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India Flood Response
Our response teams are on the ground, actively coordinating with the local government to provide immediate emergency relief to flood affected areas in India. We are providing food, water, shelter, ‘Child-Friendly Spaces’ and education support to families in need, but we need your help to continue.
and we only expect this to grow as the monsoon season continues into September.
Monsoon rains trigger landslides, wreak havoc for refugees in Cox’s Bazar
Torrential downpours have triggered flooding and landslides in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, damaging hundreds of refugee shelters and killing several people including a toddler, according to government reports.
Lives fractured by the floods: India’s monsoon survivors
First hand accounts of India's monsoon response
lost her baby the day after the monsoon floods hit her village By Jim …
Monsoon floods: World Vision warns of spike in child malnutrition
World Vision warns of spike in malnutrition as Bangladesh, India and Nepal grapple with worst monsoon rains in 20 years
of children have been affected by the monsoon floods. World Vision Bangladesh is …
My name is Varsha
11-year old Varsha now takes time each morning to keep clean after learning from World Vision how important personal hygiene is for staying healthy. Her transformation has inspired other parents in rural India to send their children to school.
Tanzania - Unexpected Riches amid the struggle
Nigel and Sue Hodder, lovely World Vision child sponsors, recently visited the Kilimatinde project in Tanzania – a community facing poverty but so rich in character. Nigel shares their experience with us.
shortly after the monsoon season. It was so apparent how quickly the
World Vision steps up relief as drought grips India
World Vision is stepping up its support to drought-hit families in India, as the growing crisis affects a quarter of the county's population.
The difference shelter makes
Nine-year-old Sujita is still terrified when she remembers the two major tremors that shook her home in Nepal, forcing her family to sleep outside in the open. But thanks to World Vision distributions in her area, Sujita and her family can at least sleep safely under proper shelter while they wait for normality to return.
comes with sleeping in the open. With the monsoon in Nepal meaning rain almost every
Nepal Earthquake six months on: Over 400,000 desperate for shelter as winter approaches and fuel shortages hamper relief efforts
Hundreds of thousands of people in Nepal are still in need of adequate shelter six months after the earthquake that killed an estimated 8,500 and injured another 20,000. The earthquake that hit Nepal on 25 April, along with a series of aftershocks, devastated the lives of more than 2.8 million people.
that the monsoon season is
Heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar and India trigger flooding
Devastation caused by flooding in Myanmar is set to worsen in coming weeks, World Vision has warned.
Nearly 172,000 people have been affected in Myanmar and 40 people reportedly killed. In India, 119,000 people have taken shelter in the 966 relief camps the government has set up. The death toll in India has reached 39.
the Rakshine and Chin states. The relentless monsoon rains have caused ravaging floodwaters
A love letter to Nepal
World Vision Communicator Crislyn Felisilda always wanted to travel to Nepal, but never dreamed it would be as part of the global response to an earthquake. Torn between scenes of destruction and beauty, it was the resilience and spirit of the people that made a lasting impression.
monsoon season has now arrived. The tremors
Nepal Earthquake three months on: New report raises concerns over children’s psychological health
New World Vision joint report raises concerns over children’s psychological health.
the monsoon season
The haves and have-nots of childhood
Geeta Bandi-Phillips reflects on how issues her community faced in her childhood are still to be addressed today. She calls on governments and the private sector to do more to address food and nutrition around the world using the sustainable development goals.
Barely Afloat
A survey in 2012 estimated nearly one-fifth of Cambodian children aged five to 17 were in work. No longer regularly in school, 12-year-old Khav has spent the last two years fishing the waters of Tonle Sap Lake in one of Cambodia’s weather-beaten boats - a job that is destroying his chances of receiving a consistent education.
his education when the lake swells with the monsoon rains. Over a thousand children from other
World Vision Emergency Communicators: Into the Heart of a Tragedy
An eye-witness report of the destruction caused by the Uttarakhand flash floods and World Vision's relief distribution in the affected regions.
Your Questions, Their Answers – Straight from Cambodia
Our intrepid child sponsor, Julie, has returned with answers to the questions you posed on our Facebook page for your sponsored children in Cambodia, gathered from talking to just some of the 2000 sponsored children in the Koh Krolor community, spread across 40 villages.
Apparently last year the monsoon rains were …
Children Speak about Monsoons and High Hopes in India
Steve Richards, World Vision UK Children's Communications Specialist, shares stories from the children of India about monsoon season.
monsoon season in India right now and it’s been …
Indian Sponsored Children proclaim “Education is our Right!”
Steve Richards, World Vision UK's Children's Communication Specialist, is in India hearing stories from the children of their desire - no, their RIGHT - to education.
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