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The pursuit of an ideal

This Sunday is International Day of Peace, a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. Senior Conflict Adviser Sarah Pickwick reflects that we still have some way to go before ideals become a reality for children around the world.
and among all nations and peoples. Senior Conflict Adviser Sarah Pickwick reflects that we … Senior Conflict Advisor When I was growing up as a child

Easing the burden for host communities

The conflict in Syria is now in its fourth year, and has already claimed more than 190,000 lives—at least 10,000 confirmed to be children. It has forced approximately nine million people to flee their homes and almost three million to take refuge in neighbouring countries.
The conflict in Syria is now in its fourth

Iraq Crisis: World Vision Supports Aid Delivery to Displaced Individuals

World Vision has begun distribution of aid supplies facilitated by the Women’s Empowerment Organisation.
and families. We are also responding to the conflict in Syria and assisting refugee families in

Planning for our children’s future

Geeta Bandi-Philips, World Vision UK's External Relations Manager reflects on the Post 2015 policy debates, and how World Vision can help shape the conversation to achieve the best future possible for the world's children.
Address peace and stability in fragile and conflict affected countries. Services must be

One Girl's Trauma

Almost two months after the start of the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict, World Vision talks to Rima, one of the hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza who are now in need of trauma counselling to help them deal with the loss and destruction that they have experienced.
sister in the recent conflict when a bomb hit the front door of their … counselling activities. After the conflict in

Update: World Vision's Regional Syria Crisis Response

The conflict in Syria has now been going on for more than three years. Here's an update on our effort in the region thus far.
The conflict in Syria has now been going on for more than … regional response to the conflict in Syria and associated displacement has … have been bearing the brunt of the brutal conflict. Many are deeply traumatised and scared.

Children “May Never Recover” from Syrian Conflict

World Vision is urging world leaders not to forget the ongoing suffering of children caused by the Syrian conflict, as refugee numbers surpassed three million today.
have lived with the most horrific forms of conflict in Syria. They’ve endured

More Cash Needed as Famine Looms in South Sudan

One hundred days after an international donor conference was held to raise money to bring aid to South Sudan, the country urgently requires still more cash as it hovers on the brink of famine.

World Vision Welcomes the Announcement of the Gaza Ceasefire

World Vision calls for ceasefire to hold to address the urgent needs of children and to provide urgent aid delivery.
of them Palestinians. This conflict resulted in the loss of 493 innocent … Since the start of the conflict World Vision helped about

World Vision Statement on End of Ceasefire

World Vision is deeply concerned that the resumption of conflict in Gaza and Israel will cause even greater suffering for children.
is deeply concerned that the resumption of conflict in Gaza and Israel will cause even greater … for children. Since the beginning of the conflict in early

World Humanitarian Day: Remembering Lives Given To Bring Others Hope

Johan Eldebo has visited many of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies. In today's blog he shares why marking World Humanitarian Day means so much to him and to the people to whom each and every humanitarian worker brings hope in all that they do.
already have lived through three significant conflicts in your lifetime. A child growing up in … many humanitarian crises intertwined with conflicts

Food aid brings brief relief to displaced residents in Gaza

Alex Snary, Director of World Vision's programmes in Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza last week helped to distribute 800 food kits put together to support displaced families and their hosts in Gaza.
ceasefires. Caring for children during the conflict During one such … date. More distributions are planned as the conflict situation allows. The end of the conflict

Disasters Emergency Committee appeal raises more than £7m for Gaza

The DEC Gaza Crisis Appeal has reached a total of more than £7m just four days since it was launched.

UK Aid Agencies Help Hundreds of Thousands in Gaza

Despite renewed violence in Gaza this morning, we continue to find ways to provide whatever help they can.
cope with the psychological effects of the conflict. The rapid

One Child is Too Many

Before the latest outbreak of violence, World Vision Jerusalem West Bank Gaza (JWG) had been running child sponsorship programmes; much like World Vision UK does in twenty countries around the world. Like most children in Gaza, over the past month some World Vision JWG sponsored children have lost their lives and all are now in need of psychological first aid.
that has suffered the consequences of this conflict. The surviving family members buried 19

Knowing when you have to hide

As the conflict in Gaza continues, Alex Snary, Director of World Vision’s Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza office, prepares to address children’s emotional trauma once again.
As the conflict in Gaza … on the causes of the current round of conflict. Yet there’s one thing most would agree … in Gaza in response to the last round of conflict in 2012. These were safe places where

Gaza: Children are paying the price for adults’ mistakes

As the Gaza conflict continues, World Vision urges for a lasting ceasefire and a durable and just peace.

Gaza

feel and begin to heal. Prayer 3 As this conflict rips open old … the hope it will help bring an end to this conflict. A message from Alex … of children have now been displaced by the conflict and more than 120 have been killed. Their

Mud, Mosquitoes and Malakal's Children of War

World Vision UK CEO, Justin Byworth, has recently returned from a trip to see the dramatic, life-threatening impact that the conflict in South Sudan is having on more than half of its population. A few weeks ago he visited Malakal, a sleepy provincial town that has been almost obliterated, where he listened to survivor’s stories.
impact that the conflict in South Sudan is having on more than half … a ghost town still reeling from the violent conflict which saw the town change hands between

World Vision provides psychological first aid for children in Gaza

As the Gaza conflict enters its third week, WV continues to provide child victims & children with a high level of distress psychological first aid.
As the Gaza conflict enters its third … trauma and emotional wounds. The current conflict is ripping open old wounds and many children … of security and problems sleeping. As the conflict continues to