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A world of firsts: Transformed by sponsorship
Tuesday 22, Sep, 2020Becoming a sponsored child helped Saru in Nepal to build a brighter future, out of poverty. Now 20, she’s helping the next generation in her community.
Must Have Gifts: Special gifts for a strange year
Friday 18, Sep, 2020With Must Have Gifts, we can all share love and kindness safely this Christmas, with those who are closest to us and with vulnerable families many miles away.
Virtual Global 6K for Water 2020 - Highlights
Thursday 17, Sep, 2020In August, World Vision supporters turned out to do the Global 6K, their way. Here are some of the highlights.
A world of firsts: First step to a big dream
Tuesday 15, Sep, 2020At just 13 years old, Nahomy, dreams of opening the first clinic in her remote community. Child Sponsorship is helping.
Girl power: Protecting each other in tough times
Monday 14, Sep, 2020Lockdown in India made girls more vulnerable to child marriage. But groups of girls protect their friends and prevent marriage from stealing their childhoods.
First day of school: How to help your child cope with emotions
Tuesday 08, Sep, 2020As children in the UK go back to school, find out how to help your children through times of anxiety, and to understand and manage their emotions.
A world of firsts: clean water is just the start
Tuesday 08, Sep, 2020Child sponsorship opened a world of firsts for Isata.
First school uniform: the door to success
Thursday 03, Sep, 2020A new school uniform started Jackson’s incredible journey from Maasai herd boy to Archbishop of Kenya. Now he blesses others with the kindness his sponsor gave to him.
“If I had a magic wand” - a girl’s dream to break free of child marriage
Wednesday 26, Aug, 2020Child Protection expert, Aimyleen Gabriel, looks at the links between a lack of basics - like water - and rising child marriage cases.
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UK Poll: Coronavirus must be stamped out around world before life can return to normal
Friday 04, Sep, 2020Over four in five UK adults (84%) believe life will not return to normal unless Covid-19 is controlled all over the world, a new poll finds.
Beirut explosion: World Vision UK launches appeal following devastating blast
Friday 07, Aug, 2020Children’s charity World Vision UK has launched an appeal to bring urgent relief to thousands of people affected by the devastating explosion in Beirut.
Grave fears for vulnerable children caught up in Beirut explosion
Wednesday 05, Aug, 2020World Vision is assessing the damage caused by a massive explosion in Lebanon’s capital.
The super department? MPs and World Vision experts to debate the future of UK Aid
Monday 03, Aug, 2020MPs and policy experts will tomorrow (Tuesday 4 August, 5.30pm) discuss the future of UK aid ahead of the merger of the FCO and DFID.
World Vision joins DEC appeal to combat coronavirus in world's most fragile places
Tuesday 14, Jul, 2020The Disasters Emergency Committee today launched a Coronavirus Appeal to help the most vulnerable communities in the world who now face the new deadly threat of Covid-19.
Coronavirus: Millions of children go hungry, forced to work or beg
Tuesday 07, Jul, 2020An estimated 110 million children across Asia are going hungry due to the economic impact of coronavirus, World Vision warns today.
Almost half of UK parents are concerned about the impact of Covid-19 on their children's mental health
Monday 29, Jun, 2020A new study released today and conducted by Sevanta ComRes, has found that 48% of British parents are concerned about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the mental health an…
YOOX celebrates 20th anniversary with #ShareTheLove fundraiser for World Vision
Wednesday 24, Jun, 2020YOOX, the world’s leading online lifestyle store for fashion, design and art, is marking its 20th anniversary with a donation to World Vision.
Millions of Syrians at risk as UN access threatened
Wednesday 24, Jun, 2020Millions of Syrians could starve and die if the UN Security Council does not renew this resolution allowing humanitarian organisations to deliver life-saving aid, World Vision warn…
Statement: Faith-based aid agencies condemn DFID merger
Thursday 18, Jun, 2020The abolition of DFID is a political move, and the world’s most vulnerable people will pay the highest price.
Statement: With the abolition of DFID, Global Britain has shrunk
Tuesday 16, Jun, 2020The abolition of DFID is shocking evidence of the UK putting its own economic interests above saving lives. The terrible irony is that Global Britain has today shrunk following yea…
Art exhibition launches to raise funds for World Vision's coronavirus appeal
Thursday 11, Jun, 2020Drawn Together, curated by the gallery Unit London, celebrates the return to a simpler life during lockdown and a new-found appreciation of helping and togetherness.
Statement: DRC on its knees as new Ebola outbreak confirmed
Monday 01, Jun, 2020Reports of new cases of Ebola in north-western DRC confirm World Vision's greatest fear: that the country is contending with yet another outbreak in a new province – Equatoria.
Statement: Super Cyclone Amphan puts millions at greater risk of coronavirus
Tuesday 19, May, 2020Cyclone Amphan is creating crisis on top of a crisis – making it even more difficult to contain COVID-19 at a critical time in the response by both India and Bangladesh, World Visi…
Parents turn to violence as coronavirus bites around world
Friday 15, May, 2020Up to 85 million more children face physical, sexual and emotional violence at home and in their communities over the next three months, as COVID-19 spreads worldwide.
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Freezing in the cold
Thursday 14, Jan, 2016Sitting in the middle of an empty field near the border-crossing between Serbia and Croatia, Rima, a Syrian refugee is in tears as she describes how she felt when her eight-year-ol…
Happiness
Thursday 14, Jan, 2016Salah is 12-years-old and lives in Lebanon with his family as a refugee. Back in Syria he went to school, the family had a car, and lived in a house. Now, traumatised by the confli…
A dream of education
Tuesday 12, Jan, 201616-year-old Lima faced a difficult decision when her father fell ill; either go to school, or start working to support her family. Feeling like she should choose the latter, it was…
Staying warm in Nepal
Saturday 09, Jan, 2016As winter descends on Nepal, World Vision was on hand to distribute winter and baby kits - containing warm clothes, blankets and hats, to young mothers feeling the ongoing effects …
Most important New Year’s Resolutions
Thursday 07, Jan, 2016World Vision meets with Ibrahim, Isa & their 8-month-old baby Lubab. Recalling the events that drove them to flee Syria, Ibrahim and Isa discuss their journey to Serbia and their w…
Preparing for the worst
Tuesday 05, Jan, 2016World Vision’s Bert Smit travels to Malawi to visit the Area Development Programme that has been supported by World Vision UK sponsors since 1997. Speaking with community members, …
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