Sponsorship Prayer Requests

Albania
That the new government will ensure the rights of children and work toward the alleviation of poverty.

Armenia
For children from World Vision programs and institutions — that God will help us address their needs.

Bangladesh
For the child laborers who are compelled to work because of extreme poverty and are unable to attend school.

Bolivia
For the heart to hear the children, and the wisdom to meet their needs in a more effective and passionate way.

Brazil
For every child to have the right of an education, good health, dignity, respect, freedom, a family and community life.

Cambodia
For the communities, authorities and local partners working alongside World Vision staff.

Chad
For parents to let their children go to school, and teachers' training to provide quality education.

Chile
For more Chileans to commit themselves to support impoverished children and cultivate a deeper respect for the environment.

China
For smooth and sustained reform in rural China with better education, and healthcare.

Colombia
For the end of the armed conflict in the country and the displaced people trying to survive in the big cities.

Costa Rica
For the new school that has been built for Barrio Limon children in Guanacaste.

Dominican Republic
For the economic and human resources to keep on supporting 217 children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.

Democratic Republic of Congo
For the reunification of former child soldiers with their families, and social reintegration in their communities.

Ecuador
The design and implementation of a spiritual growth program for the children of every community we work in.

El Salvador
For God's protection during the rainy season, especially for families in high-risk areas.

Ethiopia
For children to realize their God-given potential in areas where World Vision’s ministry has expanded.

Ghana
That children participate in the community development process, so they can provide leadership in the future.

Guatemala
For the reduction of violence in the country and the recovery of youths involved in gangs.

Haiti
For World Vision's work in Haiti that strives to achieve life in all its fullness for women and children.

Honduras
For the World Vision staff to reflect Christ in all they do, and show children His love and mercy.

India
For the more than 50,000 sponsored children in 31 World Vision communities.

Indonesia
For the survivors of the tsunami disaster in Aceh and Nias, and an end to Indonesia’s long economic crisis.

Jerusalem/Gaza/West Bank
That God protect the 14,000 sponsored children and all children in this land when the road to peace is uncertain.

Kenya
For the World Vision staff working to give hope to children affected by AIDS, and for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Lebanon
For wisdom and reconciliation among different political and religious groups, so they may work together.

Lesotho
That we overcome the current food crisis worsened by poverty, HIV/AIDS and bad weather.

Malawi
That children be protected against diseases, death and abuse, and for God's intervention in the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Mali
For God's guidance in the management of World Vision’s work in urban areas.

Mauritania
For World Vision giving 20,000 tons of food to sponsored children and others, after locusts destroyed crops.

Mexico
For the World Vision Seeds of Hope program to educate families in parenting self-esteem and ending family violence.

Mozambique
For World Vision’s immunization campaigns to reach out to all children.

Myanmar
For the health of children in all the World Vision communities who are particularly at risk for Dengue fever.

Nicaragua
Peace for the Nicaraguan people, who every day face violence, corruption, and injustice.

Niger
For health and protection from malaria, cholera, guinea worms, and diseases that occur during the rainy season.

Peru
For all the new communities in which World Vision is working.

Philippines
For all the children who were victims of child abuse, and who need legal assistance and special care.

Romania
For help in the recovery of Romania after this year's heavy floods.

Rwanda
For disabled children, that their needs will be met through World Vision’s work.

Senegal
For protection against malaria which threatens many children's lives, and that the locusts don't return this year.

Sri Lanka
Children's health during wet weather, and for children who have lost a parent to illness, war, or the tsunami.

South Africa
For all people living with HIV and AIDS, that God will use World Vision to help meet their needs.

Swaziland
For the ever-increasing number of orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS.

Tanzania
The nearly one million children who go to bed hungry, with no clothes and no shelter to protect them.

Thailand
For God to provide sponsors for 6,905 waiting children, and wisdom and strength for the youth outreach team.

Uganda
For the recovery of formerly abducted children who were forced to fight and an end to the 18-year old war.

Vietnam
That World Vision will have the opportunity to work in more of the poorest areas of this country.

Zambia
For the children affected by drought to be healthy and be able to attend school.

Zimbabwe
The internally displaced people whose homes and villages have been destroyed.