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The only ring on young girls' minds should be from the school bell
Every year, 15 million girls under the age of 18 are married - but how can we stop it? It takes a world.
Humanitarian Heroes
Today on World Humanitarian Day, let us celebrate the inspiring stories of our humanitarian heroes.
Narges Ghafary is World Vision Afghanistan’s Communications officer. …
Tools for school - vital materials for children affected by Child Labour in Afghanistan
Growing up with a father addicted to drugs, Negina, 12, from Afghanistan, was forced to work alongside her mother from sunrise to sunset to provide for her five younger siblings.
their education. We have been working in Afghanistan since …
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
World Vision UK urges local councils to house lone child refugees
International children’s charity World Vision UK is urging local councils across the UK to ‘pull out all the stops’ in finding homes for unaccompanied refugee children from Europe.
War in Syria costing £3.2bn a month
War is costing Syria more than £3.2bn (US$4.5bn) each month in lost economic growth, a report from children’s charity World Vision and Frontier Economics reveals.
as it did in Iraq and Afghanistan
Serbia: Sadness starts in the South
Our Head of Policy Gavin Crowden spent last week in Serbia, walking with refugees and hearing their stories. What he found were parents who had fled a depleted Syria, desperately searching for a 'home' that often exists amongst relatives abroad, and a future for their children.
who had fled horrors. In Syria. In Iraq. In Afghanistan. I met exhausted families arriving into
As record numbers of refugees arrive in Europe, World Vision warns of escalating humanitarian crisis due to severe winter weather conditions
Ahead of EU Summit tomorrow in Malta, World Vision warns of escalating humanitarian crisis if no concrete result is delivered.
When rain turns to snow
In the parks of Belgrade, Serbia, many refugees have pitched tents as they wait to continue their journey into Europe. We spoke to four-year-old Nagisa who has recently arrived with her family. With her father frantically trying to keep their clothes and belongings dry, there are fears that conditions will become worse as winter approaches.
I met some groups of teenagers from Afghanistan. I was struck by the poor condition of their
Report: Stop at Nothing: Post-2015 Goals for Children
The biggest lesson of the Millennium Development Goals was that ending global poverty depends on reaching the most vulnerable children.
Razita from Afghanistan is able to access nutritious
UK government first in G8 to hit overseas aid target
World Vision applauds the UK government for honouring the commitment first made more than 40 years ago to spend 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income on overseas aid.
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New global index exposes gaps in ‘health wealth’
A ‘devastating’ gap exists between the health rich and health poor in every country, contributing to the deaths of thousands of children every day, a report released this morning by World Vision finds.
Raw Hope
Raw Hope is an initiative from World Vision, which has been set up to save and protect children in the world’s most dangerous places.
G8 Ministers must tackle sexual violence against children in war
Foreign ministers from the G8 countries are being urged to address the ‘forgotten’ child victims of rape and sexual violence in conflict, as they gather for a summit in London today.
from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan to
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for us. From Albania to Zimbabwe and from Afghanistan to
Justine Greening Speaks on Future of International Aid at Conservative Conference
Defending aid should not be hard sell for new Development Secretary
the most fragile countries in the world is Afghanistan. A few months ago I visited a tiny maternity