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Keeping hope alive

Can children trapped in a cycle of conflict and uncertainty, many of whom have seen and experienced so much pain, see a glimmer of hope? The conflict in Syria has caused huge instability in neighbouring Iraq, with around 2.5 million people having to leave their homes due to fighting. In a recent visit to the region, we spoke to some of the children who were hoping their lives would someday get back on track.
difficult. Privacy is impossible and the cardboard boxes that serve as walls are

Shaking school safety

With ambitions to one day become a doctor, 12-year-old Muskan was looking forward to returning to school after a short break. But sadly she and her friends will have to wait. The earthquake that shook Nepal over the last few weeks had a devastating effect on her school building; with classrooms destroyed and much of the building deemed too unsafe to enter. Muskan describes how it feels to live with the uncertainty that the earthquake has brought.
I miss my teachers who love and care for me and give me proper

Pumping new life into the community

To see what difference sponsorship is making in Bolivia, we spoke to Martin and his children whose community has improved thanks to the addition of a new water pump to boost agriculture, health and nutrition.
nine and Carmen … Carmen Rosa. World Vision worked with the

Turning bad luck into blessings

In Ethiopia, widowed mother of six, Bizunesh adopted a tiny abandoned baby who needed a home. She describes the maternal instincts that moved her to care for little Etsubdink and how she received invaluable support form World Vision.
their hands to a small baby who was being cared for by the … to grow stronger and thrived in Bizunesh's care. She was christened 80 days after … per month to help cover Etsubdink's care.

Share and share alike

12-year-old Pisey's life has improved since being involved in child sponsorship in Cambodia. A mixture of community hygiene and agriculture projects have put food in bellies and smiles on faces.
care where they slept. They just slept … help the poor with health care and teach vocational skills to boost crop

A meeting of two worlds

Norman and Christine travelled all the way to the high mountains in Bolivia to meet Nilda, who they have sponsored for over 6 years with World Vision UK.
Caroline and Norman Foord had travelled halfway … Earth seem smaller. Birthday and Christmas cards will be so much more meaningful. World

Other Emergencies Update

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with a phone network and given a SIM card. This meant they could be contacted and … a lifeline in future emergencies. This SIM card was also linked to their own bank account

A mother's heart

World Vision communicator Annila Harris travelled to Nepal to meet some of the families caught in the aftermath of the earthquake. What she found, were mothers and children, heavily affected but struggling to rebuild their lives.
just held the ground till it stopped. I was scared and shouted

Nepal Earthquake Update

A year on, our role in Nepal is moving from emergency aid into recovery work. With a focus on health, livelihoods and education, and continuing to meet basic needs, we'll support communities to get back on their feet and provide an environment where children are safe and protected. We will be helping vulnerable families and communities to re-establish their livelihoods and businesses. We're repairing and reconstructing schools, health posts and WASH facilities in Nepal’s worst-hit districts.
alongside 300 baby care … people with primary health care

June

taking care of her and her … work or care for his … to run the house and care for … they take care of their children. They ensure their … and she has enough time to care for her father and sister. With the 80

Seeing real change in Ethiopia

This February, World Vision Policy and Programmes Director David Westwood took a plane with Public Engagement Director Mathew Neville to visit just some of the people who have experienced the changes of sponsorship over the past few decades.
work with their communities to improve healthcare for mothers and new babies. By engaging

Runa stands up from the ruins

19-year-old Runa was on her roof hanging laundry when the earthquake struck last weekend, but thankfully she and her family all survived. Their home, and everything in it, however, were not so lucky.
and many of her friends have been helping to care for the injured in their village. World

Children in need of shelter

A week after the earthquake that rocked Nepal last Saturday, shelter is becoming an increasingly urgent need for children like Sandhhya and Sayan and their families.
while she stayed back at home to take care of her visually impaired uncle. Sandhya … earthquake struck. Afterwards he was very scared and went to search for his parents.

When losing your house means losing everything

Seven-year-old Aaram and his family lost their house in the earthquake, and are now living in one of the many makeshift camps in Kathmandu. Children are especially vulnerable in these situations, and World Vision has begun opening Child Friendly Spaces to keep them safe and protected.
and buildings falling down. I was so scared and my mother came and picked me … if they could adopt their boys and take care of them. … who they were and why they wanted to take care of my sons. I said

Sitting through the aftershocks

World Vision's Sunjuli Kumar Singh describes the current situation near Kathmandu, Nepal, where people affected by the earthquake are staying in tents.
open space near our houses. My son is very scared. He does not leave me and lies on my lap.

World Vision mobilises staff and resources to help communities In Nepal hit by earthquake today

World Vision is mobilising staff and resources to assist communities impacted by the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal.
the square when the earth shook. I was so scared that I thought I was going to die. I was

Hearing girl’s voices in northern Kenya

As the African continent marked the Day of the African Child last summer, Lucy Murunga was privileged to join thousands of children from northern Kenya in their celebrations.
they carried … when I still need care and

Cyclone Pam through a child’s eyes

One month on from Cyclone Pam, we met nine-year-old Shayla - one of many children in Vanuatu whose lives have been put on hold by the disaster. With World Vision's help, schools are slowly opening again so children can get back to education and their friends.
hear iron sheets blowing off so I felt very scared. I thought the wind would blow our roof

May

View all the posts from World Vision UK's charity blog in May 2015.
taking care of her and her … work or care for his … to run the house and care for … they take care of their children. They ensure their … and she has enough time to care for her father and sister. With the 80

Creating options - Absi's story

While most boys his age attend school, ten-year-old Absi is learning to earn a living. He is just one of thousands of Syrian children growing up without fathers, with limited family income and poor prospects for the future, who are now working to provide for their families.
of black hair smells of gasoline and soot. Cars … Absi vowed to himself to care for his mother and sister. Once they … It does so not only because child labour scars the physical and mental development of