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Challenges in Niger | preserving childhood through sponsorship
World Vision Niger's Associate Director writes about the ongoing challenges faced by the people of Niger, and describes how sponsors and donors are helping create the ripples of change that will preserve childhoods.
services to people displaced by the ongoing conflict with Boko Haram. Monitoring the security
Challenges for refugee mothers at Ugandan settlement
Kiden is a young refugee woman, currently expecting her seventh child. Early July 2016, she fled to Uganda with her family to seek refuge following the wave of conflict that destroyed their home in Juba. Life at a refugee settlement in Uganda hasn't been much better, and provides the family with new challenges to overcome.
to Uganda to seek refuge. The recent wave of conflict in Juba had left their house burnt to
Hope in the eyes of Syrian refugee children | Education in Emergencies
From Mexico to Colombia, China to the UK, Humanitarian Information Officer Soraya has years of experience working in education, and on a recent trip to Jordan spent time meeting parents, teachers, and programmers about our work helping get Syrian Refugee children back into school
just a short drive away. Reading about the conflict in Syria is upsetting
Providing aid, while depending on it: Meet Johnson - both a humanitarian and an IDP
Johnson Kuithoy is both an aid worker and an internally displaced person (IDP) living in a camp. A South Sudanese man in his thirties, he has dedicated his life to providing relief, while he and his family likewise depend on it. Today, on World Humanitarian Day, heroes like Johnson are celebrated…
"Before the programme, we were ashamed" | Building girl's confidence in Ethiopia
People may think of Ethiopia as one of the poorest countries in the world. A country that has, in a generation, experienced widespread famine, conflict, drought and disease. While these are still very real issues in Ethiopia, this may not be the Ethiopia that one would see today - and it’s certainly not the Ethiopia that Catherine Greenhalgh saw when she travelled there in May of this year…
South Sudan: World Vision calls for protection of children as tens of thousands displaced by intense fighting
The fighting that erupted in South Sudan over the past five days has displaced an estimated 36,000 people, many of them are children.
Statement in response to the escalating violence in South Sudan
Heavy fighting is rocking the capital, Juba, following a flare-up in escalating violence that coincided with world's newest nation marking its fifth year of independence.
physically and emotionally to conflict and insecurity. World Vision is currently …
Five Voices | Perspectives from South Sudan
Yesterday, on July 9, Juba’s hot and dusty roads were filled with people from across the country commemorating five years since South Sudan declared its independence. We took some time beforehand to speak to children and parents about how the last few years have shaped the country and the lives of its people...
"In South Sudan, we help keep children alive" | Life in a camp in South Sudan
South Sudan marks its 5th anniversary of independence today, on 9 July. However, the young nation faces many challenges and fresh fighting erupted in and around the capital in the past days. Children continue to suffer the most, as many have lost family members over the years and have fled their homes.
a challenge to aid deliveries. When the conflict erupted in …
South Sudan’s independence anniversary marred by fresh fighting
World Vision staff are hunkered down in the Juba headquarters following an outbreak of armed fighting within the capital. At one stage shooting took place in the streets outside the World Vision compound.
been forced to flee their homes since the conflict began in December 2013. In one of the
The stress of war on parents | Supporting refugees in Lebanon
Inside a school in Lebanon’s Zahle, 30-year-old Suriya is trying to stop her 4-year-old son, Ahmed, from running around the room. It’s been four years since Suriya fled Damascus with her husband and three children. Even though time has passed, the memories of bombs, killings, and war are fresh in her mind. Bringing up children amidst a crisis is challenging...
she explains. As the Syria conflict enters its sixth …
Jailing of warlord “victory in battle to end impunity”
The International Criminal Court announced today that Jean-Pierre Bemba, an ex-rebel leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been jailed for 18 years following his convictions for war crimes including sexual violence in the Central African Republic.
hundreds of victims of sexual violence in conflict
A refugee mother's to-do list
For most mothers, daily life revolves around the items on each day’s to-do list: heading to work, helping with homework, cooking, getting the children to bed. In some ways, daily life for a refugee mother is similar; they do many of the same things for their own families. But doing those things looks entirely different for a mother whose family has been forced from their home by war...
conflict and persecution. No child should lose their
World Refugee Day: Africa reels under refugee crisis as World Vision warns that closure of Dadaab camp will trigger new migrants wave
Shutting the world’s largest refugee camp could unleash a new wave of human migration across North Africa and Europe, according to World Vision UK.
from the mass displacement of people. Conflicts and food crises have created 15 million …
Parliament SDG reports: World Vision calls for the UK government to put greater focus on needs of the children
World Vision UK has lamented the government’s lack of focus on children’s issues and has called for the UK to produce a strategic cross-government plan that outlines a clear path to achieving the SDGs.
Women supporting women | Linking empowerment and resilience in Myanmar
How can we minimise the impacts of a natural disaster? WVUK’s Rachel Canclini Kettle travelled to Myanmar to see how our work was helping communities to do just that; through early warning systems, laying cement roads and forming savings groups so that women of the community can support each other with money and resources. Rachel felt lucky to have been able to visit and see the impact our work is having…
drought or violent conflict
Innovative technology and tools the key to revolutionising humanitarian responses
A coordinated approach is urgently needed when it comes to technologies, tools and models in humanitarian innovation, says World Vision.
conflict and political crisis. Yet resources for
“Sustainable Development Goals impossible to attain without funding revolution,” warns World Vision UK
Aid agency World Vision UK warns that an increasingly fragile and unstable world could put the global sustainable development goals at risk unless a new funding approach is established.
senior conflict …
South Sudan urged to hold onto peace or risk losing another generation to war
As South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar returns to country’s capital Juba for the first time since a civil war erupted more than two years ago, World Vision has warned that the country risks losing another generation of children to war, unless the country holds onto the latest opportunity to have peace.
2 million driven from their homes in the conflict. An El
UK child refugee announcement ‘step in right direction’
World Vision UK welcomes today’s announcement that 3,000 more refugee children will come to Britain from the Syria region, particularly vulnerable children threatened with child labour, child marriage and other forms of abuse.
Senior Conflict …