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South Sudan’s independence anniversary marred by fresh fighting

World Vision staff are hunkered down in the Juba headquarters following an outbreak of armed fighting within the capital. At one stage shooting took place in the streets outside the World Vision compound.
has recently returned from South Sudan and Uganda

Food and Farming: Ugandan style

Read about World Vision ambassador, Robin Hart's week in Uganda, visiting her sponsored child as part of a group visit. Here she talks about her experiences farming in the UK compared to what she learnt in Uganda.
work in practice in central Uganda during a recent visit to meet my sponsored … Uganda really is the … fertile and rolling slopes in rural central Uganda where I recently spent the week with a group

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.

Raising voices in Westminster: preventing sexual violence in conflict, and stigma for survivors

Public Affairs and Advocacy officer Rob Henderson writes ahead of the House of Lords committee publication on preventing sexual violence in conflict later today. Rob's team have been working with the committee to present evidence and raise the voices of the survivors we work with. If survivors of sexual violence in conflict face stigma, which they almost always do, this hinders their recovery and often means that those responsible are not held accountable. Children should not have to fear attacks, and if the worst does happen, they should be able to access justice without facing stigma.

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.
countries including eastern DRC and northern Uganda. The charity’s recent report

Zika Virus Crisis Update

First identified in Uganda in 1947 the Zika virus is transmitted by the

The cost of child soldiers

On Red Hand Day, Senior Child Rights Policy Advisor Erica Hall shares the stories of the former child soldiers she has met while fighting for child rights. Today, carries an important message, not just for one day, but one that Erica shouts about nearly every day of the year...

World Vision made them feel safe again

Media Specialist Carina Wint travelled to the Children of War centre in Gulu, Northern Uganda, to see how World Vision is helping children like nine-year-old Moses find safety and catch up on the years they have lost…
nomadic LRA continually tried to outrun the Ugandan army. Everyone had a place in Kony’s LRA … Gulu. World Vision is working in Northern Uganda and throughout the country through child

The best day: meeting Sharon in Uganda

Andrea meets her sponsored child Sharon, 5, during an Ambassador trip to Uganda with World Vision UK
charging every user 200 Ugandan shillings … a meeting. They found my attempts to speak Luganda hilarious … The married women in Uganda traditionally wear a long dress made of

Piglets to ploughs: seeing lasting change for Uganda

Goeff and his wife Toni visit a farmers cooperative in Central Uganda, and hear about how World Vision are supporting them to reap great harvests.
trip to Uganda with a group of Ambassadors where they

Missing home

Mike and his siblings are among an estimated 550,000 people who have fled South Sudan to escape fighting. He told us about his memories from home and how his new situation is affecting his future.
South Sudan for a refugee camp in northern Uganda. After two … family fled across the border into northern Uganda where children now make up … Ethiopia and Uganda to seek safety. Help

We Have Hope

Angela from Watye Ki Gen (We Have Hope) in northern Uganda, works with children whose mothers are former child captives of the Lord Resistance Army. ‘I want to judge and make sure justice is served,’ says Thomas, the son of a survivor of sexual violence, who was abused after being kidnapped. In this blog, Angela reflects on the progress of Watye Ki Gen since last years Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, and the work that still needs to be done.
Uganda I began Watye Ki Gen in June 2012 as a … and the Government of Uganda in … it also helped spread our message in Uganda. There is now more trust among our own

G7: Last hope for the world's most vulnerable children

Ahead of the G7 summit, World Vision urges PM David Cameron to ensure the world’s most vulnerable children aren’t forgotten.

Return to South Sudan

Two decades on from her first foreign assignment covering war and hunger in South Sudan, UK Media Manager Sarah Wilson returns and finds that depressingly little has changed.

Eliminating violence against women and girls

Tuesday 25 November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a day devoted to raising awareness of the scale of violence facing women and girls around the globe. Senior Policy Adviser Erica Hall reflects on why the day is important, how far we have come and why it seems like such an unattainable goal.

Celebrating 25 years of child rights

This year both Madeleine, World Vision UK's Child Rights Policy Officer, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, turn 25. In today's blog Madeleine reflects on the differences brought by 25 years of child rights, and where there is still room for continued growth.
Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo … example was in August when I was invited to Uganda to attend a workshop to learn about the … camps in rural Uganda. The children and their mothers had recently

New report challenges thinking on food assistance to hungry

Food assistance alone is not sufficient to achieve a hunger-free world.

Mud, Mosquitoes and Malakal's Children of War

World Vision UK CEO, Justin Byworth, has recently returned from a trip to see the dramatic, life-threatening impact that the conflict in South Sudan is having on more than half of its population. A few weeks ago he visited Malakal, a sleepy provincial town that has been almost obliterated, where he listened to survivor’s stories.
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South Sudan: Not the Independence Day Celebration Anyone Hoped For

The situation is South Sudan is worsening. While the country marks the 3rd anniversary of its independence, nearly half the population is in need of urgent assistance. This is not the Independence Day anyone hoped for.

South Sudan Refugee Appeal

Over 500 000 children have been made homeless by conflict in South Sudan. Hungry and afraid, they are struggling to survive in makeshift camps. Please give now to provide emergency food, water and medical care
and many arriving in refugee camps on the Uganda border