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Winter 2012

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Featured in this issue:
  • Keeping out the Chill:New clothes and shoes help keep children warm.
  • A Lifeline for Afghan Mothers: World Vision-trained midwives are saving the lives of women and babies.
  • Gifts of Love: In the past year, generous givers across the U.S. have blessed families around the world with hundreds of thousands of life-changing gifts.


Autumn 2012

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Featured in this issue:
  • Sponsor for Sucess: Child sponsorship helps children and communities grow.
  • Food Running Out, Families Say: World Vision responds to hunger in West Africa.
  • A New Normal: A family rebuilds after a tornado, with World Vision's help.


Summer 2012

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Featured in this issue:
  • Healthy and Brilliant: Cambodian women learn to help their babies thrive.
  • Halting Hunger in Niger: World Vision responds to food crisis in West Africa.
  • Meet Yajaira: A former sponsored child gives back to her community.


Spring 2012


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Featured in this issue:
  • One Bite at a Time: A World Vision food center helps a young girl grow.
  • Now There's Plenty of Food: Formerly Nomadic Kenyans break their dependence on food aid.
  • Hard Work Pays Off: Seeds and training help a mother feed her family.



Winter 2011

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Featured in this issue:
  • Malaria in Malawi: Pharmaceuticals bring healing and hope.
  • Happy Hygiene: World Vision's WASH project clears the way for thriving health.
  • Caregiving Kits Bring Relief: People with HIV and AIDS find hope in a box.


Autumn 2011

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Featured in this issue:
  • Hungry for Help: World Vision rushes food aid to the Horn of Africa.
  • Growing Success: Reaping bumper harvests in a hungry land.
  • Learning to Live: New farming methods open minds and fill tummies.


Summer 2011

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Featured in this issue:
  • Joy on Tap: Clean water comes to a young girl's village in the Philippines.
  • Pure Genius: An innovative water treatment helps children thrive.
  • Scholastic Success: Sponsorship helps a grandmother's dream come true.


Spring 2011


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Featured in this issue:
  • Coats for Class: Warm clothing keeps children in school.
  • Living Water: An ambitious water project brings new life to a Kenyan community.
  • Eye-Opening Experience: A high-school student gets to see the fruits of her fundraising.



Winter 2010

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Featured in this issue:
  • Goats Bring Smiles: A herd of goats transforms a family's fortunes.
  • Tree of Life: The moringa tree promises a brighter future for drought-prone Niger.
  • Club Mango: Women's groups stave off hunger and make money.


Autumn 2010

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Featured in this issue:
  • New Life: Medical help renews a little boy's spirit.
  • Countering the Killers: About 9 million children under 5 die every year—two thirds of them from preventable diseases. Appropriate medicine and simple remedies can save lives.
  • War on Worms: Medication saves a child's life.


Summer 2010

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Featured in this issue:
  • Dancing in Haiti: Children recover in Child-Friendly Spaces.
  • Moving Forward: How supporters' donations are helping Haiti recover.
  • Love in Translation: A sponsored child finds a way to share the kindness shown to him.


Spring 2010


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Featured in this issue:
  • Better Days in Burundi: New clothes signal hope for struggling families
  • Haiti: Hope in the Heartache: The scene on the ground in Port-au-Prince days after the earthquake.
  • Disaster Timeline: See World Vision's first-in, last-out approach to helping families recover from disasters like Haiti’s earthquake.



Winter 2009


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Featured in this issue:
  • Cows Are Beautiful: A better diet means a brighter future for Eduard.
  • Water Adds Life: Clean water brings health and wealth in Mali.
  • Healing in Hairdressing: A Cambodian girl gets a new start after suffering sexual abuse.


Autumn 2009


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Featured in this issue:
  • A Positive Outlook: HIV-positive parents are sustained by a sponsor’s support and Prayers.
  • Too High a Price: Malaria treatment costs a mother one month’s income.
  • Growing Despite Drought: A drip-irrigation system helps farmers grow crops in Senegal’s desert.
  • China: One Year Later: See how World Vision is responding to the May 2008 earthquake.


Summer 2009

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Featured in this issue:
  • A Place of Plenty: Irrigation system helps a community spring to life.
  • Photo Slideshow: See how the irrigation system has helped the community of Morulem grow over 17 years.
  • Creating an Oasis: A well transforms the desert into productive farmland.
  • Thanks to You: How donors to World Vision help children around the globe.


Spring 2009

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Featured in this issue:
  • Sleeping in Safety: Keeping malaria-spreading mosquitoes at bay.
  • Faith Restored: Albania was once an atheist state. Today, its children are hearing the gospel.
  • How Government Grants Work: Exploring World Vision's collaboration with the U.S. Government.



Winter 2008

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Featured in this issue:
  • Warm in Winter: New clothes help children stay healthy.
  • An Impossible Choice: A young mother in Niger decides which of her children will eat today.
  • Goat Keeps Giving: A Gift Catalog donation helps a Zambian boy stay in school.


Autumn 2008

Winter 2006 NewsletterDownload the entire issue [pdf]

Featured in this issue:
  • Cyclone Survivor: Orphaned by the storm, a Burmese girl faces a difficult future.
  • Poverty Ends With Me: A farmer ensures his children's education.
  • Hunger Knows No Limits: A global food shortage puts children at risk.


Summer 2008

Winter 2006 NewsletterDownload the entire issue [pdf]

Featured in this issue:
  • Will Work For Food: Helping a hardworking grandmother support her family.
  • Sponsorship Bears Fruit: A day through the eyes of a sponsored child.
  • 7 Ways to Pray: Everyday actions can be reminders to pray for children around the world.


Spring 2008

Winter 2006 NewsletterDownload the entire issue [pdf]

Featured in this issue:
  • A Reason to Smile: Healthy children restore a mother's joy.
  • Learning to Love: An innovative Bible study program helps children in Eastern Europe learn about their faith.
  • Life Springing Out: Quenching the thirst for clean water in Southern Sudan.



Winter 2007

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Featured in this issue:
  • Warm and at Peace: New clothing makes a child feel good — inside and out.
  • Crowning New Champions: Donated clothing is a winner for children around the world.
  • Goat Keeps Giving: A Gift Catalog donation helps a Zambian boy stay in school.


Autumn 2007

Winter 2006 NewsletterDownload the entire issue [pdf]

Featured in this issue:
  • "A Good Man" in Congo: Cassava improves Samuel's life.
  • Dreaming of a Better Future: Land restoration helps children stay in school.
  • Trees of Life: Moringa trees help fight malnutrition in Mali.


Summer 2007

Summer 2006 NewsletterDownload the entire issue [pdf]

Featured in this issue:
  • A Clean Start: Borehole wells revive communities.
  • No More Potatoes and Porridge: A food distribution in drought-affected China generates excitement.
  • Hard to Get: Water scarcity hits children hard.


Spring 2007

Spring 2006 NewsletterDownload the entire issue [pdf]

Featured in this issue:
  • Food For Thought: A World Vision program helps Afghan girls go to school.
  • Getting Past Grief: World Vision helps widows support their children.
  • The Way Back to Hope: A young woman heals from sexual exploitation.



Winter 2006

Winter 2006 NewsletterDownload the entire issue [pdf]

Featured in this issue:
  • Something to Smile About: Life-saving treatment beats malaria.
  • From Chicago with Love: Donors provide a top AIDS clinic for Zambia.
  • Fashioned for Success: Homeless women take to the catwalk.


Summer 2006

Summer 2006 NewsletterDownload the entire issue [pdf]

Featured in this issue:
  • Crying Without Tears: A food crisis imperils tiny lives.
  • Faces of Hunger: "My biggest wish is to see my children fat and happy," Maria says.
  • How to Fight Poverty: The Millennium Development Goals focus on world problems we can no longer ignore.


Spring 2006

Spring 2006 NewsletterDownload the entire issue [pdf]

Featured in this issue:
  • Cold Comfort: Families in Pakistan try to keep Winter at bay
  • After the Tsunami: A measure of success after the tragedy.
  • Food Brings Relief: Hunger abated for war-scarred Uganda.





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