Karate
14-year-old Lavanya teaches her little brother some of her karate moves. “My sister is my bodyguard. I don’t have to worry when she’s there,” says five-year-old Sarthak.
19 July 2021
Almost Olympic
A global sports photo story
Future Olympic stars?
The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games are here!
World Vision’s partner communities may not have velodromes or high-spec gyms, but that doesn’t stop the children.
Here we celebrate children having fun and enjoying some grassroots Olympic (and not-quite-Olympic) sports.
Football
Boys living in one of World Vision’s partner communities in Malawi play football together
Tug-of-war
Children in one of World Vision’s partner communities in the Jerusalem-West Bank-Gaza area, compete together.
Rowing
Vincent, 11, tests out his father’s new fishing boat in the Philippines.
Cricket
Shishir enjoys playing sports at a Saturday reading camp in Nepal. The activities have helped him overcome shyness – and now he’s a star cricketer and class comedian.
High jump
10-year-old Grace leaps over fallen trees near his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Equestrian
Altanshagai is a budding jockey in Mongolia. “I like to ride a horse in the competition,” he says, “I like to feel the wind on my face."
Athletics
Children from a community in Uganda sprint together before choir practice.
Tennis
Sponsored child Sara’s community in Cambodia is transforming thanks to Child Sponsorship. Here she shows her new tennis racquet.
Netball
12-year-old Rebecca plays netball with her friends, after a day at school in Uganda.
The children above live in some of the most difficult circumstances, vulnerable to poverty, exploitation and with precarious futures.
By partnering with World Vision, their communities are transforming themselves and helping their children enjoy full childhoods with education, good health – and the opportunity to build a stronger future.
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