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December
Our blogs from December 2015.
taking care of her and her …
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...
little brother would carry him to school. But by year six he felt …
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.
where inadequate care and support increases stigma against people …
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...
and food and water become scarce. In September
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
when her father fell ill and hired a female carer to help around the house. …
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.
and have so little access to quality healthcare. Often on their
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.
difficult to walk. At my age I am scared of slipping every time I step out. At …
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.
from a field visit. Lema works in our CAR office managing World Vision’s food …
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.
both like a hilarious comedy and a really scary and dangerous experience. But I don’t know …
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.
wearing a uniform and carrying a heavy gun in one hand and a …
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…
from the disaster were several massive cargo ships that had slammed into the city and …
Significant ‘Ebola Free’ milestone reached
Sierra Leone has been officially declared ‘Ebola free’ by the World Health Organisation (WHO), following one of the worst epidemics in recent history – claiming 3,589 lives in the country.
including a fragile health care
World Vision has seen the fundraising future and it is The Story Shop: Charity launches innovative experience to engage shoppers
World Vision is blazing a trail with the launch of an innovative, fully interactive experience to engage shoppers.
The Story Shop is already in operation at Westfield Shepherd's Bush and launched this week at the shopping mall's Stratford site.
At first glance, The Story Shop appears to be a vintage specialist store with wooden cabinets displaying curios from around the globe. However, the ground-breaking project uses the latest digital technology to ensure visitors can interact with about 100 individual stories from across the world and have an opportunity to sponsor a child or make a one-off donation.
via contactless card or Apple pay has also been built into the
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.
water scarcity makes agriculture a constant struggle. …
November
See our blogs from November 2015
taking care of her and her …
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
spends a lot of time running projects and caring for the children there. We said hello …
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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Nepal Earthquake six months on: Over 400,000 desperate for shelter as winter approaches and fuel shortages hamper relief efforts
Hundreds of thousands of people in Nepal are still in need of adequate shelter six months after the earthquake that killed an estimated 8,500 and injured another 20,000. The earthquake that hit Nepal on 25 April, along with a series of aftershocks, devastated the lives of more than 2.8 million people.
Carina Wint | Media Specialist | World Vision UK …
World turned upside down
Six-year-old Abishek was severely affected by the Nepal earthquake that devastated his home district of Sindupalchowk back in April of this year. Hundreds of schools were damaged beyond repair and many children, including Abishek, were out of education for the months that followed.
Find out more about Carve A Heart …