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A burden no more | Preventing child marriage in Bangladesh
After overcoming epilepsy and avoiding an arranged marriage when she was just 14, Sonia is determined to work for World Vision one day. Now 22, Sonia credits the NGO with supporting her and her family while she was young. This is her story...
factors that can lead to early marriage. Our child sponsorship programme plays a vital role in partnering
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...
are included in their plans. As part of child sponsorship
Farming families struggle to survive in drought-stricken Ethiopia
Belaynesh helps her family whenever she can, often in the burning heat of the afternoon. With neither a good roof nor mosquito nets, malaria is the second biggest threat the family is facing after the failed harvest. While Ethiopia sits in the grip of El Nino, the 13-year-old is a sponsored child, and over the years, the support of her sponsor has helped make up for the rain in other ways...
our development work is channelled through child sponsorship. This year’s El Nino weather phenomenon is
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.
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.
World Vision garden wins gold medal at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
World Vision UK’s garden at the prestigious Hampton Court Palace Flower Show (HCPFS) has won the coveted gold medal today.
share and celebrate the journey of child sponsorship with World Vision as they wander through the
Four Lessons from Ethiopia
Tim Bousfield travels with a group from Hitchin Church to visit and say a final farewell to the children they have sponsored for years in Addis ADP in Ethiopia
The rise & fall of Ebola | Reflections on our World Vision garden
Award-winning garden designer John Warland created the World Vision garden that recently won a silver-gilt award at this years’ Chelsea Flower Show. A long-term child sponsor of Ronald in Bolivia, this year John wanted to create a garden that reflected the positive impact of World Vision's work. Ahead of Hampton Court RHS Show this summer, he explains the concepts that bring the garden together…
all over the world. Child sponsorship not only transforms one
"Things were very different before" | Visiting a savings group in Sierra Leone
After three days following the local women’s savings group in Jaiama Bongor, Sierra Leone, Kate Shaw was eager to speak to a family to find out the difference their mother’s new investments had made for them. After a morning at the farm and processing cassava last week, she drove down a few streets to speak to one mother and daughter, Mariama and 12-year-old Mabel...
thankful for the changes World Vision and child sponsorship has …
"Now, they need shoes, we buy shoes" | Visiting a savings group in Sierra Leone
Last week I travelled with blogger Annie to Sierra Leone to visit one of our child sponsorship projects there and hear from the community about the effects Ebola has had on their lives. One of the most inspiring stories to come from the epidemic was that of a local women’s savings group who had banded together to make sure their families did not go hungry during the crisis...
Annie to Sierra Leone to visit one of our child sponsorship projects there and hear from the community …
Child labour and how child sponsorship is helping
Child labour is a fact of life for millions of children around the world. You can help us continue to tackle child labour by sponsoring a child today.
been targeting via child sponsorship for over 65 years. Over those …
Hearing from the Kids Club | Pregnancies and education in the time of Ebola
Together with Annie of Fable and Folk, our Social Media Manager Kate recently had the opportunity to visit our child sponsorship work in Jaiama Bongor, Sierra Leone. Inspired by Alice’s stories of change through Kids’ Clubs, Kate and Annie spoke to the local group in one village to hear how the Ebola crisis has affected their work.
the opportunity to visit World Vision UK's child sponsorship work in Jaiama
Every drop counts | Clean water in Malawi
11-year-old Priscilla had to walk miles across hot terrain every day to collect water for herself and her grandmother, often encountering threats such as hyenas. Since we renovated the borehole in Priscilla's community, she no longer has to make the dangerous journey, and she can focus on achieving her dream of becoming a teacher.
Restoring hope | Getting children to school in Albania
Twelve-year-old Emanuel's transport to school was withdrawn due to lack of funding, and so he had a long trip to class and back every day, even in severely bad weather. He was often ill due to this, until we were able to intervene and make it easier for Emanuel, and hundreds of children like him, to get to school again..
old and 400 of them are registered with our Child Sponsorship Programme.
On her own | Post Ebola story in Sierra Leone
In pre-Ebola Sierra Leone, Maria lived with her parents, two sisters and little brother. She had a good life and was happy. Her memories of family days echo the happy, sunny, carefree days many of us associate with childhood.
Child sponsorship not only transforms one
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.
Ups and downs | Helping Ebola orphans in an uncertain future
Ten-year-old Musu lost both of her parents and her little brother to Ebola. Shortly after, Musu and her sister Maria began showing symptoms of the virus. The sisters received treatment and moved in with their uncle, where they have daily chores to help him get by. The girls are still adjusting to their lives without their family, and faced stigma upon returning to school.
Musu and Maria. You can find out more about child sponsorship in Sierra Leone here.
Reaction: Anti-corruption summit pays little attention to concerns of civil society
International children’s charity World Vision UK has welcomed the anti-corruption summit’s commitments but questioned its focus.
“I didn’t want to marry” | El Nino and child marriage in Mozambique
When El Nino brought drought to 14-year-old Inês’ village in southern Mozambique, her mother found it increasingly difficult to provide for all three of her daughters. Where once she’d dreamed of becoming a teacher, Inês found herself married off to an older man…
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.