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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...
dreams at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. These
Going for gold: Sports and sponsorship changing lives in Bangladesh
Giving girls access to sport is a great way of building confidence and a sense of empowerment. With the help of a World Vision football project, 14-year-old sponsored child Kolpona has hit the ground running, winning trophies and medals and dreaming of becoming a world-class footballer. Despite living in a poor community in central Bangladesh, Kolpona is optimistic about her future and sees new opportunities emerging…
Breaking the rules | Improving nutrition and encouraging girls into sport in Nepal
Sumina’s mother was adamant: football was not for girls who should be doing household chores. But once she changed her mind, the benefits of the game and the World Vision-recommended diet were clear for her daughter and many other girls in the community...
For the love of the game: increasing girls' access to sport in India
At a stadium in northern India, home to many successful athletes, Arshdeep dreams of one day competing in the Olympics. The 15-year-old discovered her love for badminton at a World Vision children’s club, and now, feels much more confident about her future…
Arshdeep dreams of one day competing in the Olympics. The
Soccer for Syrians: Bringing football to the children of Azraq
Simple things like giving children a safe place to run around and express themselves makes a huge amount of difference to refugees living far from home. From the exhilaration of scoring a goal and working as a team, to the comfort of finding emotional support, children and staff share the ways they’re benefitting from the football pitches we’ve built in Jordan’s Azraq refugee camp…
thing that there are Syrian refugees in the Olympics. It’s good that people still have
May - the young footballer | A rising female star in Myanmar
13-year-old May was introduced to football at age nine – little did she know that she would be enrolled in an academy and winning prizes for her regional team just a few years later! Living in an impoverished community in Myanmar, World Vision supports May’s family by helping them with school materials, rice and mosquito nets.
World Vision calls for more political commitment and funds to end global hunger at Rio summit
The international aid charity, World Vision warns that three million children will die every year unless governments take far-reaching action to prevent malnutrition.
society groups meet in Rio on the eve of the Olympics to find new and sustainable solutions to
London 2012 inspires family to help World Vision
A family of nine from the Rugby area has raised more than £6,000 for charity by cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats.
the challenge after watching the London 2012 Olympics. Denise
Albania, Land of Eagles (and Bright Young Kids)
Kath Parker, a World Vision Child Sponsor, meets her sponsored child Ermelinda in Albania.
live in London and I watched the Olympics on the TV because the tickets were really
Lopez Lomong: I did not know it at the time – but my childhood had just ended
Lopez Lomong, who was kidnapped from a Sudanese village aged just six, will run the 5,000m for Team USA at the London 2012 Olympics. This is just part of his story.
Lopez Lomong: he ran for his life, now he’s running in the Olympics
Lopez Lomong, who was kidnapped from a Sudanese village aged just six, will run the 5,000m for Team USA at the London 2012 Olympics. This is just part of his story.