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A Snapshot of Cambodia
Trudi Cotton recently joined our first World Vision group sponsor trip to Cambodia to meet her sponsored child, Lin, and see the projects she supports. She shares a few of her favourite photos with us here.
been started in June with money raised from child sponsorship. Thanks to the monsoons it was already
Too young for marriage
14-year-old Virginia knows from personal experience how destructive the practice of early marriage can be. She tells us the story of one of her friends who dropped out of school and fell into early marriage at just 13 years old.Just two weeks following the birth of twins, her husband vanished, leaving her without the income or means to look after them. Virginia tells us her story…
child sponsorship programme. Kenya is also one of 29 countries …
Overcoming obstacles: a unique visit to Albania
Sue Lavender, a World Vision UK child sponsor, talks about overcoming the challenges associated with being deaf and blind, and going on a fantastic adventure to visit her sponsored child, Olsi and his family in Albania.
A dream of education
16-year-old Lima faced a difficult decision when her father fell ill; either go to school, or start working to support her family. Feeling like she should choose the latter, it wasn’t until a World Vision education project came to her area of Bangladesh, that she could once again pursue her dream of becoming an engineer.
World Vision works around the world through child sponsorship and other projects to help reduce children’s …
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Sponsor a child
Sponsor a child and change their life for good
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Sponsor An Orphan
Orphan sponsorship is the most effective and rewarding way to help orphans in need. Sponsor an orphan child to make a lasting difference in that child's life forever.
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When all help appears lost
Zahra knows all about how devastating AIDs can be, having lost both parents to the disease. When she began to feel ill, she discovered she was also HIV positive. She describes how it feels to live with the disease, and how she’s thankful for the support she gets from her grandmother and World Vision.
Water of Life
Harriet has had to overcome many challenges throughout her life due to the lack of clean drinking water. Living in Zambia, she has had limited access to water for drinking and bathing until recently, when World Vision drilled a water borehole that has become a lifeline for Harriet and her local community.
for the blessing of water but the blessing child sponsorship too. Through
Meeting Gift in Zambia
Sally travelled to Zambia with her family to meet Gift, their sponsored child
An Unforgettable Day in India
Philip and Sally travelled to India to meet Saloni, their sponsored 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
Leaving nobody behind
This weekend, world leaders meet at the UN in New York to agree to a new set of global goals that charities and governments together will focus on over the next fifteen years. WVUK Social Media Manager Kate Shaw shares three stories on the subject of early/forced marriage - an area that wasn't fully tackled in the last set of goals but that she hopes will be at the top of the table this time around.
else. Nilanjona has been reached through our child sponsorship …
Reflections on meeting Roland
Duncan's reflections on meeting Roland, his sponsored child, in Albania
Visiting Mira in Albania
Pam and Martin Stratchan visit Mira in Albania who they sponsor through World Vision UK.
The mission that changed my mind
As part of Remember A Charity week, Brian Phillips - a charismatic individual with a passion for change in the world’s poorest regions, will be writing his will during a skydiving session. He shared a story of how a certain mission in West Africa inspired him to devote much of his time to promoting the work of World Vision.
Meeting with Alice and Alfred | FGM and teen pregnancy during Ebola
World Vision's Zena John met with Alice and Alfred during the 2014 London Girls Summit. Alice and Alfred are teenagers from a district in the southern province of Sierra Leone where World Vision has worked for years, and they are passionate about seeing real change in their community.
The joy of being a sponsor
Buddha Gurung travels to Albania to meet the little girl, Liza, who he sponsors with World Vision UK
Meeting the President
Paul Elliston, Regional Manager for Latin America, recently spent two weeks in Honduras, speaking to families and finding out how they are benefiting from child sponsorship. He was lucky enough to meet Duvin - an astonishing young woman who devoted most of her time working for change and development in her country.
finding out how they are benefitting from child sponsorship. I’m always inspired on these visits to
Searching for dignity - children with disabilities in Kenya
In Kenya, we met Lauren and Jeff - two children who face a daily struggle against, not only their disabilities, but the stigmatisation of society as a whole.