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Cool Teenagers and Fun Photos in South Africa

In his second blog installment from South Africa, James Butler writes about day two of his trip and visiting his sponsored child’s school.
we are here. It is easy to dismiss this formality as too much and unnecessary

Guest blog: “I know it’s my problem too”

Merry Raymond, one of our #ShareNiger bloggers and here she shares how her experience with the campaign helped her realise that we can all play our parts, no matter how small.
to look for work. Conflict in neighbouring Mali is forcing families to move across the

Life on the border – one year on

Amanda Koech, a Communications Officer for World Vision Somalia, describes the scene at a border town in the south-west of the country – and asks how the situation has changed one year after a food crisis was declared in East Africa.
camp in the dusty border town of Dollow in Somalia … Somalia and Ethiopia converge. All three countries … fled the drought of 2011 from Southern Somalia as well as conflicts that have continued in

Hungry Children Eat Locusts to Survive in West Africa Food Crisis

West Africa is currently in the grip of a desperate food crisis. With dying crops, poor rainfall and families still recovering from recent food shortages, the next harvest is still months away. Now, to make matters worse, the already struggling region has been hit by a devastating locust invasion.
an invasion of locusts swarmed into crops in Mali and … successful on small groups. In Northern Mali further swarms have also been reported. The