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Supporting your child’s emotional wellbeing in tough times
Friday 05, Mar, 2021Download free activities to help your child cope with anxiety and stay positive as UK schools' coronavirus lockdown ends.
COVID-19 vaccine: Worldwide view
Wednesday 03, Mar, 2021As the UK passes 20M coronavirus vaccines, how are vulnerable countries doing? World Vision's Global Field Operations Leader asks why it’s taking so long.
World Book Day 2021: Transform children's lives
Tuesday 02, Mar, 2021How to celebrate World Book Day 2021 with ideas and activities for your children at home. Plus an easy way to declutter AND fundraise for vulnerable children.
Out of school: Into danger
Tuesday 16, Feb, 2021More children than ever are out of school right now. Too many of them will become vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Find out what can you do about it.
UK Child Sponsors Zoom from Newcastle to India
Tuesday 09, Feb, 2021Mark and Christine from Newcastle, met their sponsored child in India during lockdown. The virtual visit is a new way to meet your sponsored child. See how it went.
Being a child sponsor has changed my life, forever
Monday 01, Feb, 2021Renee became a child sponsor hoping to make a difference to a child in poverty. Read her story of how Child Sponsorship brings change and joy to her life too.
5 reasons children are back in school
Friday 22, Jan, 2021One way or another, children around the world are getting back into education. Find the top 5 reasons why it matters.
Anuradha: More than a child bride
Monday 18, Jan, 2021At just 13, marriage and motherhood seemed to end Anuradha’s hope of becoming a teacher. Now 23, she’s set to be more than she dreamed. How did she do it?
New Year 2021: Resolution of gratitude
Tuesday 05, Jan, 20215 years ago, charity worker Tabeth’s life turned upside down. Discover how, despite the trials of 2020, she’s looking forward to what 2021 has to offer, with gratitude.
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Coronavirus: World Vision welcomes UN’s global response plan
Wednesday 25, Mar, 2020World Vision welcomes the UN’s COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response plan, launched today (March 25).
Coronavirus: World Vision urges UK churches to unite for National Day of Prayer and Action
Wednesday 18, Mar, 2020World Vision UK is urging churches across the country to unite for a National Day of Prayer and Action in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus: World must unite to focus on the most vulnerable as pandemic declared
Wednesday 11, Mar, 2020A united global effort is needed to help prevent COVID-19 from having a massive destructive impact on the lives of child refugees, migrants and the very poor, warns aid agency, Wor…
Coronavirus: World Vision urges UK government to reveal aid plans for possible global outbreak
Friday 06, Mar, 2020World Vision warns that coronavirus could travel through poorer regions of the world which lack strong health structures to contain it.
New analysis reveals scale of destruction and displacement in Idlib
Wednesday 04, Mar, 2020New satellite imagery and analysis by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children and World Vision show how children are experiencing unbearable suffering.
Hundreds of thousands in northwest Syria caught in humanitarian catastrophe, aid agencies warn
Wednesday 05, Feb, 2020As hostilities continue to escalate in northwest Syria, eight aid agencies are today making an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire.
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World Vision joins 2,000 campaigners demanding world leaders tackle the emergency facing people and planet
Thursday 30, Jan, 2020In a dramatic act of global unity, 2000 campaigners and public figures from over 140 countries are backing an open letter signed by 20 world-leading activists.
Tim Pilkington to step down as World Vision UK CEO
Monday 27, Jan, 2020Tim Pilkington is to step down as World Vision UK CEO on 1 March after five years at the helm of the charity.
World Vision UK hosts Milton Keynes hustings to highlight global impact of aid
Thursday 28, Nov, 2019International children’s charity World Vision UK hosted a general election hustings event open to all electoral candidates for Milton Keynes North.
World Vision statement on Ebola aid workers killed in DRC
Thursday 28, Nov, 2019"We are desperately sad to hear reports of the deaths of a number of Ebola aid workers who were killed in the line of duty – giving their lives to help vulnerable communities in ea…
Aid agencies evacuate Ebola and measles hotspots as violence flares in DRC
Monday 25, Nov, 2019A sudden surge in violence in the DRC has forced aid agencies to suspend work, putting lives at risk as the fight against Ebola and measles is undermined.
World Vision welcomes repatriation of British orphans in Syria
Thursday 21, Nov, 2019World Vision welcomes reports of the repatriation from Syria of three orphaned British children. Innocent victims of war should not be punished for the actions of their parents.
General Election 2019: 3 calls for the ‘most important election for a generation’
Friday 15, Nov, 2019All parliamentary candidates should sign up to keep Britain as an outward-looking country committed to helping the world’s most vulnerable communities, World Vision urges today.
UK students come together to fight world hunger
Tuesday 12, Nov, 2019The Famine24 event raised nearly £2,000 for World Vision UK.
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Water is life
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Freezing in the cold
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Happiness
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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
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Preparing for the worst
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