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Saying no
In primary school, Kenyan activist Betty Lolgisoi watched as one by one her friends went through female genital mutilation (FGM). In her village it was something that every girl went through as a rite of passage. However, after attending a World Vision training about the dangers of FGM, Betty’s mum encouraged her to stand up and say no. Despite the stigmatisation Betty and her family experienced, she held fast, and today works with World Vision to encourage other girls to avoid the practice too.
works with World Vision to encourage other girls to avoid the practice too. By Betty …
February
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A Snapshot of Cambodia
Trudi Cotton recently joined our first World Vision group sponsor trip to Cambodia to meet her sponsored child, Lin, and see the projects she supports. She shares a few of her favourite photos with us here.
torch and he said he would use it so the girls could read in the evening. I just hadn’t
Too young for marriage
14-year-old Virginia knows from personal experience how destructive the practice of early marriage can be. She tells us the story of one of her friends who dropped out of school and fell into early marriage at just 13 years old.Just two weeks following the birth of twins, her husband vanished, leaving her without the income or means to look after them. Virginia tells us her story…
of girls in Kenya were married by age 18. In some …
February
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A dream of education
16-year-old Lima faced a difficult decision when her father fell ill; either go to school, or start working to support her family. Feeling like she should choose the latter, it wasn’t until a World Vision education project came to her area of Bangladesh, that she could once again pursue her dream of becoming an engineer.
want to motivate all girls like …
One good thing
World Vision Communicator Melany Markham tells us the story of Nyahok – an eleven-year old girl, who currently lives in a camp in South Sudan. Unlike 85% of girls across the country, Nyahok goes to school and her education will set her apart in a country where only one in six women can read and write.
of girls across the
The life of a young refugee girl in Diffa
Martha looks like any other 17-year-old girl, but her life has been far from ordinary. Having fled her home in northern Nigeria, Martha found herself in a refugee camp in the Diffa region of Niger. Initially separated from her parents, it's taken a while for Martha to adjust to life in the camp. But with no school, no safe water points, and no immediate access to health facilities, the camp is unable to offer children like Martha the opportunities they had before...
up in a community as one of few Christian girls was quite
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Behind closed doors
17-year-old Dia* had her whole life ahead of her. But when family circumstances changed she found herself being manipulated by somebody close to the family, who coerced her into becoming a sex-worker. Now safely at a rehabilitation centre, Annila Harris met Dia to hear her story
so that I can help girls like …
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.
especially in the girls. I talk to these girls and hear their stories of why they were …
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…
not because we have to. For millions of girls and boys across the …
The future in the eyes of Lema
Lara Ghaoui, Emergency Programme Officer, recently travelled to Central African Republic to see how conflict was affecting our projects there. She met Lema, a proud father who works in our office there, and was left speechless when he told her about how he escaped the fighting.
silence inside Lema's house. I imagined his girls trapped within the walls of their own
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.
to set up a new football league for boys and girls in the Azraq camp. Richard …
Reconciliation after Ebola
World Vision's Stefanie Glinski recently travelled to Sierra Leone to meet Frances - a 10-year-old girl orphaned by Ebola. As the country is declared Ebola-free, Stefanie found that many survivors like Frances still carry the stigma of the disease.
boys and girls still struggle to cope with the disease’s …
November
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Meeting Gift in Zambia
Sally travelled to Zambia with her family to meet Gift, their sponsored child
scissors' where the boys and girls were divided and could choose to either be
Our day with Brixhilda: Smiles all round
Rachel and her daughter Joanna visit Brixhilda, their sponsored child, in Albania
girls pass from the ownership of their father to …
World Vision warns of increased child abuse cases following latest spate of violence in Central Africa Republic
World Vision UK's Erica Hall who was in CAR when the fighting erupted shares her concerns for children.
children. We have seen in CAR that boys and girls as young as eight are being recruited as