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Lessons from Africa: Tackling FGM

FGM affects women and girls across the world, even here in the UK. Nell Williams looks at how success in tackling the most difficult of subjects in Ethiopia could be translated to our shores.
including to girls born and living right here in the UK. FGM … unimaginable suffering for girls. After the immediate risk of bleeding and … believed to keep girls sexually pure and ensure they make a good

South Sudan Crisis Update

As the conflict continues, we remember the children and their families affected by this situation.
in South Sudan and that is not right. Girls deserve the same rights as boys._ Also … refugee settlements with some vulnerable girls seeing it as a way to survive. In order to

A Mother's Life In The Evacuation Centre

Not content with a simple recovery from the worst storm in history, the people of Estancia have also had to deal with evacuation from what's left of their homes thanks to an oil spill. This is just one family's story of life in the evacuation centre, and how they refuse to lose hope.
we only have 8 shower rooms for girls so I always have to rush Jylyn

Meeting Juan Carlos in the mountains of Bolivia

Reka is responsible for arranging all of our supporters' trips to see their sponsored children, so she felt it only right that she take the trip out to see her own sponsored child to understand just what it felt like to see the faces of the community she's helping.
a group of older girls

Violence against children in emergencies is a major concern, warns World Vision

Violence against girls and women is all too prevalent across the globe – and increases during and in the aftermath of emergencies – says World Vision on the eve of a major conference.
to action to protect the most vulnerable girls and women Violence against girls and … violence increases and it is often women and girls who suffer the most. And

Visiting Kettie in Malawi

12-year-old Davina recently went on a sponsor visit to Malawi along with her parents and 8-year-old sister, Damaris. The family had a chance to see their sponsored child, Kettie. Here is a short blog of their visit written by Davina:
built a girls’ hostel at the local secondary school and … then the girls’ hostel and finally we’d go to Kettie’s … to see the girls’ hostel. First we looked at the notice board

World Vision Emergency Communicators: Into the Heart of a Tragedy

An eye-witness report of the destruction caused by the Uttarakhand flash floods and World Vision's relief distribution in the affected regions.
for girls that had been converted into the World

Early Marriage in Ethiopia; In The Girls' Own Words

Nell Williams, one of our marketing officers, traveled to Ethiopia to study the prevalence of early child marriage and what can be done to give girls their childhood back.
early marriage and what can be done to give girls their childhood back. Here’s what she found … but it is still happening to so many girls. I interviewed

World Vision calls on the Prime Minister for an end to Child Marriage

World Vision calls on the Prime Minister to use his influence at the up-coming Commonwealth gathering in Sri Lanka to press for an end to child marriage.
142 million girls will be married in the decade to 2020. … at the end of primary school when girls were between the ages of … Our research shows how important it is that girls aged between 12 and 14 have access to safe

Two Little Girls, Two Very Different Stories

Esther was married at just 11 years old. World Vision's Claire Bardell talks in this blog how reading Esther's story made her reflect on her own daughter's childhood, dreams and the life ahead of her.
like to share with you about two little girls who are on my mind. Actually the first is my … story is not the only one. Too many girls are facing this

Syria crisis - a time of tears

9 months after his last visit, Justin Byworth is back in Beiruit and describes firsthand what Syria’s descent means for its mothers and fathers, sons and daughters.
and my five beautiful girls are homeless somewhere in

Why We Need to Close the Gap

World Vision's Global Campaigns Advisor, Ben Grierson-Hill, explains why he's so invested in this year's #ClosetheGap campaign and why the Millennium Development Goals are too important to ignore.
tradition that once girls reach puberty they are encouraged to become … many of the young girls and their families have now become … in her community and why so many Rajnat girls turn to sex work. Without an education she

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Preventing violence against women and girls in emergencies Programme Innovation Case … Child Protection and Participation Putting girls at the centre Small world big

A story of sponsorship: from the UK to Hong Kong to Cambodia

World Vision supporters Susann, William, Elena and Amelie share the story of their visit to Cambodia to see the real impact of child sponsorship.
and Amelie. Read on to find out what the girls thought about … Vision. We were introduced to two young girls in Myammar and Cambodia. Having moved to

Visiting my three sponsored children in Armenia

Ivan, a committed World Vision supporter from Northern Ireland decided to travel the length and breadth of Armenia in order to visit all three of the girls he sponsors, and what an experience it was for him:
Armenia in order to visit all three of the girls he … She was the first of my three sponsored girls in Armenia. She is always in my thoughts and

I always wondered what charities do in Africa

14-year-old Murray from Glasgow visited World Vision's work in Malawi and kindly offered to share his experience with us. Here's a very personal account from Murray:
expected to behave like adults. Some of the girls even had babies already. Relatively few

Bill Clinton & Chelsea see clean water saving lives in Rwanda

Through the eyes of children, parents and teachers, former US President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton got a personal look at the toll of unsafe water, as part of his visit to Groupe Scholaire Camp Kanombe primary school in Kigali.
the number of girls able to attend school rises and we see more

Supporters tackled the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains and raised over £7,000 for World Vision

Matrix & Rhetorik Solutions are two incredibly committed and inspiring organisations who sponsor through World Vision. They recently raised over £7,000 for us and we wanted to find out what inspired them. In this blog, David Young, the Marketing Director of the company talks about their involvement with World Vision.
girls on one side of the

Meeting our sponsored child Sylvia in rural Uganda

We hope you enjoyed reading Chris and Jon's stories from last week about health care and primary schools in Uganda. Here is another lovely piece from the couple about them meeting their sponsored child, Syliva:
children provided a chorus while the older girls led with

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that we take for granted in the UK. Giving Girls Access to Healthcare Some parents can see … are often in poorer health. Providing Girls with Better Nutrition Food may be allocated