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“Sieges like Madaya hinder our ability to help Syrian refugees”, warns World Vision

Sieges like #Madaya remain "one of most critical issues in #Syria hindering our ability to help", warns World Vision.
remain one of the most critical issues in Syria hindering our ability to help those in need. … World Vision's Syria Crisis Response Advocacy Director Fran

Most important New Year’s Resolutions

World Vision meets with Ibrahim, Isa & their 8-month-old baby Lubab. Recalling the events that drove them to flee Syria, Ibrahim and Isa discuss their journey to Serbia and their wish for baby Lubab to grow up free from fear.
reduce the effects of climate change. The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the largest … as Ibrahim recalls life as it was before the Syrian conflict began.

World Vision joins call for Britain to accept child refugees

World Vision UK has backed calls for Britain to accept 3,000 unaccompanied children who have fled the Syria Crisis, and are now heading through Europe.
unaccompanied children who have fled the Syria … refugees from countries surrounding Syria over the next five years. Gavin … already a world leader in responding to the Syria Crisis. But this conflict has been raging

Too cold to get out of bed

With winter approaching, many of the families who escaped fighting in Iraq, now find themselves sheltering in unfinished buildings at the Syrian border. We met siblings Hareman and Manaa who are trying to make the best of a desperate situation by keeping warm and playing with the other children staying nearby.
Syria Crisis Response On August … The family had made their way towards the Syrian border where passing cars offered to take

What happens when girls flee conflict zones

World Vision Communicator, Patricia Mouamar, reports on the dangers facing many refugee girls fleeing conflict zones, and reflects on her own experiences growing up in 1980s Lebanon. She meets some of the Syrian refugee girls, whose lives were being stunted by early marriage and child labour.
I've met many Syrian refugee children who have been traumatized … why they were forced to flee the conflict in Syria. None of them can tell me what their future

Tackling Child Marriage on International Children’s Day

Rob Henderson reflects on a stark reality for millions of girls and boys across the world who fall prey to early marriage, some having children while just children themselves. He looks at the role of World Vision workshops, that are helping children like 16-year-old Nilanjona escape from early marriage so that she can stay in education and makes choices for herself…

Quality assist from Premier League sees World Vision score with football training camp for refugee children in Jordan

World Vision has partnered with the Premier League and the Asian Football Development Project to deliver a training course in Azraq Refugee Camp.
including a number of Syrian refugee volunteers from a number of … as well. Our partnership demonstrates to the Syrian refugee children at Azraq that even

As record numbers of refugees arrive in Europe, World Vision warns of escalating humanitarian crisis due to severe winter weather conditions

Ahead of EU Summit tomorrow in Malta, World Vision warns of escalating humanitarian crisis if no concrete result is delivered.
refugees fleeing an escalating war in Syria and other conflicts. The charity’s call

World Vision has seen the fundraising future and it is The Story Shop: Charity launches innovative experience to engage shoppers

World Vision is blazing a trail with the launch of an innovative, fully interactive experience to engage shoppers. The Story Shop is already in operation at Westfield Shepherd's Bush and launched this week at the shopping mall's Stratford site. At first glance, The Story Shop appears to be a vintage specialist store with wooden cabinets displaying curios from around the globe. However, the ground-breaking project uses the latest digital technology to ensure visitors can interact with about 100 individual stories from across the world and have an opportunity to sponsor a child or make a one-off donation.
faced by children from Cambodia to Syria. Shoppers keen to sponsor a child are shown

My tent, my home

Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is one of millions of children affected by the Syrian conflict that began in 2011. Separated from his parents and seeking refuge in Lebanon, Ahmed works many hours a day in order to ensure his well-being until his parents are able to cross the borders from Syria and find him.
one of millions of children affected by the Syrian conflict that began in 2011. Recently … parents decided to go back to Syria for the funeral. … With Lebanon hosting over one million Syrian

When rain turns to snow

In the parks of Belgrade, Serbia, many refugees have pitched tents as they wait to continue their journey into Europe. We spoke to four-year-old Nagisa who has recently arrived with her family. With her father frantically trying to keep their clothes and belongings dry, there are fears that conditions will become worse as winter approaches.

European resettlement not solution to refugee crisis, new funding models essential - top Conservatives MP tells World Vision fringe event

European resettlement not solution to refugee crisis, new funding models essential, says Desmond Swayne.
their funding plans in order to resolve the Syrian refugee crisis. Describing the crisis as … I honestly don't believe that with 4 million Syrian refugees displaced in

World Vision calls for more political commitment to resolve conflicts at Conservative Party Conference

World Vision calls for more political commitment to resolve conflicts as charity hosts fringe event at conference.
various protracted crises. Entitled From Syria to … to inject greater urgency into resettling Syrian refugees in the UK. He … by fresh diplomatic energy to end the brutal Syrian conflict that is the root cause of this

Making up for lost time

In refugee camps in Lebanon, people are desperate for some kind of normality to return. From children missing out on an education, to shopkeepers attempting to ply their trade - everybody is conscious of lost time as they wait for peace to come to Syria.
For many of the Syrian refugees who have found a safe haven in … trying to use their trades from Syria to make a … have been bombed. Fatima and her family left Syria for

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.
and futures will be touched by the goals. Syrian families

World Vision calls for new approach to respond to protracted conflicts

World Vision calls for new approach to respond to protracted conflicts at Labour Conference.
the current refugee crisis has been on the Syrian … to respond. That the UN appeal for the Syrian crisis has only been … Syria to

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.
was comfortable and happy in Syria because our country is … You can read more about our work in Syria or campaigning with … Syrian … situation in Syria is not

A mother's tears

World Vision Photojournalist Laura Reinhardt spent time at the Serbia-Hungary border this week, meeting refugees and hearing their stories as they wait in limbo. She spoke to mother-of-three Kenaz, who explained how she desperate she is for her husband in Sweden to meet their new son Noor and to reunite the family.
rest following an exhausting journey from Syria before crossing into … of pain. We are continuing to respond in Syria and the wider region as the crisis reaches

World Vision welcomes EU Interior Ministers’ decision to accept 120,000 people

World Vision welcomes decision but emphasises the continued pressures faced by Syria’s neighbouring countries.
emphasises the continued pressures faced by Syria’s neighbouring countries that demand global

Peaceful in the treetops

World Vision's Suzy Sainovski recently visited in a friend in Lebanon. While she was there, they released an owl back into the wild, who had previously been mistreated, amid sounds of bombing from nearby Syria. This juxtaposition of peace and war invited Suzy to reflect on the futility of conflict.
Syria Crisis Response I had a truly bittersweet … Syrian refugees. I was looking forward to visiting … there will be a peaceful resolution to the Syrian conflict so children and families can