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5 reasons to sponsor a child

School out and summer in full swing, we're set for those special moments, when memories are made, days are long and full of promise, to have new adventures and and make a difference in this world. But, realistically, can you find time to be positive, healthy, helpful and focussed on relationships, all at the same time? Well, it turns out the answer is yes. Find out how.

The Seed - Koh Krolor 2017 update

The Seed - Koh Krolor 2017 update
Cambodia. Today he’s unrecognisable from the boy he

YaNuch’s Different Childhood

Change can be a slow process – sometimes painfully so. World Vision Communicator, Dara Chhim visited a family in Cambodia and discovered the joys of seeing change happen in front of your eyes..
Dara Chhim visited a family in Cambodia and discovered the joys of seeing change … Cambodia. Life

A view from the other side : refugees in the West

As the Pope dedicates today to remembering the many children and families fleeing conflict and seeking safety around the world, our Senior Child Rights Policy Advisor Erica Hall writes about her own experiences opening her home and her heart to refugees, and why there is always room for one more.
to take in refugees fleeing the conflict in Cambodia. My family was not … or the other Cambodian families who moved into our town. Thanks to … all grown up now and living back in Cambodia. He will always be part of our

5 reasons to sponsor a child

How to achieve all New Year's resolutions in one simple move. Feel great, help others, form positive relationships and sponsor a child today.

Endless Hope | Changing lives in Cambodia

Theary was once a World Vision sponsored child. Now, at 22-years-old, she is working as an accountant and a part-time teacher. We recently caught up with Theary to find out how her life has changed since World Vision started working in her community.
Communicator at World Vision Cambodia … Theary is a former sponsored child from Cambodia. Growing … You can find out more about our work in Cambodia

Celebrity Supporters

We’re very grateful to have the support of several famous faces to promote the work we’re doing throughout the world.
Hall. Linda Barker Linda travelled to Cambodia in 2015 to see our work. She fronted the … who lives in Cambodia. About … trip to Cambodia

One goal / Football, fun and food

During the Rio Olympic Games we can witness the world's top athletes, at the peak of their fitness and physical ability after years of training and conditioning, compete for the most prestigious titles in their fields. Nutrition is key to their performance; but in Cambodia many children are malnourished, without the strength to run with their friends. In partnership with One Goal, we're changing that...
but in Cambodia many children are … Sreyoun in Cambodia. She told us how her life has changed since … this group of children in rural Cambodia are living out the Olympic motto

A Snapshot of India

Graeme Newton, who heads up our Fundraising department at World Vision UK, visited Annu, the little girl his family sponsors in Patna and shares some of his highlights in this photo blog.

Child labour and how child sponsorship is helping

Child labour is a fact of life for millions of children around the world. You can help us continue to tackle child labour by sponsoring a child today.
Ana in Albania and Khav from Cambodia tell their stories. Child labour in … a child in Albania. Child labour in Cambodia … children in Cambodia. And in other

John Warland | RHS Shows

John Warland is a World Vision child sponsor and award winning garden designer. John created the World Vision garden that will be at the Chelsea and Hampton Court RHS Shows this summer.
of rice to families and communities in Cambodia in last

Accountability

World Vision is committed to being fully transparent & responsible to the children & communities served especially where advocacy is concerned.
and friends in Cambodia. Copyright 2015 Alexander Whittle | World

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.
recently joined our first group visit to Cambodia where she visited her sponsored … Vision. I asked if they had foxes but in Cambodia its snakes that are the menace. We were

Fear of the dragon's tail

In Cambodia, the threat of tropical cyclones and huge downpours are very real for local communities. Not only does bad weather damage houses and submerge rice fields, it forces people to swim to higher ground. Along the border, children and families often have to cross into Vietnam to reach safety. But through a World Vision initiative, houses are now being built on higher ground and community groups are giving children like Phan and Srey the tools to stay safe when the floodwaters come.
Cambodia suffered severe flooding on six … areas in seven communes across Cambodia. Through the working groups

World Vision has seen the fundraising future and it is The Story Shop: Charity launches innovative experience to engage shoppers

World Vision is blazing a trail with the launch of an innovative, fully interactive experience to engage shoppers. The Story Shop is already in operation at Westfield Shepherd's Bush and launched this week at the shopping mall's Stratford site. At first glance, The Story Shop appears to be a vintage specialist store with wooden cabinets displaying curios from around the globe. However, the ground-breaking project uses the latest digital technology to ensure visitors can interact with about 100 individual stories from across the world and have an opportunity to sponsor a child or make a one-off donation.
lives and challenges faced by children from Cambodia to Syria. Shoppers keen to sponsor a child

Our pumpkin carriage tour | Carve a Heart 2015

Hot on the trail of our Carve a Heart pumpkin carriage, PR Natalie blogs about the journey as she travels around the country this week. She's urging Britons to carve a heart in their pumpkins this year, and turn a night of fear into a night of hope.
the Nepal earthquake in April and Srey from Cambodia who was forced into prostitution at 17 to

From struggle to strength

We spoke to 17 year old Srey, a courageous young girl who was forced to work within the sex industry when her family fell upon hard times. Thanks to World Vision's intervention Srey has managed to turn her life around.
She moved from her small village in Cambodia to the busy capital Phnom Penh to work and

A day with Linda Barker

World Vision's Charlotte Tipping was recently invited to Linda Barkers' Floral Friday fundraising party in a small village in Yorkshire. With poetry writing, crafting and baking on offer for all ages, Charlotte was touched by how deeply Linda understood the work that needed to be done to help children like Lee-ap.
they had made with the children they met in Cambodia. Then it was … turn. She and Jess had travelled to Cambodia this … needed no notes or prompting to talk about Cambodia with so much feeling. It was such a

Letting hope bloom at Hampton Court

Award-winning John Warland is hoping that his rice-garden at Hampton Court this week, will inspire people to get suitably floriferous for July 10th and continue to support hope blooming for children across the globe. He gives us a behind the scenes look at how his latest garden was created.
that so many children still survive on in Cambodia today. Most … to let hope bloom for children in Cambodia. We are working to introduce modern

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.
World Vision ambassador I was in Cambodia earlier this … Cambodia revealed itself to … the part of Cambodia that I had gone to see. The purpose of