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A letter to Muna, for our birthday

After meeting baby Muna while visiting our work in Jordan, the poignancy of their shared birthdays lead World Vision International's Meg to write an open letter about how inadequately she can answer the questions the crisis raises.

World Vision warns of further displacement in Goma as violent clashes resume

The UN combat brigade established to bring stability to the volatile eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, today fired artillery at M23 rebels threatening the border city of Goma, the UN and Congolese army confirmed.
said … The MONUSCO spokesperson also said the peacekeepers have started aerial patrols

I always wondered what charities do in Africa

14-year-old Murray from Glasgow visited World Vision's work in Malawi and kindly offered to share his experience with us. Here's a very personal account from Murray:
were helping would become dependent on that aid. I was really pleased to learn how World … I now have a much better idea of how aid can help people in developing countries.

Painful memories

Like a lot of boys his age, Abdurrahman, 9, from Syria imitates sounds. Today, he is imitating the sound of rockets.
any aid can and does make a difference. Even if we

A day of firsts!

Marian and Jamie stopped off in Myanmar on their way back from Australia to spend a day with Min Chit, the young boy that Marian’s mother sponsors through World Vision. Read this wonderful story from Marian of their most memorable and humbling experience.
across continents and cultures. Khin Moe said that World Vision had given their community

London 2012 inspires family to help World Vision

A family of nine from the Rugby area has raised more than £6,000 for charity by cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats.

Bill Clinton & Chelsea see clean water saving lives in Rwanda

Through the eyes of children, parents and teachers, former US President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton got a personal look at the toll of unsafe water, as part of his visit to Groupe Scholaire Camp Kanombe primary school in Kigali.
President Bill Clinton said. UNICEF estimates nearly … President Clinton said. … said World Vision Vice President of Water and … said George

Syrian refugee crisis stretching aid effort to its limits say aid agencies

Many Syrian refugees living outside camps across countries in the region are losing out on the help they desperately need, according to five international aid agencies today.
according to five international aid agencies today. World … services that are available to them. The aid agencies say that the international … The aid agencies are calling on donor countries to

Fastest Paralympian on the planet donates prize money to help disabled children in SE Asia

Ahead of this month’s IPC Athletics World Championships, the world’s fastest Paralympian has handed over some of his prize winnings to a project in Myanmar that helps disabled children in the South-East Asian country achieve their sporting dreams.
Lin Thit Self Help Group in Mandalay run by aid agency World Vision. The group’s work

We are Living Stories

Steve is our Children's Communication Specialist, working with children in our projects around the world, to support them in developing their communication skills. In this blog, Steve shares some of the stories, directly from the children of Bangladesh along with pictures drawn by them:
sound and became afraid and stopped in our tracks. I saw the tiger

Director of the World Food Programme visits the DRC and World Vision’s programme

Following a three-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, accompanied by the Governor of the North Kivu Province visited Mugunga I, a site which hosts more than 55,000 Congolese people.
said Ms Cousin. Ms Cousin visited the ongoing … said Bishi. This visit concluded with a press … she said. The population in the site expressed

World Vision sends taskforce to Gansu earthquake

World Vision, the international children’s charity, has sent an emergency task force to China’s north-west Gansu province after two powerful earthquakes struck yesterday morning, claiming at least 50 lives.
he said. When he reached the office his first … said

Supporters tackled the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains and raised over £7,000 for World Vision

Matrix & Rhetorik Solutions are two incredibly committed and inspiring organisations who sponsor through World Vision. They recently raised over £7,000 for us and we wanted to find out what inspired them. In this blog, David Young, the Marketing Director of the company talks about their involvement with World Vision.
in aid of World Vision. David

Children 'scared for the future' as Syria crisis takes toll on neighbouring countries

Communities in Lebanon are at 'breaking point' as refugees fleeing deadly violence in neighbouring Syria continue to pour into the country - putting children further at risk, aid agency World Vision warns today.
aid agency World Vision warns today. School … warns that aid should help alleviate tensions between

World Vision welcomes £50m UK support to Lebanon as refugee numbers soar

Today the UK’s Secretary of State for International Development announced that that the UK will allocate £50 million to help both Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Lebanese people affected by the crisis.

Meeting our sponsored child Sylvia in rural Uganda

We hope you enjoyed reading Chris and Jon's stories from last week about health care and primary schools in Uganda. Here is another lovely piece from the couple about them meeting their sponsored child, Syliva:
said Elijah. I felt a lump in my throat as I … latest annual report had said that her favourite … too soon it was time for us to leave. We said goodbye to

What do healthcare and education look like in Uganda?

Two of our wonderful sponsors, Chris and Jon, recently visited Uganda and they have written a couple of blogs to share their experiences with you. In their first blog today, Chris tells us about a health clinic she had special interest in as a retired nurse and then Jon tells us about the impact World Vision has had (and is having) on two primary schools in the area.
machine. I contacted World Vision UK who said they would really love to have this machine.

Buddying up for an Albanian visit

World Vision child sponsor, Chris, shares her story from Albania about our first ever combined sponsor visit where she met her sponsored child, Elvana, and saw some of the inspiring work World Vision have been doing.
visiting Elvana when her letters regularly said that she’d really like to meet me and … were lead upstairs where a buffet had been laid out for us. We were introduced to a number

Our message has been heard, now it's time to do the work

Our colleague from the DRC, Aimee Manimani, shares what your support and the IF campaign has achieved and why the race to end hunger isn’t over yet.
who said on his visit to the DRC in … dynamic of the world. David Cameron said last Saturday at the Open for Growth

Basic nutrition efforts risk being ‘sidelined’ in war-torn countries

Major progress in tackling child malnutrition in some of the world’s toughest countries could be thrown into jeopardy because military and security funding is taking precedence over basic child nutrition, the IF Coalition warns today.
from aid agency World Vision UK produced on behalf of … violence is therefore at the heart of many aid agencies’ efforts to prevent child