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Parliament SDG reports: World Vision calls for the UK government to put greater focus on needs of the children
World Vision UK has lamented the government’s lack of focus on children’s issues and has called for the UK to produce a strategic cross-government plan that outlines a clear path to achieving the SDGs.
World Vision UK has lamented the government’s lack of focus
Keeping girls safe | Water access in times of El Nino
Ethiopia is currently experiencing its worst drought for decades, affecting an estimated 10.2 million people. We have been working to repair and restore existing water supplies so that community members like Letekiros and Kedan can access clean and safe water for their families...
Women supporting women | Linking empowerment and resilience in Myanmar
How can we minimise the impacts of a natural disaster? WVUK’s Rachel Canclini Kettle travelled to Myanmar to see how our work was helping communities to do just that; through early warning systems, laying cement roads and forming savings groups so that women of the community can support each other with money and resources. Rachel felt lucky to have been able to visit and see the impact our work is having…
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On her own | Post Ebola story in Sierra Leone
In pre-Ebola Sierra Leone, Maria lived with her parents, two sisters and little brother. She had a good life and was happy. Her memories of family days echo the happy, sunny, carefree days many of us associate with childhood.
Ups and downs | Helping Ebola orphans in an uncertain future
Ten-year-old Musu lost both of her parents and her little brother to Ebola. Shortly after, Musu and her sister Maria began showing symptoms of the virus. The sisters received treatment and moved in with their uncle, where they have daily chores to help him get by. The girls are still adjusting to their lives without their family, and faced stigma upon returning to school.
“Sustainable Development Goals impossible to attain without funding revolution,” warns World Vision UK
Aid agency World Vision UK warns that an increasingly fragile and unstable world could put the global sustainable development goals at risk unless a new funding approach is established.
Aid agency World Vision UK warns that an increasingly fragile and …
Drought in Mozambique | Protecting children from El Nino’s affects
Travelling through Western Mozambique, it immediately becomes obvious what the problem is. Large bridges pass over riverbeds that are completely devoid of water. Most of the fields were planted with maize, but the crops are yellow and withered. It is clear that the drought brought about by this year's El Niño phenomenon is having a big impact on this country.
Bert Smit visits our Chioco Area Development Programme in Mozambique, a community that is supported by child sponsors from the UK…
World Vision UK Travelling through Western
Reaction: Anti-corruption summit pays little attention to concerns of civil society
International children’s charity World Vision UK has welcomed the anti-corruption summit’s commitments but questioned its focus.
charity World Vision UK has welcomed the …
“I didn’t want to marry” | El Nino and child marriage in Mozambique
When El Nino brought drought to 14-year-old Inês’ village in southern Mozambique, her mother found it increasingly difficult to provide for all three of her daughters. Where once she’d dreamed of becoming a teacher, Inês found herself married off to an older man…
Anti-Corruption summit should go beyond lip service and provide room for civil society to function in the most affected countries
International children’s charity World Vision UK has urged global leaders meeting in London for the 2016 anti-corruption summit to provide room for civilians and aid agencies to function freely in countries most affected by graft and violence.
charity World Vision UK has urged global leaders meeting in London …
Beyond Words: Meeting Nisha in India
Catherine Hatton recently travelled to Patna in India as part of a group sponsor visit, to meet Nisha, who she sponsors through World Vision. Read all about her experience here.
World Vision UK urges local councils to house lone child refugees
International children’s charity World Vision UK is urging local councils across the UK to ‘pull out all the stops’ in finding homes for unaccompanied refugee children from Europe.
World Vision UK urges local councils to house lone child …
Refugee Crisis: UK "cannot turn a blind eye"
Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions, David has re-iterated his position that the UK should not be encouraging refugees to make dangerous journeys to Britain by taking in lone child refugees from Europe. World Vision UK is among agencies backing calls for the UK Government to take refugees already in the continent.
taking in lone child refugees from Europe. World Vision UK is among agencies backing calls for the UK
Food and Farming: Ugandan style
Read about World Vision ambassador, Robin Hart's week in Uganda, visiting her sponsored child as part of a group visit. Here she talks about her experiences farming in the UK compared to what she learnt in Uganda.
Princess Charlotte’s first birthday | The view from Sierra Leone
As the media ramps up its coverage ahead of Princess Charlotte's first birthday tomorrow, Desiree Stewart, our Child Health Programmes Adviser, is reminded of another healthy little girl she met last week in Sierra Leone.
World Vision UK This Monday will mark the first birthday
South Sudan urged to hold onto peace or risk losing another generation to war
As South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar returns to country’s capital Juba for the first time since a civil war erupted more than two years ago, World Vision has warned that the country risks losing another generation of children to war, unless the country holds onto the latest opportunity to have peace.
the World Vision UK Regional Portfolio Manager for East
Health closer to home: Restoring healthcare in Nepal
In the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake, many remote communities were left without access to healthcare, with health posts being completely or partially destroyed. In the year that’s followed, World Vision has helped in their restoration, so that nurses like Parbati can effectively reach out to communities and help to build and promote safe hygiene practices. We visit a recently renovated health centre in Ghorka, central Nepal, to see the difference it’s making…
Building hope in Nepal
For many families in Nepal, the trauma of last year’s earthquake has been followed by uncertainty - with homes lying ruined, and the only option being temporary shelters made of wood and corrugated iron. Mother of nine, Ganga knows all about the damage the earthquake brought, now sharing a one-room shelter with her family. Worldvision’s Ankush Chalise visited one of the worst affected regions to hear how a training scheme for masons might be the answer, in making families’ like Ganga’s safe…
Reading buddies for change: Education in Ethiopia
Giduma lives in Ethiopia with his family. He is the oldest son, and he has two brothers and two sisters. He is in Year 8 at school and is ranked first in his class. Giduma is one of the ‘reading buddies’ in his community that have been helping other children with their school work.
Prestigious award for interactive fundraising experience
World Vision has received a coveted award for its groundbreaking interactive charity experience at UK shopping centres, with judges hailing the display as a “wonderful, emotive creation making a real difference to people’s lives”.
World Vision UK’s Director of Marketing and