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Going the extra mile
Two years since Typhoon Haiyan came to the Philippines, response workers like Meldred have been working hard to restore normality to people’s lives. The typhoon destroyed homes and livelihoods, and for many people with disabilities, it has also left them feeling even more isolated. When Meldred met Joey, a young man struggling to lead an independent life despite his disability, she knew she could make a difference...
When all help appears lost
Zahra knows all about how devastating AIDs can be, having lost both parents to the disease. When she began to feel ill, she discovered she was also HIV positive. She describes how it feels to live with the disease, and how she’s thankful for the support she gets from her grandmother and World Vision.
Our children and climate change
In early December, World Leaders descend on Paris for CoP21 - a global summit on climate change, where they hope to agree on a new path towards tackling its effects on some of the world's poorest people. Resilience Manager Maggie Ibrahim, explains the new direction World Vision wants to see...
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Behind closed doors
17-year-old Dia* had her whole life ahead of her. But when family circumstances changed she found herself being manipulated by somebody close to the family, who coerced her into becoming a sex-worker. Now safely at a rehabilitation centre, Annila Harris met Dia to hear her story
What happens when girls flee conflict zones
World Vision Communicator, Patricia Mouamar, reports on the dangers facing many refugee girls fleeing conflict zones, and reflects on her own experiences growing up in 1980s Lebanon. She meets some of the Syrian refugee girls, whose lives were being stunted by early marriage and child labour.
Tackling Child Marriage on International Children’s Day
Rob Henderson reflects on a stark reality for millions of girls and boys across the world who fall prey to early marriage, some having children while just children themselves. He looks at the role of World Vision workshops, that are helping children like 16-year-old Nilanjona escape from early marriage so that she can stay in education and makes choices for herself…
A dangerous necessity
For World Toilet Day, Annila Harris travelled to the Bhojpur community in east India to see many of the issues that people face when going to the toilet. Mainly driven by poverty, the practice of defecating in an open field is having an adverse effect on health - particularly for pregnant women, older people and children.
The future in the eyes of Lema
Lara Ghaoui, Emergency Programme Officer, recently travelled to Central African Republic to see how conflict was affecting our projects there. She met Lema, a proud father who works in our office there, and was left speechless when he told her about how he escaped the fighting.
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Quality assist from Premier League sees World Vision score with football training camp for refugee children in Jordan
World Vision has partnered with the Premier League and the Asian Football Development Project to deliver a training course in Azraq Refugee Camp.
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An evacuation into Congo, a satellite phone and worlds colliding
Senior Humanitarian Policy Advisor Johan Eldebo describes being recently evacuated from Central African Republic due to fighting nearby, and how this has strengthened his resolve to work with people living in the world's most difficult places.
A New Destiny
Five-year-old Mohamed is a founding member of Destiny, the first children’s savings group in his community. Launched at the height of Sierra Leone’s Ebola crisis, Mohamed, along with a group of young friends worked to ensure they were looking ahead to a future after the crisis.
As record numbers of refugees arrive in Europe, World Vision warns of escalating humanitarian crisis due to severe winter weather conditions
Ahead of EU Summit tomorrow in Malta, World Vision warns of escalating humanitarian crisis if no concrete result is delivered.
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Reconciliation after Ebola
World Vision's Stefanie Glinski recently travelled to Sierra Leone to meet Frances - a 10-year-old girl orphaned by Ebola. As the country is declared Ebola-free, Stefanie found that many survivors like Frances still carry the stigma of the disease.
Restoring pride to Tacloban
Two years since Typhoon Haiyan swept through the Philippines, Chris Weeks returns to see how Tacloban, a city that bore the brunt of the destruction, was faring as it continues to recover. He found countless painful memories, streets where every household had lost a family member, but also a fresh sense of hope…
The crops to beat hunger
A recent World Vision water project is making it easier for farmers to grow drought resistant crops in the arid climate of south-eastern Kenya - where water scarcity makes agriculture a constant struggle. Not only is it boosting income and food security, but for children like Wavinya, it means she and her siblings can stay healthy and go to school.
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Water of Life
Harriet has had to overcome many challenges throughout her life due to the lack of clean drinking water. Living in Zambia, she has had limited access to water for drinking and bathing until recently, when World Vision drilled a water borehole that has become a lifeline for Harriet and her local community.
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Meeting Gift in Zambia
Sally travelled to Zambia with her family to meet Gift, their sponsored child
Our pumpkin carriage tour | Carve a Heart 2015
Hot on the trail of our Carve a Heart pumpkin carriage, PR Natalie blogs about the journey as she travels around the country this week. She's urging Britons to carve a heart in their pumpkins this year, and turn a night of fear into a night of hope.
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The difference shelter makes
Nine-year-old Sujita is still terrified when she remembers the two major tremors that shook her home in Nepal, forcing her family to sleep outside in the open. But thanks to World Vision distributions in her area, Sujita and her family can at least sleep safely under proper shelter while they wait for normality to return.