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Hope Grows For Survivors of Sexual Violence

Following the summit on sexual violence in London a couple of weeks ago our own Sarah Pickwick shares her own experience of meeting victims and her dreams that the work World Vision does to support them may, one day, be entirely unnecessary.

Youth Delegates: "Sexual Violence Should Not Be A Taboo Issue"

World Vision Youth Delegates Babra, Espe and Suad share their stories to help end sexual violence in conflict.
Youth Delegate from Uganda Babra is a youth mobiliser in her … people here earn more money than they do in Uganda. I also went on a train for the first time

Angela's Story: "Enough is enough."

At this week’s Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict we’ll be promoting the voice of one survivor whose road to London is one of both heartbreaking pain and heart-warming recovery.
Atim was a happy schoolgirl from North Uganda when she was kidnapped at gunpoint aged 14 … which documents and support hundreds of Ugandan children born of rape and facing the same

Survivor of wartime sexual violence to address major summit in London

A former Ugandan schoolgirl abducted from her classroom and subjected to years of sexual violence by the Lords’ Resistance Army is to urge world governments to step up their efforts to stamp out rape as a weapon of war.
A former Ugandan schoolgirl abducted from her classroom and … who today documents and support hundreds of Ugandan children born of

Time To Act: Ending Sexual Violence In Conflict

On the eve of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, our senior child rights policy advisor, Erica, shares her personal experiences that highlight just how important the summit is for everyone involved.

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New Violence Revives Bitter Memories of South Sudan

When war broke out in Sudan in 1983, newborn Abraham's family were forced to flee the country for nearly a decade. Now, as fresh violence breaks out across South Sudan, he fears the same fate may be forced on his children.
Kenya and Uganda during the two decades of

South Sudan Crisis Update

As the conflict continues, we remember the children and their families affected by this situation.
South Sudanese refugees have fled to Uganda since December … Uganda has committed to keeping its borders … Lina and her father decided to flee to Uganda. The following

Peace eludes Africa’s newest country as South Sudanese fight again for their lives

Outside the church where South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir prays every Sunday, Flora Joseph, 28, sleeps in the open. Paralyzed in both legs and unable to walk, she came here to seek refuge with her family when their village in Juba became the epicenter of South Sudan’s most recent conflict.
and then Uganda I spent a difficult childhood growing up in … Uganda and Kenya. Many more stream through every

Refugee crisis

We really value your prayers for our work across the world. As a Christian organisation we believe it is important for the goodness and grace of God to permeate all we do. We believe God will use your prayer to bring life in all its fullness to every child, family and community that we work in.
Uganda

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:
about health care and primary schools in Uganda. Here is another lovely piece from the … work in Uganda. We were keen to attend as Chris was due to … Uganda to work as a volunteer nurse in a child

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.
recently visited Uganda and they have written a couple of blogs to … the amazing work that World Vision does in Uganda. We drove 120 kilometres out of Kampala till

Sponsor a child in Uganda

Sponsor a child in Uganda and stop them from going hungry, without access to education & healthcare. Sponsorship also helps raise awareness of HIV.
means to Amanda and her family. ABOUT UGANDA Sponsor a child today and help Uganda in … NGO helping the Ugandan people by providing … of the Ugandan population are either HIV positive or are

Sponsor a child in East Africa

Uganda and Ethiopia has helped families to cope

Sponsor a child in Africa

Melissa meeting Alice

Today, my seven year old daughter met her sponsored child. This is her thoughts on the meeting, along with those of her brothers, and finally my own.
The Stott family are in Uganda visiting their sponsored … I have learnt about them. We are in Uganda for another few

Cambodia

The latest prayers of children and communities we work with in Cambodia.
Uganda

Myanmar

The latest prayers of children and communities we work with in Myanmar.
Uganda

Mozambique

The latest prayers of children and communities we work with in Mozambique.
Uganda

Children’s thoughts on child sponsorship

Helen Stott, one of our fab child sponsors (and wife of our Head of Supporter Experience), shares her closing thoughts and those of her three children at the end of their visit to their sponsored child in Uganda.
of their visit to their sponsored child in Uganda. I often wondered what life was like … them during their time in villages here in Uganda. Melissa