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A helping hand in India
We recently met with three families in India and spoke about the challenges faced relating to ill health, disability and debt. Struggling financially and unable to provide the amount of care required for their unwell family members, each day was a struggle. This was until World Vision India offered a helping hand...
We recently visited three families in India that are facing health and money challenges …
The joy and importance of education: Literacy Boost in India
On World Literacy Day, we're looking at our Literacy Boost programme in India that's giving children like Sakhi a helping hand at school...
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Remembering Mother Teresa: Inspiration as a teenager in Kolkata
On the eve of Mother Teresa’s canonisation, World Vision’s Tracy Shields reflects on how her own experiences in Kolkata and with this amazing lady, helped inspire her to do the work she does today...
India. My dad had switched from private healthcare
World Vision responds as earthquakes strike Myanmar and Italy
World Vision responds as earthquakes strike Myanmar and Italy killing scores of people.
Winning against the odds
16-year-old Satyajyoti had to cycle for three hours a day across challenging terrain to get to school, and because of this, was often too tired to study. With help from both World Vision India and the local community, roads have been built and the journey to school has been made much easier. Tuition classes supported by World Vision India have also been helping Satyaiyoti excel in his studies.
tuition classes supported by World Vision India during my ninth and tenth …
For the love of the game: increasing girls' access to sport in India
At a stadium in northern India, home to many successful athletes, Arshdeep dreams of one day competing in the Olympics. The 15-year-old discovered her love for badminton at a World Vision children’s club, and now, feels much more confident about her future…
committed to partnering with the people of India to improve their lives today and to help …
A Snapshot of India
Graeme Newton, who heads up our Fundraising department at World Vision UK, visited Annu, the little girl his family sponsors in Patna and shares some of his highlights in this photo blog.
of his favourite moments from his trip to India. I’ve been very fortunate to visit World …
Seeing empowerment and change in Patna, India
World Vision's Celia Donald recently travelled to the Patna, in India - a slum community that has benefitted from our support for the last two and a half years. She met children who felt empowered, whole communities who felt confident in standing up and making themselves heard, and a resilience programme that was helping people make healthy livings and prepare for disasters...
youth and elders. World Vision India is working with 30 slum communities in Patna …
A truly life changing experience - meeting Akash
Pam Agius, a World Vision child sponsor, recently came back from a group trip to India where she met her sponsored child, Akash. Here she shares about the special experience she had.
recently came back from a group trip to India where she met her sponsored
Who knows best what children and communities in poverty need? Try asking them!
Caught up in the ambition to do good, and the rush to deliver programmes under tight timelines, international development NGOs run the risk of failing to listen to the very people they are trying to help. By listening, regularly and carefully, to the children and communities we're supporting, we are finding that we can achieve even greater change…
system that worked much better. In India the communities themselves helped to design
A new future for children like Tanu
group in Indian society. The children are least likely to
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.
Implications of illness: Child labour in Bangladesh
Without adequate social support or a workplace that will pay for sick leave, 15-year-old garment worker Anis lies in bed, his family unable to afford to send him to the hospital.
caught illegally importing materials from India for his blacksmith shops and
World Vision steps up relief as drought grips India
World Vision is stepping up its support to drought-hit families in India, as the growing crisis affects a quarter of the county's population.
A day I'll never forget - meeting Preeti in Patna
Sarah Woods recently travelled to Patna in India as part of a group sponsor visit, to meet Preeti, who she sponsors through World Vision. Read all about her experience here.
then before I knew it I was waking up in India on the morning of my visit. As we dodged and
Accountability
World Vision is committed to being fully transparent & responsible to the children & communities served especially where advocacy is concerned.
empowerment among project beneficiaries. India …
"I cried all day. It didn’t feel real": Struggling with HIV in India
This Zero-Discrimination Day, we’re sharing the story of 13-year-old Kavita and her family. When Kavita’s father was struck down by a mystery illness, it grew progressively difficult for her family to get by; they were pawning belongings for food and unable to pay school fees. But when they found out her father’s illness was HIV, things got even harder for the family...
Mother Language Day
On Mother Language Day, we explore how World Vision's literacy programming has made a lasting impact on the reading skills of children in Dumka, India – a community where many children used to struggle with basic reading and writing. Thanks to a mixture of reading clubs and community participation, young learners like seven-year-old Shanti are now not only enjoying reading, but growing in confidence at school.
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Sponsor An Orphan
Orphan sponsorship is the most effective and rewarding way to help orphans in need. Sponsor an orphan child to make a lasting difference in that child's life forever.
Read more about our work with orphans in India and Sierra Leone Why sponsor an …
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
World Vision India At just …