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"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...
the mothers of the community had long been working … the president of the local mothers savings group told us about the change the … a lot of mothers have continued to use some of the money to

The stress of war on parents | Supporting refugees in Lebanon

Inside a school in Lebanon’s Zahle, 30-year-old Suriya is trying to stop her 4-year-old son, Ahmed, from running around the room. It’s been four years since Suriya fled Damascus with her husband and three children. Even though time has passed, the memories of bombs, killings, and war are fresh in her mind. Bringing up children amidst a crisis is challenging...

A health group gives new mother the lifeline she needs

meals a day. Thank you for supporting mothers like Ricarda when they need it most. … and their mothers are well equipped to look after them

Taking the most vulnerable under their wing

most vulnerable under their wing Mortuo Mothers Group has been running for many years. Its … embracing orphans as their own. The mothers continued to meet when they

A refugee mother's to-do list

For most mothers, daily life revolves around the items on each day’s to-do list: heading to work, helping with homework, cooking, getting the children to bed. In some ways, daily life for a refugee mother is similar; they do many of the same things for their own families. But doing those things looks entirely different for a mother whose family has been forced from their home by war...
with you the experiences of several refugee mothers drawn from the places we work. For most

Communities tackling hunger | El Nino in Ethiopia

Thirty-two-year-old Shega is worried for her three children. While she lives just a few metres from a concrete water reservoir, she still has to walk for three miles to access water clean enough for her family to drink. For many mothers like her, the drought in Ethiopia is drying up water sources and destroying crops – two issues that are now being addressed through our intervention…
enough for her family to drink. For many mothers like … said Hundeya. The group has enabled mothers like Hundeya form new friendships as they … she said. Other mothers in Hundeya’s group also described how

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…

How Sirba got its first corner shop

have changed for Fati. Along with other mothers in her … with 20 mothers regularly going. With the support of World

Saving for a brighter future for Mahamadou

and taught mothers and fathers like Djiboâgé to set up

Clean hands mean a brighter future for Amena

wash their hands with clean water and soap. Mothers used to clean cooking utensils with sand but

Patiana

wash their hands with clean water and soap. Mothers used to clean cooking utensils with sand but

Drought in Mozambique | Protecting children from El Nino’s affects

Travelling through Western Mozambique, it immediately becomes obvious what the problem is. Large bridges pass over riverbeds that are completely devoid of water. Most of the fields were planted with maize, but the crops are yellow and withered. It is clear that the drought brought about by this year's El Niño phenomenon is having a big impact on this country. Bert Smit visits our Chioco Area Development Programme in Mozambique, a community that is supported by child sponsors from the UK…
a group of mothers that received training from World Vision. … coming together every week to teach other mothers to do the same. The Health Committee is

Helping mums deliver safely | Reducing child mortality in the DRC

Sandra* tragically lost her baby just five days ago. She lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in her region the infant mortality rate is 75 per 1000. Whilst this is a drop from the previous year, there are still concerns that many health centres are not well enough equipped, and women like Sandra are still losing their children.
the past five years to improve the health of mothers and babies in Southern and Eastern DRC.

‘I have a reason to smile again’ | Safe childbirth in Sierra Leone

Nancy is overjoyed to have safely given birth to her second child. She lost her first child last year due to complications and lack of proper medical care. Sitting on her hospital bed in the local clinic that World Vision has equipped, Nancy can’t stop looking at her beautiful new daughter and smiling.
goes a long way to determining the fate of mothers waiting to

Princess Charlotte’s first birthday | The view from Sierra Leone

As the media ramps up its coverage ahead of Princess Charlotte's first birthday tomorrow, Desiree Stewart, our Child Health Programmes Adviser, is reminded of another healthy little girl she met last week in Sierra Leone.
of life. Childbirth threatens the life of mothers and babies alike in much of the developing … Community Health Workers to help them teach mothers and other family members about basic ways to

Health closer to home: Restoring healthcare in Nepal

In the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake, many remote communities were left without access to healthcare, with health posts being completely or partially destroyed. In the year that’s followed, World Vision has helped in their restoration, so that nurses like Parbati can effectively reach out to communities and help to build and promote safe hygiene practices. We visit a recently renovated health centre in Ghorka, central Nepal, to see the difference it’s making…

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their mothers and

UK Government Must Launch Plan to Eradicate Sexual Violence in Conflict

World Vision is calling on the UK government to tackle the stigma of sexual violence that blights the lives of hundreds of thousands of children around the world.
by their communities and even their own mothers as a constant reminder of violence or even

Syria 5 years on: Children paying the cost of war

What the children of Syria have faced cannot be measured or imagined. They have lost fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and friends. They’ve also lost homes, dreams, the joy of play and an education. It is no exaggeration to say that they have lost their childhoods. World Vision Lebanon’s Sana’a Malouf tells us about the challenges ahead…
some have even become mothers. It is heart breaking and painful to … especially the mothers who have to send their children to beg on

Through the eyes of a refugee child: A story in 23 pictures

We recently visited an Informal Tented Settlement in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley that houses Syrian refugees. When it rains, the camp turns into a mud pit, making it hard for children who only have rubber shoes to walk. But when the sun comes out, mothers hang out laundry and children find a way of playing in the most difficult of circumstances. Here are their stories, in pictures…
mothers hang out laundry and children find a way of … that most of all he wants a bike. Mothers around the settlement cook and wash using