World Vision in the News Index

Cleveland Indians' Omar Vizquel speaks out on behalf of World Vision.		World Vision in the News takes a look at national and international media reports on World Vision's work around the globe. Scroll down to read or listen to these reports.

		Reflections on a pandemic on World AIDS Day Edward Ruwemba sacrifices himself for his sisters. Since their parents died of AIDS five years ago, Edward has been the provider for his two younger sisters. They live in the rural Ugandan community of Kibaale. After sending his sisters, ages 14 and 13, off to school, he works each day to earn enough money for food. "I used to like school very much, but I had to drop out because there was nobody to keep the home,' he says.
		Borrowing the lessons of smallpox to fight AIDS Our grandparents could not envision a world without smallpox. But within the span of two generations, that disease was eradicated. And not by science alone. It took leadership and political will on an international scale.
		Running for a cause in Mountain Home It's only fitting that the first winner of the Mountain Home Marathon for Kenya is a Kenyan.
		Orphaned, raped and living in fear of deadly disease On International Aids Day, the theme of which is women and girls, Rhodri Phillips meets a Ugandan teenager raped two years ago, who is unsure if she and her baby are HIV positive.
		6,000 steps will help AIDS orphans On the heels of a recent United Nations report stating more than half of the 37.2 million people infected by HIV are women, Federal Way-based World Vision has organized a fund-raising walk next week to make people aware of how many children are orphaned every day when their parents die of the devastating virus.
		Mountain Home welcomes special Kenyan visitors As world leaders gathered in Little Rock Thursday for the official dedication of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center, Mountain Home was welcoming some world visitors of its own.
		Religious Leaders Observe World AIDS Day With Calls to Action An official with a Christian relief and development organization says the answer to stemming the worldwide AIDS crisis is not more government dollars, but a call for people to lead transformed lives through a relationship with Christ.
		World Vision Digs In to Help Haitians Dig Out Despite looting and logistical hurdles, World Vision relief workers are hard at work in Haiti, distributing emergency kits and helping supply food to thousands of people devastated by Tropical Storm Jeanne ... read more
		Sponsored Children Die in Flooding in the Dominican Republic and Haiti Hundreds are feared dead and thousands are homeless after heavy rains pummeled the Island of Hispaniola, home to the countries of the Dominican Republic and Haiti ... read more
		Worker Struggle to Aid Flood Survivors Corpses were hanging from palm trees and people died trapped in their submerged homes in the devastated Haitian town of Mapou, according to relief officials, who struggled Friday to bring aid to an area where flash floods have brought a rising and still undetermined death toll ... read more
		Lifting the Veil on North Korea For millennia, illusionists -- charlatans and geniuses alike -- have used everything from smoke and mirrors to charm and power to distort others' views of reality. North Korean President Kim Jung Il may be a charlatan or a genius or both ... read more
January 29, 2004		Zambia HIV/Aids Showcase-- WVI WORLD Vision International (WVI) says Zambia is a show-case in the world for taking great strides in tackling the HIV/AIDS pandemic. ... read more
January 2004		Taking Great Strikes Against HIV/AIDS in Zambia World Vision International (WVI) says Zambia is a show-case in the world for taking great strides in tackling the HIV/AIDS pandemic. ... read more
January 2004		World Vision President Richard Stearns Visits Zambian President President Levy Mwanawasa has saluted the World Vision International (WVI) for supporting Zambia in the fight against HIV/AIDS and other social problems instead of politicking. ... read more
January 1 2004		Nonprofit Leader Exclusive Interview with Richard E. Stearns, President of World Vision United States Richard E. Stearns has over 20 years of successful private sector experience with companies such as Lenox Collections, Parker Brothers Games and The Franklin Mint. He has gone "from success to significance," he says, and is enjoying different achievements in the nonprofit sector. ... read more