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Mental health, at home and abroad
As humanitarian emergencies continue to unfold around the world, children are increasingly exposed to violence and other experiences that leave them in desperate need of psychological first aid.
how to interact with other people and encouraged to think
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...
World Vision India On World Literacy …
Challenges in Niger | preserving childhood through sponsorship
World Vision Niger's Associate Director writes about the ongoing challenges faced by the people of Niger, and describes how sponsors and donors are helping create the ripples of change that will preserve childhoods.
World Vision UK hosts local sponsors for children in Niger
World Vision yesterday hosted six Milton Keynes residents who sponsor children in Niger to discuss the charity’s work in the drought-stricken West African country.
while it's literacy rate
The seed - Tera 2016 update
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One goal / Football, fun and food
During the Rio Olympic Games we can witness the world's top athletes, at the peak of their fitness and physical ability after years of training and conditioning, compete for the most prestigious titles in their fields. Nutrition is key to their performance; but in Cambodia many children are malnourished, without the strength to run with their friends. In partnership with One Goal, we're changing that...
literacy
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...
with the programme was the way our staff interacted with everyone.
Tanzania - Unexpected Riches amid the struggle
Nigel and Sue Hodder, lovely World Vision child sponsors, recently visited the Kilimatinde project in Tanzania – a community facing poverty but so rich in character. Nigel shares their experience with us.
parliament where we were able to interact with the school children in both an
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…
camps that have been helping to boost literacy. We found that numbers attending were not …
Grand Bargain helps move humanitarian system away from one-system-fits-all approach
The humanitarian system must move away from a centralised, one-system-fits-all approach.
and InterAction recognised the importance of the Grand
John Warland | RHS Shows
John Warland is a World Vision child sponsor and award winning garden designer. John created the World Vision garden that will be at the Chelsea and Hampton Court RHS Shows this summer.
the earth literally opened up in
Bringing hope to children like Nishu
because the majority of them were illiterate. Thanks to sponsors like
Hope for a better future for Benny
to see what other schools look like and to interact with other children and so we enjoyed this
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.
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.
The literacy boost programme started in Giduma’s
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”.
a coveted award for its groundbreaking interactive charity experience at UK shopping …
Accountability
World Vision is committed to being fully transparent & responsible to the children & communities served especially where advocacy is concerned.
based on the expectation that literacy would be a barrier to …
Fragility & Resilience
World Vision works with communities to help them help themselves by becoming more resilient to natural & man-made disasters.
Build a climate change and adaptation literate generation by fully implementing Article 6
"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...
interacting with friends. In one …