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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.
Village Flowers
World Vision's Alison Cole recently had the opportunity to attend some flower arranging workshops - just a few of the amazing Floral Friday activities that are raising money for children like Lee-Ap in Cambodia.
‘G7 leaders are putting band-aids on symptoms,’ says World Vision
G7 leaders have missed an opportunity to stand up the world’s most vulnerable children.
500 million people from hunger and malnutrition is
A plant for all time
If you had to pick a plant of the century or millennia, what would yours be? What’s the hero plant to which mankind owes an eternal debt of gratitude? John Warland reveals the inspiration behind his award-winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Pumping new life into the community
To see what difference sponsorship is making in Bolivia, we spoke to Martin and his children whose community has improved thanks to the addition of a new water pump to boost agriculture, health and nutrition.
Turning bad luck into blessings
In Ethiopia, widowed mother of six, Bizunesh adopted a tiny abandoned baby who needed a home. She describes the maternal instincts that moved her to care for little Etsubdink and how she received invaluable support form World Vision.
Share and share alike
12-year-old Pisey's life has improved since being involved in child sponsorship in Cambodia. A mixture of community hygiene and agriculture projects have put food in bellies and smiles on faces.
Vanuatu Cyclone Pam Update
An update on Cyclone Pam which swept through the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu flattening almost everything in its path and leaving thousands of children and families struggling for survival 13 March 2015.
providing nutritionally balanced lunches to 3500 people in Port
Nepal Earthquake Update
A year on, our role in Nepal is moving from emergency aid into recovery work. With a focus on health, livelihoods and education, and continuing to meet basic needs, we'll support communities to get back on their feet and provide an environment where children are safe and protected. We will be helping vulnerable families and communities to re-establish their livelihoods and businesses. We're repairing and reconstructing schools, health posts and WASH facilities in Nepal’s worst-hit districts.
counselling and nutritional support service. We provided
The privilege of sharing the start of an adventure
While visiting Zambia, our HR Coordinator, Gill, also met the farmers who will be taking advantage of the orange maize seeds you've given their community to help them Grow Hope.
causing malnutrition and eye problems. Orange maize is also
Seeing real success in Tanzanian ADPs
Katie, Sponsor Visits Manager for World Vision UK, reflects on the time she spent visiting projects in Tanzania
afternoon was spent with the village nutrition committee …
Linda Barker visits Cambodia
TV presenter Linda Barker has just joined World Vision as a celebrity ambassador, and recently visited some of our projects in Cambodia. Here she shares her reflections on the trip.…
Dying for children - motherhood in South Sudan
For most women, the birth of a child is a happy event, but for many women in South Sudan it can be life-threatening. In a region blighted by civil war, proper medical provision for mothers can be problematic. We met Irma, a nurse on a maternity ward who sees daily the difficulties faced by young mothers such as Nyanut and Nyankiir.
women in South Sudan. The high levels of malnutrition in the country also increase the danger for …
Living through trauma: Asil's story
15-year-old Asil grew up in a small town in Syria with his father and younger siblings. One day, however, the family’s quiet life had been swallowed by the rolling conflict that had been taking place in Syria since March 2011. As bombs began to fly, Asil and his family made the first of what would become many moves in search of a safe place to shelter.
nutrition and
World Vision reveals alarming rates of malnutrition among mothers in South Sudan
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, World Vision reveals that in the country that has the highest rate of maternal mortality.
but the malnutrition rate among pregnant women and breastfeeding …
Family greenhouses in Bolivia make all the difference
Malnutrition is one of the biggest problems facing sponsorship communities in Bolivia. However, with your help families have built greenhouses where they can now grow vegetables their parents never even knew the name for. Children now eat a variety of vegetables, and they don’t get sick anymore. Getting their five a day has made all the difference.
Malnutrition is one of the biggest problems facing
World Vision reaches ½ million people with aid in South Sudan
World Vision's relief effort include food rations, providing seeds, fishing nets, water, sanitation, hygiene services and more.
such as the diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition and food and seed distribution and supplying
Let’s Make 2015 a Year of Action for Children
Today marks the launch of Action 2015, a campaign to bring the world together to create the post Millennium Development Goals. World Vision is working to help children around the world achieve their full potential and make sure that they are well represented in the new sustainable development framework. External Relations Manager Geeta writes that her New Year's resolution is to raise her voice and let our leaders know they have the gift to make 2015 a year of action for children. They must act.
healthcare Eliminate hunger and malnutrition Address peace and stability in fragile and
Action 2015: Children must not be forgotten
World Vision UK has today urged world leaders to consider the plight of vulnerable children in conflict areas.
What happens when the rice runs out?
For families who have managed to remain unaffected by Ebola in West Africa, another crisis is now looming – hunger.