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Preparing for the worst
World Vision’s Bert Smit travels to Malawi to visit the Area Development Programme that has been supported by World Vision UK sponsors since 1997. Speaking with community members, many express concerns at the erratic rainfall due to El Nino, leaving them with crops that will not grow. Discussing solutions to the problem, such as drought-resistant seeds, Bert speaks with the community to see how they can better prepare themselves.
Climate change negotiation moves us in the right direction but more work must continue, World Vision warns
World Vision's Chris Armitage addresses a COP21 session on Agriculture
Natural Regeneration Mitigates Affects of Drought In Ethiopia here To learn more about our
Fear of the dragon's tail
In Cambodia, the threat of tropical cyclones and huge downpours are very real for local communities. Not only does bad weather damage houses and submerge rice fields, it forces people to swim to higher ground. Along the border, children and families often have to cross into Vietnam to reach safety. But through a World Vision initiative, houses are now being built on higher ground and community groups are giving children like Phan and Srey the tools to stay safe when the floodwaters come.
as well as three droughts. In
Our children and climate change
In early December, World Leaders descend on Paris for CoP21 - a global summit on climate change, where they hope to agree on a new path towards tackling its effects on some of the world's poorest people. Resilience Manager Maggie Ibrahim, explains the new direction World Vision wants to see...
malnutrition due to the drought and food crisis. According to the
The crops to beat hunger
A recent World Vision water project is making it easier for farmers to grow drought resistant crops in the arid climate of south-eastern Kenya - where water scarcity makes agriculture a constant struggle. Not only is it boosting income and food security, but for children like Wavinya, it means she and her siblings can stay healthy and go to school.
is making it easier for farmers to grow drought resistant …
World Food Programme
Today thousands of children and their families, just like Deng and his grandmother, line up at one of our food distribution centres waiting to receive life-saving food. With your help we can make sure everyone gets a month’s supply of food.
where natural disasters such as flooding and drought have ruined
Other Emergencies Update
Help World Vision to respond quickly to disasters, as soon as they strike.
are affected by drought. People have seen their harvests …
The privilege of sharing the start of an adventure
While visiting Zambia, our HR Coordinator, Gill, also met the farmers who will be taking advantage of the orange maize seeds you've given their community to help them Grow Hope.
Young leaders in the making
What do children living in disaster-prone regions of the world want to see from policymakers? Last month, Henry Makiwa, WV UK Media Manager had a chance to meet some of the extraordinary young speakers at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan.
where droughts are a common problem. …
Ethiopia and BandAid 30 years on
Tomorrow marks BandAid's 30 year anniversary of the 'Feed the World' recording. Last month, we arranged a trip for BBC reporter Mike Wooldridge to return to the Antsokia Valley in Ethiopia, the place where he and Michael Buerk traveled with World Vision 30 years ago. The dramatic broadcast and the suffering they brought into the spotlight inspired Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to record the original Band Aid single.
such as drought or other environmental disasters. Rainfall
New Deal: View from Somalia
Ibrahim Eid is a both a farmer and a pastoralist as well as being chairman of his local village in south central Somalia.
Ethiopia - Antsokia Valley now a success story
Fifty-five year old Desta Beletew beams with happiness. Nine years ago his family only planted teff, an Ethiopian plant from which the popular injera bread is made. He is now a successful farmer after embracing World Vision’s clarion call to take up new agricultural practices.
BBC crew returns to Ethiopia, 30 years after historic broadcast
World Vision is back in Ethiopia as we mark the 30th anniversary of Michael Buerk & Mike Wooldridge’s harrowing and moving reports.
New report challenges thinking on food assistance to hungry
Food assistance alone is not sufficient to achieve a hunger-free world.
First Steps In Ethiopia
The Antsokia Valley in Ethiopia was one of the worst-affected areas of the 1984 famine. Today it's green, beautiful and lush with crops. World Vision never would have started our work in Ethiopia, however, were it not for this one man.
when migration and drought caused food shortages that gradually
Ethiopia, 1984: "We were all waiting for our deaths."
Ansha was just 10-years-old when the 1984 famine swept across her area. Now aged 40, she vividly describes her struggle to survive, her nightmares from her childhood and how World Vision has helped to transform her life to what it is today.
for the drought World Vision wouldn’t have come to this area …
Turning a Valley of Death Into an Oasis of Life
Last year Nick Weston travelled to Ethiopia with us to see the enormous progress that had been made in the 30 years since the famine struck. As we launch our Grow Hope campaign, he reflects on what he saw and how World Vision has delivered hope to millions of people.
for outside intervention. A succession of droughts had been the major cause of the
Somalia
Somalia's years of civil war and chronic drought have left millions of people
Angola
We started working here in 1989 when severe drought threatened the lives of thousands of …