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Eva’s Story

A South Sudanese refugee explains how she is making a life for herself (and her sisters) in Uganda...

World Vision Launches Myanmar Refugee Appeal

World Vision urges UK Government to ramp up refugee package in Bangladesh

World Vision has called on the UK government to urgently step up aid supplies to desperate refugees in Bangladesh.
urgently step up aid supplies to desperate refugees in Bangladesh. The international … unlit camps. Refugees are still crossing the border every day.

Bake Off - Ugandan style, with Selasi

Over 1 million refugees now live in Uganda having fled from the civil war raging in South Sudan. World Vision works with the World Food Programme to provide meals to exhausted refugees who have just made it across the border into northern Uganda, and also helps distribute monthly rations once the refugees are settled.
surviving on so little. Over 1 million refugees now live in Uganda having fled from the … Food Programme to provide meals to exhausted refugees who have just made it across the border into

Myanmar Refugee Appeal

More than 300,000 people have fled violence in Rakhine state, Myanmar. These refugees, most of whom identify as Rohingya, are living in makeshift camps with little access to food, clean water or medical care.
Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar and crossed

Sharing seeds, sparking connection

We all start off as strangers. It’s random connections or, perhaps, a higher power that brings people together. With some, we connect and build bonds. We nurture family relationships and develop friendships that span years. With others, we are mere ships in the night, passing by – attending the same places and interacting with the same people, but the proverbial fire never ignites.
Muhammad and his family were registered as refugees in a Kenyan … water is strictly rationed. Kenyan law bars refugees from working for an income outside the

Bristol man runs 200 half-marathons for Syrian refugees

World Vision ambassador, Graham Grout, has finished his super-human challenge of 200 half marathons in just over 200 days.

Over 1,000,000 South Sudanese refugees now in Uganda

Charity fears that South Sudanese refugee children who have fled to Uganda may return home to fight.
Programme was forced to cut food rations for refugees. Across settlements in northern … and peacebuilding projects to assist refugees integrate and regain a sense of

Inspiring a school of South Sudanese refugees

Par is the head teacher of a World Vision-built school in Kakuma refugee camp. A South Sudanese citizen who left his country for a better life in Kenya. He’s guiding 4,800 primary school students through their education. This is his story.
out more about our work with South Sudanese Refugees.

A History of World Vision

As a charity motivated by Christian faith, World Vision aims to make a positive difference to the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children as an expression of God’s love.
the internally displaced and refugees. The charity also works with governments and

Dreaming of peace, reliving a nightmare - South Sudanese teenager remains a refugee

Maker and his family returned to at the same refugee camp in Kenya they departed from three years earlier. They were once again given a small mud brick hut and carved a life among the 160,000 people staying in Kakuma Refugee Camp.
violence was so relentless that the same refugees who had returned to South Sudan in search of … smile. World Vision is supporting the refugees who live in Kakuma. The organization

700 #BearsOnStairs at St Paul's Cathedral highlight South Sudanese refugee crisis

700 teddy bears visit St Paul's Cathedral to raise awareness of the South Sudanese child refugees who have fled to Uganda.
child refugees in mass settlements in northern Uganda … Vision to highlight the plight of child refugees. The bears represent the around 700

New family, new hope: how South Sudan's refugee children are looking to the future

Ben and his wife Beatrice were forced to flee Juba, the capital of South Sudan, with their six children when fighting broke out last year. Now, they’ve become foster parents to five other refugee children who came to Uganda alone after their parents were killed.
Find out how you can support our work with refugees from South Sudan here. … other South Sudanese refugees.

How three young boys survived South Sudan’s conflict alone

James, Stephen and David fled South Sudan alone when their parents were killed. They are now among more than half a million kids now living in Uganda's refugee settlements.
has even been left in the settlements for refugees who get married and start a … we heard of Ugandans asking for more refugees even though it means sharing already scarce

South Sudan's Refugees: Eva's Story

Just 16 years old, Eva, from South Sudan, is three months pregnant. Still a child, she should be going to school, playing with friends and without a care in the world. Sadly, instead she is terrified of what the future will hold.
you can support our work with South Sudan's Refugees

Confict-related trauma: the devastating effect of war on South Sudan's refugee children

More than 150,000 child refugees in mass settlements in northern Uganda require therapy after fleeing violence in neighbouring South Sudan, experts say.
horrendous crisis faced by South Sudan's refugees poses an urgent need for mental health … refugees’ mental health needs must be met to stop a … child refugees in mass settlements in northern Uganda

“Long road ahead” for Mosul’s children after city re-taken from ISIL

Children’s lives have been shattered after years of ISIL control in Mosul – and many will need time to heal from untold violence, World Vision warns today.

Deadly fires in Bekaa Valley refugee settlements happen too often

Fatal fires in refugee settlements in Lebanon are commonplace. Refugees need peace in Syria, not tented settlements
as many refugees are living in unsecured and fragile shelter … and a dignified return for the millions of refugees whose lives have stagnated over the last six

Uganda Solidarity Summit must prioritise South Sudanese child refugees

World Vision is urging the international community to do more to prevent a children’s humanitarian crisis by supporting Uganda as it responds to those fleeing fighting in South Sudan.
South Sudanese refugees who have fled to Uganda are children. Many … to share responsibility to host and care for refugees. If … growing refugee crisis becoming one where refugees face

The Universality of playing

Following a recent trip to a refugee camp in Niger, our Senior Conflict Advisor Sarah Pickwick reflects on how our Child Friendly Spaces give children a sense of normality and allow them to be children again.
600 Nigerian refugees including