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Lives fractured by the floods: India’s monsoon survivors

First hand accounts of India's monsoon response

 Night passed and a new day dawned in Patna where a meeting was … only patch of land connecting Darbhanga and Patna. Houses and fields lay ruined by the

Sponsorship brings Uttam friendship and hope

Our Children’s Communications Officer, Lauren Vail, travelled to India and had the great privilege of meeting Uttam, a World Vision sponsored child.

The Seed - Bhojpur 2018 update

The Seed - Bhojpur 2018 update
child rights  Alok is 14 and lives in Patna. Not so long

The Seed - Patna 2017 update

The Seed - Patna 2017 update
to them. Your 2017 sponsorship update from Patna I

The Seed - Vaishali 2018 update

The Seed - Vaishali 2018 update
child rights  Alok is 14 and lives in Patna. Not so long

The Seed - Patna 2018 update

The Seed - Patna 2018 update
Your 2018 sponsorship update from Patna Pictured … child rights  Alok is 14 and lives in Patna. Not so long … their friends and family in Patna. You’re transforming their daily lives and

A helping hand in India

We recently met with three families in India and spoke about the challenges faced relating to ill health, disability and debt. Struggling financially and unable to provide the amount of care required for their unwell family members, each day was a struggle. This was until World Vision India offered a helping hand...

The joy and importance of education: Literacy Boost in India

On World Literacy Day, we're looking at our Literacy Boost programme in India that's giving children like Sakhi a helping hand at school...

Remembering Mother Teresa: Inspiration as a teenager in Kolkata

On the eve of Mother Teresa’s canonisation, World Vision’s Tracy Shields reflects on how her own experiences in Kolkata and with this amazing lady, helped inspire her to do the work she does today...

The seed - Patna 2016 update

your 2016 update from Patna     Click here to read this update

Winning against the odds

16-year-old Satyajyoti had to cycle for three hours a day across challenging terrain to get to school, and because of this, was often too tired to study. With help from both World Vision India and the local community, roads have been built and the journey to school has been made much easier. Tuition classes supported by World Vision India have also been helping Satyaiyoti excel in his studies.

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…

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.

Seeing empowerment and change in Patna, India

World Vision's Celia Donald recently travelled to the Patna, in India - a slum community that has benefitted from our support for the last two and a half years. She met children who felt empowered, whole communities who felt confident in standing up and making themselves heard, and a resilience programme that was helping people make healthy livings and prepare for disasters...
World Vision UK I enter the Patna slum community with a sense of excitement at … India is working with 30 slum communities in Patna and has been walking alongside this

A truly life changing experience - meeting Akash

Pam Agius, a World Vision child sponsor, recently came back from a group trip to India where she met her sponsored child, Akash. Here she shares about the special experience she had.
all the other sponsors. The journey to Patna was the beginning of the adventure with the

Bringing hope to children like Nishu

11 Nishu is 11 and lives in a village in Patna. For children like

Beyond Words: Meeting Nisha in India

Catherine Hatton recently travelled to Patna in India as part of a group sponsor visit, to meet Nisha, who she sponsors through World Vision. Read all about her experience here.
recently travelled to the Patna community in … the wonderful World Vision team at the Patna office we then drove through roads packed

A day I'll never forget - meeting Preeti in Patna

Sarah Woods recently travelled to Patna in India as part of a group sponsor visit, to meet Preeti, who she sponsors through World Vision. Read all about her experience here.
and constant noise of Patna I tried to consider and make sense of all

Mother Language Day

On Mother Language Day, we explore how World Vision's literacy programming has made a lasting impact on the reading skills of children in Dumka, India – a community where many children used to struggle with basic reading and writing. Thanks to a mixture of reading clubs and community participation, young learners like seven-year-old Shanti are now not only enjoying reading, but growing in confidence at school.