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A time to demonstrate love for others
What motivates you to give? Do you most appreciate receiving? The true spirit of Christmas is "not getting, but giving". It is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family; forgetting self and finding time for others.
The true spirit of Christmas is …
"What an amazing day!" The Paterson family meets their sponsored child
When we realised that we were going to be spending the summer in Uganda, it made sense to organise a trip to visit the child we sponsor there (through the charity World Vision). We sponsor a child for each of our children and this one is C2's special buddy. We were hoping that this visit would inspire some more dedicated letter writing and appreciation of what we were actually achieving in sending the sponsorship money each month. The day did not disappoint!
a feast and they couldn't remember. Not even Christmas. The culture is fairly formal
Charity calls on Stratford shoppers to send messages of hope to refugee children
Children’s charity World Vision is asking shoppers to stop at its stall in Stratford and send a message of hope to child refugees in Uganda.
messages of hope throughout the Christmas season and deliver them to refugee children …
“The war made us come here.”
After fleeing conflict in South Sudan and making the harrowing journey to Uganda, Sarah and her sisters finally feel safe. World Vision found the children a foster mother and child protection staff ensure they have enough to eat.
and everyone of them deserves happiness this Christmas. Find out how you can support our work
British bears bring Christmas joy to refugee children in Africa
A motley crew of 700 British teddy bears today brought a sprinkling of Christmas joy to refugee children in Northern Uganda, the majority of whom have lost everything.
teddy bears today brought a sprinkling of Christmas joy to refugee children in Northern
Burundi: One million children at risk of contracting malaria by Christmas
Up to a million more children are likely to contract malaria before Christmas in Burundi, World Vision warns today.
Advent Prayer Guide
Thank you for all the various ways you have chosen to support World Vision in 2017, you are a blessing to us so please download our free Advent Prayer Guide as a gift from us to you this Christmas.
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Bears on Stairs
700 children flee conflict in South Sudan and cross over the border into Uganda every week. Alone, sick or separated from their parents. Stand with the children #BearsOnStairs.
Uganda to give the children a little bit of Christmas joy. We asked people to show their support
Typhoon Nock: World Vision deploys assessment team to worst affected districts as thousands are evacuated
World Vision has deployed an assessment team to ten of the most affected districts in the Philippines after a late-season typhoon roared ashore.
more remained in their homes and endured a Christmas night of severe weather as Typhoon
Light up Syria’s dark days with a message of hope
Aleppo’s destruction has left Syrian children facing some of their darkest days yet. We also know that Aleppo is only one of many besieged cities in Syria and another 400,000 people may be living in similar, if not worse situations.
During the Christmas period people are being asked to place a …
Fleeing Aleppo: one family’s story of leaving the war-torn city
The fighting in Aleppo has intensified, but the evacuations of families from Eastern Aleppo has been suspended. Before the suspension, 8,000 families escaped on buses. Many left without any belongings or food. The UN believes at least 2,700 children were among the evacuees. Some left without their parents.
We are asking everyone this Christmas to show the children of Syria they do not
Emmanuel, the 11-year-old South Sudan presidential hopeful
11-year-old Emmanuel wants to be the president of South Sudan. The reason, he tells me, is “to bring peace to my country.”
an outbreak of fighting just before Christmas 2013.
Bikes, chickens, and menstrual pads | Educating girls in Zimbabwe
Bikes, chickens, and menstrual pads - just a few of the things improving life in Sanzukwi ADP in Zimbabwe. When sponsor Claire Bardsley visited, she saw signs of drought and hardship, but also signs of encouragement and hope...
like every first Christmas I’ve witnessed. Everyone is running around
Four Lessons from Ethiopia
Tim Bousfield travels with a group from Hitchin Church to visit and say a final farewell to the children they have sponsored for years in Addis ADP in Ethiopia
on the assortment of items like it was Christmas day. Not nearly as profound as the
Fleeing fire in Malakal: Aban's story
On 9 July 2011 South Sudan gained independence after a long period of upset and turbulence, and families were looking forward to a return to peace. Barely two years later in December 2013 however, thousands fled their homes as sectarian violence spread, and spent the first of many Christmas’ on the run. For some, the violence has even followed them to the camps where they sought refuge; on 18 February 2016, 70% of the UN Protection of Civilians site in Malakal burnt to the ground. In this blog, we share the story of 13-year-old Aban, who had been living in Malakal since 2013.
violence spread and spent the first of many Christmas’ on the run.