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A New Destiny
Five-year-old Mohamed is a founding member of Destiny, the first children’s savings group in his community. Launched at the height of Sierra Leone’s Ebola crisis, Mohamed, along with a group of young friends worked to ensure they were looking ahead to a future after the crisis.
which can perpetuate poverty from generation to generation. Destiny is
Significant ‘Ebola Free’ milestone reached
Sierra Leone has been officially declared ‘Ebola free’ by the World Health Organisation (WHO), following one of the worst epidemics in recent history – claiming 3,589 lives in the country.
Our day with Brixhilda: Smiles all round
Rachel and her daughter Joanna visit Brixhilda, their sponsored child, in Albania
including children living in poverty and boys who were not normally safe to leave
An Unforgettable Day in India
Philip and Sally travelled to India to meet Saloni, their sponsored child.
An angel of the dump
Eight-year-old Tania is one of an estimated 6.6 million children in Bangladesh who work to support their families. But thanks to intervention from a World Vision backed Learning Centre, children like Tania are finding a beacon of hope amidst the rubbish dumps of Dhaka.
millions of children live below the poverty line. Hardship in rural areas pushes many …
From struggle to strength
We spoke to 17 year old Srey, a courageous young girl who was forced to work within the sex industry when her family fell upon hard times. Thanks to World Vision's intervention Srey has managed to turn her life around.
Mothers coming together
As we approach six-months since the earthquake that shook Nepal, Media Specialist Carina Wint has spent a week in one of the hardest hit regions near Kathmandu, seeing how our work in the area has inspired a group of mothers to start their own centre - caring for orphaned and trafficked children.
when poverty is at its most
Global Goals - the world's new 'to do' list
Last week global leaders, Hollywood stars and even the Pope joined together in New York to celebrate the new set of global goals for the world. Head of Policy Gavin Crowden, gives his view on why the goals are needed and why it's so important that they leave no child behind.
End extreme poverty.
Visiting Mira in Albania
Pam and Martin Stratchan visit Mira in Albania who they sponsor through World Vision UK.
easy to see poverty in Albania in the same way as it is in …
Twelve short months - Refugees and the Syria crisis
When the UN meets to agree the new Sustainable Development Goals next week, World Vision's Rob Henderson reflects on our collective need to go further this time if we really want the world to move forward in the next fifteen years. With Syria being the humanitarian crisis of our time, our response will define a generation.
was to reduce poverty and desperation on this scale. The MDGs …
Engaging youth for change
Ahead of the DFID summit on the Sustainable Development Goals this weekend, Child Rights Policy Officer Madeleine Askham explains how workshops helping youth to recognise barriers that are holding them back, can become key drivers that challenge inequality and lack of opportunity.
that we end extreme poverty and
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.
the devastation and injustice that poverty can cause. At a very young
Why we're diving for World Vision
As part of Remember A Charity In Your Will week, four plucky ladies from our Supporter Care team will be jumping out of a plane to keep company with Brian Phillips - one of our Ambassadors, who will be writing his will mid-air. Our brave women are themselves raising money for children in South Sudan, and as the jump approaches next week, we find out what's motivating them to take the plunge.
Talking with a former child soldier in CAR
Public Affairs and Government Relations Officer Sarah has been working on the SDGs for the past year. This summer she visited the conflict torn Central African Republic, and met a former child soldier named Francis. Francis' experiences symbolise the main failings of the MDGs, and what we need to do better over the next 15 years.
A girl named hope
A decade of conflict in the Eastern DRC, has killed millions and devastated the lives of many through violence, disease and poverty. Living through this uncertainty, a young girl called Esperance is working with local communities to combat sexual and gender based violence.
disease and poverty. Close to one million people remain
Building hope
It’s just two years since Typhoon Haiyan, one of the deadliest typhoons ever recorded, slammed into Leyte province in the Philippines. Now in the rebuilding process, we spoke to some of the families benefiting from World Vision's help - where ensuring houses that withstand future disasters is a huge priority.
we will see an increase in child poverty. Please contact Maggie Ibrahim
The haves and have-nots of childhood
Geeta Bandi-Phillips reflects on how issues her community faced in her childhood are still to be addressed today. She calls on governments and the private sector to do more to address food and nutrition around the world using the sustainable development goals.
that reaching the goal of ending extreme poverty and preventable …
World Vision says final MDGs report confirms worst fears
Children and their families in fragile states largely did not benefit from the 15 year global initiative to reduce poverty.
from the 15 year global initiative to reduce poverty.Chris …
Letting hope bloom at Hampton Court
Award-winning John Warland is hoping that his rice-garden at Hampton Court this week, will inspire people to get suitably floriferous for July 10th and continue to support hope blooming for children across the globe. He gives us a behind the scenes look at how his latest garden was created.
Too scared to stay at home
World Vision Ambassador Linda Barker recently visited Cambodia to meet Lee-Ap - a courageous thirteen-year-old girl, who, due to circumstances, acts as a parent to her three siblings.
for all the children I saw subsisting in poverty without an adult to protect them. Many of …