working with local communities to combat sexual and gender based violence.
eastern DRC. Conflict has been my daily reality since I was young. … people have been on the frontline of this conflict for over twenty … The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. At the conference Esperance represented her

We will smile again - a child's blog from Gaza

Ten year old Rania lost her father when conflict exploded in the Gaza strip last summer. However, in the year that’s elapsed she’s joined one of World Vision’s 20 Child Friendly Spaces, where children affected by the crisis can receive psycho-social support. Rania is now looking forward to a better future.
Ten year old Rania lost her father when conflict exploded in the Gaza strip last summer. … It was the early days of Ramadan when the conflict

Bringing hope through faith

In the Central African Republic over half of the population has been affected by the conflict that has torn through the country since 2012. World Vision has been working with faith leaders to help unite communities and keep a tentative peace.
in nearby villages and towns. Amid the conflict and chaos … unrest that has been exploited in the recent conflict.

World Vision warns of worsening refugee crisis ahead of Burundi elections

World Vision has today called for more funding and international support for the refugee crisis in Tanzania ahead of the Burundi elections tomorrow.
World Vision UK Senior Conflict Adviser who was recently at Nyarugusu

Four years on, hope, patience and prayer are the greatest needs in South Sudan

One week after South Sudan celebrated four years of independence, Melany Markham visited to see what had changed. What she found were growing difficulties in reaching those in need, with large-scale movements of people and increasing dependency on aid.
for everyone except an elite few. The conflict has spread to new … more people to flee. Even in areas where the conflict has … be more difficult. The expanding conflict has limited operations to even smaller

World Vision says final MDGs report confirms worst fears

Children and their families in fragile states largely did not benefit from the 15 year global initiative to reduce poverty.
meet the MDGs have been thrown off course by conflict and fragility elsewhere.

Too scared to stay at home

World Vision Ambassador Linda Barker recently visited Cambodia to meet Lee-Ap - a courageous thirteen-year-old girl, who, due to circumstances, acts as a parent to her three siblings.
recovering from years of devastating war and conflict.

Waiting to return home

Since fleeing Syria for nearby Jordan, Qamar and her siblings have been trying to make the best of their situation - despite living in poor conditions and without the opportunities they left behind.

Record-high displaced figures are "wake-up call" for world leaders

World Vision UK is today calling for increased support for child refugees, as new figures show over 29 million children have been displaced worldwide.
know that children are least to blame in any conflict … we should offer refuge to those fleeing conflict in the Middle East. Johan

Missing home

Mike and his siblings are among an estimated 550,000 people who have fled South Sudan to escape fighting. He told us about his memories from home and how his new situation is affecting his future.
Mike feels betrayed by his circumstances. Conflict has forced him and his family to live as

We Have Hope

Angela from Watye Ki Gen (We Have Hope) in northern Uganda, works with children whose mothers are former child captives of the Lord Resistance Army. ‘I want to judge and make sure justice is served,’ says Thomas, the son of a survivor of sexual violence, who was abused after being kidnapped. In this blog, Angela reflects on the progress of Watye Ki Gen since last years Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, and the work that still needs to be done.
largest issue for us since the end of the conflict has been the tremendous challenges faced by … has been made in ending sexual violence in conflict since the Global Summit last

‘G7 leaders are putting band-aids on symptoms,’ says World Vision

G7 leaders have missed an opportunity to stand up the world’s most vulnerable children.
especially those in conflicts. Despite an ambitious … especially those living in war and conflict Crises like