California wildfires: Facts, FAQs, and how to help<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
Fast facts: California wildfires<\/a><\/li>\n
What caused the fires in Los Angeles?<\/a><\/li>\n
What was destroyed by the California fires?<\/a><\/li>\n
How is World Vision responding to the Los Angeles fires?<\/a><\/li>\n
How can I help children and families affected by the fires?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Fast facts: California wildfires<\/h2>\n
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Fatalities: 30 confirmed dead, with more than a dozen people reported missing<\/li>\n
Evacuations: Up to 180,000 people at peak<\/li>\n
Containment: All seven California fires were fully contained as of February 3, 2025:\n
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Palisades fire<\/a> — More than 23,400 acres burned<\/li>\n
Eaton fire<\/a> — Over 14,000 acres<\/li>\n
Hurst fire<\/a> — Nearly 800 acres<\/li>\n
Lidia fire<\/a> — 395 acres<\/li>\n
Kenneth fire<\/a> — 1,052 acres<\/li>\n
Sunset fire<\/a> — 43 acres<\/li>\n
Auto fire<\/a> —More than 60 acres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
Crews from California and nine other states and Mexico fought the flames with 1,400 fire engines and 84 aircraft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
BACK TO QUESTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n
What caused the fires in Los Angeles?<\/h2>\n
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All that’s left of one Pasadena woman’s home is its front facade. She had just paid her home off before the fire destroyed it. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Kristy J. O’Hara-Glaspie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Authorities are still investigating the specific causes, but a combination of extreme weather<\/a> patterns over the past two years led to the conditions that exacerbated the current fires.<\/p>\n
The southern California region experienced extreme wet weather from winter of 2023 into spring of 2024, allowing much new vegetation to grow quickly. Then the area more recently experienced prolonged dry weather, creating conditions for fires to break out Tuesday, January 7. The proliferation of dry, young vegetation combined with the higher-than-usual Santa Ana winds<\/a> — as high as 100 mph at times — caused the fires to spread much faster than normal.<\/p>\n
BACK TO QUESTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n
What was destroyed by the California fires?<\/h2>\n
More than 17,000 homes, businesses, and other buildings were damaged or destroyed.<\/p>\n
BACK TO QUESTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n
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Embers flew across Pasadena and Altadena, sparing some homes and destroying others right next door. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Kristy J. O’Hara-Glaspie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One woman had recently paid off her Pasadena home, only to have it destroyed in the Eaton fire. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Kristy J. O’Hara-Glaspie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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How is World Vision responding to the Los Angeles fires?<\/h2>\n
As of January 2026, World Vision has supported 156,064 people. In the phases of our response, our U.S. Programs<\/a> team dispatched 71 truckloads of emergency response supplies to our partners. The supplies were delivered to church and community partners across the Los Angeles area for them to distribute to help people affected by the fires.<\/p>\n
These supplies were shipped from our World Vision Storehouse, our national network of warehouses, including our locations in Fife, Washington, as well as Dallas, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and West Virginia.<\/p>\n
We continue to assess the needs of impacted communities to guide potential rebuilding and recovery efforts.<\/p>\n
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Volunteers at Calvary Baptist Church in San Fernando, California, unload boxes of essential supplies World Vision shipped for them to distribute to people impacted by the California fires. (© 2025 Genesis Photo Agency\/photo by Greg Schneider)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The shipments include supplies such as:<\/p>\n
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Water<\/li>\n
Protective gear, including face masks, goggles, gloves, respirators, and full-body suits<\/li>\n
Food<\/li>\n
Air beds<\/li>\n
Hygiene kits, including feminine hygiene products<\/li>\n
Sheets and blankets<\/li>\n
Coolers<\/li>\n
Shoes<\/li>\n
Socks<\/li>\n
Cleaning supplies<\/li>\n
Diapers<\/li>\n
Formula<\/li>\n
Tools<\/li>\n
Clothing<\/li>\n
Children’s toys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In total, we’ve worked with 32 different partners in Los Angeles to reach people affected by the fires. World Vision partnered with the Los Angeles Dream Center to distribute supplies from the initial shipments on Thursday, January 9, and Friday, January 10, to families affected by the wildfires.<\/p>\n
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$Written on a large cardboard sign are the words, \"With love from Chicago, Praying for LA California.\" The sign sits up against a fence outside a building.$
World Vision’s Chicago warehouse staff packed a message of encouragement for survivors of the Los Angeles fires on to their truck full of essential supplies. The truck delivered supplies to Victory Bible Church in Pasadena, California, which has been distributing supplies to help community members affected by the Eaton fire. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Kristy J. O’Hara-Glaspie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Los Angeles Dream Center partnered with World Vision to distribute supplies to people impacted by the California fires. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Amy Van Drunen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
“We’ve got ashes falling from the sky, but World Vision just shows up,” says Matthew Barnett, founder of the Los Angeles Dream Center. “That’s what you do — you show up for people. We at the Dream Center are so grateful. We love you. You guys are always the first ones to step up, always the first ones to bring a truck, always the first ones to provide support. … I love you guys, I thank God for you, and we couldn’t do this without you.”<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105671\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105671\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105671 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A man tilts a box up while holding another in place. He is surrounded by piles of packages of diapers as tall as he is.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225606\/D400-2341-85.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225606\/D400-2341-85-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225606\/D400-2341-85-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225606\/D400-2341-85-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225606\/D400-2341-85.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A World Vision staff member helps arrange diapers for distribution at the Los Angeles Dream Center on January 10, 2025. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Amy Van Drunen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also distributed supplies from these shipments throughout the weekend through partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flintridge.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flintridge Center.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>“We can’t do this work without partnership,” says Josh McCurry, executive director of the Flintridge Center. “We need every resource we can get right now.”<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flintridge Center Distribution\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kGiUT__TOUc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hundreds of local volunteers showed up to help church and community members by unloading pallets, organizing supplies, and handing out those supplies to people affected by the fires.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105664\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105664 size-full lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"Men wearing orange vests pass white boxes to each other to move them off of a truck.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225541\/D400-2342-07.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225541\/D400-2342-07-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225541\/D400-2342-07-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225541\/D400-2342-07-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225541\/D400-2342-07.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers at Flintridge Center in Pasadena, California, unload a truck full of supplies that arrived on January 10, 2025, from World Vision. The truck was loaded with essential supplies for people impacted by the Los Angeles fires. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Amy Van Drunen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>“You have families here that houses have burned down, and they still came to volunteer and show their time,” says Brandon Lamar, a distribution organizer. “This is what community looks like. You have people from different beliefs, different walks of life, that just want to lend a hand.”<\/p>\n<p>World Vision also distributed supplies in partnership with Adventist Health, California Worship Center, Calvary Baptist Church (Santa Monica), Calvary CME Pasadena Church, Cathedral Church at Highland Park, Center of Hope Church, CityServe Bakersfield, Do Right Church, Dream City Church, Faithful Central Church, Fearless Church LA, First Church of the Nazarene (Pasadena), Glendale Presbyterian Church, Mandarin Baptist Church, New Jericho Christian Church, New Story Church, Victory Bible Church, Vida Church, and Vintage Church Pasadena.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105673\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105673 size-full lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A tall older man bends down to greet people in a car while another car waits behind it. He is holding bottles of Lysol cleaner.\" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225612\/D400-2343-11.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225612\/D400-2343-11-640x454.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225612\/D400-2343-11-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225612\/D400-2343-11-338x240.jpg 338w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225612\/D400-2343-11-797x566.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225612\/D400-2343-11.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer from Calvary Baptist Church in San Fernando, California, greets people driving up to a supplies distribution on January 11, 2025, and asks if they need cleaning supplies. World Vision provided the items for distribution. (© 2025 Genesis Photo Agency\/photo by Greg Schneider)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105666\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105666 size-full lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A mother and three young girls hand a box through a car window.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225548\/D400-2343-15.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225548\/D400-2343-15-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225548\/D400-2343-15-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225548\/D400-2343-15-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225548\/D400-2343-15.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Barcenas and her daughters volunteered at a supplies distribution at Calvary Baptist Church in San Fernando, California, on January 11, 2025. World Vision shipped a truckload of supplies to the church to distribute to people affected by the fires in Los Angeles. (© 2025 Genesis Photo Agency\/photo by Greg Schneider)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105672\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105672 size-full lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A woman holds some papers while talking to a woman holding a baby and a man holding a child.\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225609\/D400-2344-05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225609\/D400-2344-05-640x453.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225609\/D400-2344-05-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225609\/D400-2344-05-339x240.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225609\/D400-2344-05.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers at Glendale Presbyterian Church in Glendale, California, help families affected by the Los Angeles fires. World Vision provided supplies for distribution including personal hygiene items, clean water, blankets, toys for children, diapers, and snacks. (© 2025 Genesis Photo Agency\/photo by Greg Schneider)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106115\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106115 size-full lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"Men lift cases of water that will be distributed to people. There is a fence to the right and trees in the distance behind them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081207\/D400-2346-15.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081207\/D400-2346-15-640x475.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081207\/D400-2346-15-200x149.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081207\/D400-2346-15-323x240.jpg 323w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081207\/D400-2346-15-762x566.jpg 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081207\/D400-2346-15.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Vision partnered with Victory Bible Church in Pasadena to help distribute relief supplies to people impacted by the Eaton fire. (© 2025 Genesis Photo Agency\/photo by Andrew Silk)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also brought together World Vision’s staff from both the U.S. and around the world, Team World Vision volunteers, pastor partners, and other community volunteers to distribute essential supplies at the World Vision Global Center office in Monrovia, California, on Sunday, January 12.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monrovia Distribution\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/13sA-HOqcsw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106114\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106114 size-full lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"Volunteers carry boxes and cases of water to load in cars as they drive through a distribution.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081202\/D400-2347-07.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081202\/D400-2347-07-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081202\/D400-2347-07-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081202\/D400-2347-07-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28081202\/D400-2347-07.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Vision staff and volunteers help distribute essential supplies at World Vision’s Global Center office in Monrovia, California, on January 12, 2025. (© 2025 Genesis Photo Agency\/photo by Andrew Silk)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Throughout the January weekend distributions, in addition to local volunteers, Pastor Jerry Haynes of Beaumont, Texas, greeted people as they arrived, asking if he could pray for them and passing out supplies. Pastor Jerry’s church was impacted by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. He’s now a Pastor Ambassador: World Vision connects pastors who have previously been through disasters to pastors currently experiencing a disaster to provide encouragement, prayer, and support to them. Pastors face unique challenges as they shepherd their congregations through traumatic events while also navigating the aftermath of a disaster themselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#faqs\">BACK TO QUESTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105649\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105649 size-medium lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"Two men kneel on the ground praying together in front of a supplies van parked in front of a church.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12210606\/IMG_5033-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12210606\/IMG_5033-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12210606\/IMG_5033-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12210606\/IMG_5033-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12210606\/IMG_5033-755x566.jpg 755w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12210606\/IMG_5033-1013x760.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12210606\/IMG_5033-850x638.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12210606\/IMG_5033-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12210606\/IMG_5033.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12210606\/IMG_5033-1280x960.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Jerry Haynes, right, prays with Pastor Thomas Bereal at a supplies distribution at Calvary Baptist Church in Glendale, California. Pastor Bereal lost his Pasadena church in the Eaton fire. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Kristy J. O’Hara-Glaspie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105667\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105667 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"People look on as a man embraces a child. An ice cream truck is behind them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225552\/D400-2341-57.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225552\/D400-2341-57-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225552\/D400-2341-57-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225552\/D400-2341-57-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225552\/D400-2341-57.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Jerry Haynes hugs a child at an essential supplies distribution at the Los Angeles Dream Center on January 10, 2025. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Amy Van Drunen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105670\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105670 size-full lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A man holds the hand of a man driving a truck. Both have their heads bowed in prayer.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225602\/D400-2341-42.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225602\/D400-2341-42-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225602\/D400-2341-42-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225602\/D400-2341-42-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12225602\/D400-2341-42.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Jerry Haynes prays with a man driving through the Los Angeles Dream Center’s essential supplies distribution on January 10, 2025. World Vision provided supplies for the event. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Amy Van Drunen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>World Vision president and CEO Edgar Sandoval Sr. also visited Los Angeles January 16, 2025, to meet with community members, pastor partners, volunteers, and church leaders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106112\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106112 size-full lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A man rests his arm on the partially open window of a car while talking to a woman driving it. There are boxes and people behind him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075307\/D400-2348-085.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075307\/D400-2348-085-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075307\/D400-2348-085-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075307\/D400-2348-085-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075307\/D400-2348-085.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Vision president and CEO Edgar Sandoval Sr. greets a woman at a relief distribution in Los Angeles. He visited with community members, staff, volunteers, and church partners who are impacted by and responding to the devastating fires in the greater Los Angeles area. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Amy Van Drunen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He visited a distribution at the Los Angeles Dream Center and joined a relief distribution World Vision had in partnership First Church of the Nazarene and the USC men’s basketball team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106111\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106111 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A man puts a case of bottled water in the back of a car. There are cases of water piled up behind him and people in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075303\/D400-2348-039.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075303\/D400-2348-039-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075303\/D400-2348-039-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075303\/D400-2348-039-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075303\/D400-2348-039.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Vision president and CEO Edgar Sandoval Sr. participates in a relief distribution at the Los Angeles Dream Center on January 16, 2025. (© 2025 World Vision\/photo by Amy Van Drunen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Edgar also toured a community in Altadena, which was devastated by the Eaton fire.<\/p>\n<p>“It’s heartbreaking to see the destruction of homes, churches, communities — it’s really at a level and at a scale that is unimaginable,” Edgar said while in Los Angeles. “Many families have lost everything. The homes and communities they’ve worked hard to build over the years — or even generations — are gone. I have seen and felt God’s presence in some of the hardest, most heartbreaking places in the world, and I feel it here in the communities I have visited. Part of World Vision’s strength is our ability to respond immediately to disasters both here at home and around the world. … In the midst of this tragedy, I’m so grateful that World Vision is able to respond and provide supplies, support, [and] prayers.”<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106113\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106113 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A man has his back to the camera and is looking out at burned buildings in front of him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075311\/D400-2348-060.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075311\/D400-2348-060-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075311\/D400-2348-060-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075311\/D400-2348-060-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/01\/28075311\/D400-2348-060.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Vision president and CEO Edgar Sandoval Sr. toured an Altadena neighborhood devastated by the wildfires. 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