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Keeping hope alive
Can children trapped in a cycle of conflict and uncertainty, many of whom have seen and experienced so much pain, see a glimmer of hope? The conflict in Syria has caused huge instability in neighbouring Iraq, with around 2.5 million people having to leave their homes due to fighting. In a recent visit to the region, we spoke to some of the children who were hoping their lives would someday get back on track.
and child protection activities. During the
Lee-Ap's Story
This spring, World Vision’s Siân Merrylees travelled to Cambodia with Celebrity Ambassador Linda Barker. Just a few hours drive from the tourist sites of Siem Reap, Siân and Linda were struck by young children they met who were living with often ailing grandparents, while their parents worked far from home, often across the border in Thailand. One girl they met – 13-year-old Lee-Ap - particularly stole their hearts.
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.
Hearing girl’s voices in northern Kenya
As the African continent marked the Day of the African Child last summer, Lucy Murunga was privileged to join thousands of children from northern Kenya in their celebrations.
Working around school - Peter's story
For Peter, going to school is only a small part of a much longer day. Up at daybreak to work on his family's farm, he comes from a poor family where the need to earn an income falls on his and his siblings' shoulders. Now 17-years-old, Peter shared his experiences with us.
Cyclone Pam through a child’s eyes
One month on from Cyclone Pam, we met nine-year-old Shayla - one of many children in Vanuatu whose lives have been put on hold by the disaster. With World Vision's help, schools are slowly opening again so children can get back to education and their friends.
Creating options - Absi's story
While most boys his age attend school, ten-year-old Absi is learning to earn a living. He is just one of thousands of Syrian children growing up without fathers, with limited family income and poor prospects for the future, who are now working to provide for their families.
broader child protection work in over 30 countries through its
Meeting Jalel
World Vision’s Rhonda Hirst visited Jalel - a 5 year-old child who saves the food he gets at school so that his family won't go hungry at home. She saw how the conflict in Syria had forced children like Jalel into a difficult and desperate position, but how remedial education classes were throwing him a lifeline and a future.
Protecting girls from violence
Violence against women and girls is all too prevalent in the world. It crosses cultures, economic status and ethnicity.
Child Friendly Spaces Child protection is of utmost importance in an emergency. …
World Vision condemns the abduction of 89 boys in South Sudan
World Vision condemns the abduction in South Sudan and joins the UN to call for immediate release and return to their families.
in Wau Shiluk and the only NGO to operate child protection programs there. …
A grandmother's love
World Vision’s Girl's Holistic Development Project has been helping to improve the health and wellbeing of girls in Senegal. Through an education focused on female elders - who are often responsible for carrying out FGM/C, attitudes towards the practice are now changing and new maternal relationships based on trust and guidance are now being developed.
Fight against female genital mutilation an uphill challenge
For girls like 13 year old Naipanoi, the illegal practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting is a constant fear - often leading to early marriages, school dropouts and health risks. As part of Action 2015, World Vision is campaigning to end violence against children in all its forms. Alongside work in the community, World Vision has recently built a rescue centre - offering shelter, temporary accommodation and a chance for girls to continue their education.
World Vision intensifies disaster response efforts in Mozambique
World Vision is calling for urgent aid assistance as flood situation in Mozambique rapidly deteriorates.
water and sanitation and ensuring child protection.
New Report: Child protection neglected by donors in South Sudan
World Vision called upon international donors to prioritise the needs of children in South Sudan.
Ebola Crisis Update
Now that Sierra Leone is Ebola Free, we look back at the outbreak and ahead to what still needs to be done.
and furniture for 324 classrooms. 3. Child protection Children need extra protection following …
Hani's Story
Hani is a beautiful eight-year old little boy. Like many children his age, he went to preschool, learned the alphabet and studied his numbers. That was until the bombs started exploding. Now, like many Syrian children his age, Hani is a refugee and has seen and experienced things that no child should. This is his story.
Leading her peers into the future
World Vision works in Myanmar and many other countries around the world on education and other crucial projects. For International Day of the Girl this Saturday we are celebrating girls like Pan, whose efforts are changing their communities and the futures of the girls and boys living there for the better.
name has been changed for Child Protection reasons.
Planning for our children’s future
Geeta Bandi-Philips, World Vision UK's External Relations Manager reflects on the Post 2015 policy debates, and how World Vision can help shape the conversation to achieve the best future possible for the world's children.
and child protection. Working on Post 2015 is sometimes
Update: World Vision's Regional Syria Crisis Response
The conflict in Syria has now been going on for more than three years. Here's an update on our effort in the region thus far.
conflict settings. Trained counsellors and child protection staff are helping hundreds of children to
Children “May Never Recover” from Syrian Conflict
World Vision is urging world leaders not to forget the ongoing suffering of children caused by the Syrian conflict, as refugee numbers surpassed three million today.
we meet in our child protection and remedial education programs in Lebanon