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Rising above poverty in Honduras
Hector Ramirez built his own micro-enterprise to pull himself and his family out of poverty. After receiving training and support from World Vision, Hector started a family business growing and selling coffee. His coffee is now sold in three communities in Honduras and will soon expand into a further two.
Tools for school - vital materials for children affected by Child Labour in Afghanistan
Growing up with a father addicted to drugs, Negina, 12, from Afghanistan, was forced to work alongside her mother from sunrise to sunset to provide for her five younger siblings.
children around the world are involved in child labour. It can be damaging to their health and …
April
April
Brussels Conference: World Vision warns children are fighting the war in Syria
International children’s charity World Vision has today warned that the recruitment of children into militia is rising in war-torn Syria.
Reports of cases of child marriage and child labour are also on the rise. In a recent
The hopes and dreams of four orphaned children in India
We spoke to four orphaned children in India, currently hoping to be sponsored, to hear their hopes and dreams for the future. Read their stories.
or engaged in child labour. We stand by the world’s most vulnerable
East Africa Crisis Update
Tens of thousands of children could starve to death as famine, food and water shortages affect 22 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Somalia.
pushes boys and girls into child labour and other dangerous ways of surviving. And
The power of a sewing machine
Roji, in Bangladesh, turned her family’s life around when she enrolled herself in tailoring training and became the main source of income for her family. Her children are now well fed, clothed and in full time education working towards a positive future.
made Roji aware of the negative impact of child labour and other child protection …
Sharmin’s story: educating girls to overcome poverty
17-year-old Sharmin, from Bangladesh, dropped out of school after completing grade 4 to support her family, selling food on the roadside with her mother. This reality is all too often faced by children in Bangladesh, where 3.2 million children aged 5-17 are engaged in child labour*. Child labour is work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity as well as being harmful to physical and mental development.
are engaged in child labour …
Children of the Lake Chad Basin: The vulnerable, looking after the vulnerable
In crisis, children regularly miss out on opportunities. They are forced to drop out of school, thrown out of home, and find themselves struggling in ways they had never imagined.
out on school and may be more vulnerable to child labour as they look for ways to provide for their
February
February
Carrying the burden | Syrian refugee seeks safety in Lebanon; now trapped in child labour
Khalid fled the Syrian conflict, only to become trapped in child labour in Lebanon. How can you help Syria’s child refugees feel safe again?
not in child labour. They need to be in a safe place. They need
World Vision scales up plans to set up protection centres for children in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew
International children’s charity World Vision is scaling up efforts to establish safe spaces to help children come to terms with loss in hurricane-ravaged Haiti.
child labour and child trafficking. We are very concerned
Truck with 3D image of child refugees brings stark reality of crisis to London
A truck bearing a 3D image of asylum-seeking children, will this morning (Monday 19 September 2016), drive across London to highlight the strife and challenges that child refugees are facing around the world.