{"id":23211,"date":"2018-11-13T10:14:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T18:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?p=23211"},"modified":"2020-06-04T17:01:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T00:01:17","slug":"thanksgiving-celebrating-abundant-harvests-around-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/economic-empowerment-news-stories\/thanksgiving-celebrating-abundant-harvests-around-world","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving: Celebrating abundant harvests around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>In this season of thanksgiving, we pause to praise the Lord for his promises and steadfast provision. Through him, the people World Vision are privileged to serve are seeing bountiful harvests around the world.<\/p>\n<p>We pause to also thank our devoted donors, partnering with us to feed the hungry. You have brought water to gardens, nourishment to tables, and hope to farmers in communities across the globe. With you, we share these photos and stories &mdash; testimonies of the Lord&rsquo;s provision, made possible through your generosity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote pullquote--full\"><span id=\"en-NIV-14900\" class=\"text Ps-67-6\">The land yields its harvest;<\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-67-6\">God, our God, blesses us.<\/span><\/span><cite class=\"attribution\">&mdash;Psalm 67:6, NIV<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Bolivia<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45325 size-medium lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A mother holds her two young children and a basket of eggs.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W035-0041-002-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W035-0041-002-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W035-0041-002-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W035-0041-002-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W035-0041-002-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W035-0041-002-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W035-0041-002.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W035-0041-002-1280x853.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Nora&rsquo;s heart and arms are full. Her 1-year-old daughter, Noem&iacute;, has overcome malnutrition by eating eggs every day. World Vision supported 60 families, including Nora&rsquo;s, struggling with malnutrition in Vinto, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/bolivia\">Bolivia<\/a>, by providing each of them with&nbsp;50 laying hens. &ldquo;Before, we did not have many resources to feed my children; but thanks to this project, now we always have eggs in the house to eat with the whole family,&rdquo; says Nora. She harvests 40 eggs per day and sells half of them at the market for additional income for her family. (&copy;2018 World Vision\/photo by Jos&eacute; Luis Roca)<\/p>\n<h2>Armenia<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/kenya\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45320 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A woman fills jars with honey to sell.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D022-0413-6-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D022-0413-6-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D022-0413-6-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D022-0413-6-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D022-0413-6-848x566.jpg 848w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D022-0413-6-1140x761.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D022-0413-6-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D022-0413-6.jpg 1618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D022-0413-6-1280x854.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An employee of Hayk Hovhannisyan, 61 pours a sweet harvest of honey into plastic containers. Hayk is a beekeeper in Tchambarak, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/armenia\">Armenia<\/a>. World Vision provided him with <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.worldvision.org\/give\/tools-training-seeds\">training<\/a> and raw materials to build the <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.worldvision.org\/give\/beehive\">beehives<\/a> and ceramic honeypots. They also helped him to make logos, labels, and business plans. Hayk shared his entrepreneurial skills with World Vision, preparing 100 beehives and providing them to community residents for free. Then he offered training to 45 more families in need. (&copy;2017 World Vision\/photo by Eugene Lee)<\/p>\n<h2>Kenya<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/kenya\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45322 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A little girl picks fruit in a fruit tree.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D200-0818-13-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D200-0818-13-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D200-0818-13-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D200-0818-13-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D200-0818-13-848x566.jpg 848w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D200-0818-13-1140x761.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D200-0818-13-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D200-0818-13.jpg 1618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D200-0818-13-1280x854.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Five-year-old Kamama&rsquo;s future is as bright as the oranges she plucks from a <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.worldvision.org\/give\/fruit-trees\">tree<\/a> in her family&rsquo;s orchard in West Pokot, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. A cascade of blessings has poured into the lives of children and families in <a href=\"\/clean-water-news-stories\/compare-walk-for-water-cheru-kamama#kamama\">Kamama&rsquo;s community<\/a> through <a href=\"\/sponsor-a-child\">child sponsorship<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/donate.worldvision.org\/give\/clean-water\">clean water<\/a>: fewer illnesses, better nutrition, more kids in school, and time &mdash; for children to be children and parents to farm or run a business. (&copy;2016 World Vision\/photo by Jon Warren)<\/p>\n<h2>Mongolia<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/ethiopia\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45323 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D256-0319-32-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D256-0319-32-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D256-0319-32-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D256-0319-32-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D256-0319-32-848x566.jpg 848w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D256-0319-32-1140x761.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D256-0319-32-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D256-0319-32.jpg 1618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D256-0319-32-1280x854.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nasaa, a World Vision staff member in&nbsp;<a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/mongolia\">Mongolia<\/a>, examines the flourishing vegetable plants growing inside farmer Munkhjargal&rsquo;s greenhouse, provided by World Vision. Munkhjargal is now able to feed his children, who are sponsored, healthy and <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.worldvision.org\/give\/child-health-nutrition\">nutritious<\/a> vegetables year-round, despite Mongolian cold weather. (&copy;2015 World Vision\/photo by Jon Warren)<\/p>\n<h2>China<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45326 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W075-0223-007-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W075-0223-007-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W075-0223-007-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W075-0223-007-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W075-0223-007-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W075-0223-007-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W075-0223-007.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W075-0223-007-1280x853.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Zhu, a 16-year-old <a href=\"\/sponsor-a-child\">sponsored child<\/a> in <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/china\">China<\/a>, goes with her father to the garden to harvest vegetables for the day&rsquo;s meal. Traditionally, families in Zhu&rsquo;s community sell corn and vegetables at the market to earn money for daily needs &mdash; and to pay for <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.worldvision.org\/give\/education-for-children\">school fees<\/a>. But the income was not enough. When Zhu became sponsored and World Vision covered her school tuition, the family garden became a more fruitful source of income for the family. (&copy;2018 World Vision\/photo by Ben Adams)<\/p>\n<h2>South Sudan<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45328 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W363-0054-014-1280x848.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W363-0054-014-640x424.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W363-0054-014-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W363-0054-014-360x238.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W363-0054-014-850x563.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W363-0054-014-1140x755.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W363-0054-014.jpg 1631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W363-0054-014-1280x848.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Gladys clutches a bouquet of jute mallow &mdash; a symbol of her mother&rsquo;s perseverance. Despite <a href=\"\/refugees-news-stories\/south-sudan-refugee-crisis-facts\">food insecurity that has plagued their community<\/a> in <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/south-sudan\">South Sudan<\/a>, Gladys&rsquo; mother and her two aunts have a thriving 1-acre riverside garden.<\/p>\n<p>In early 2016, Gladys&rsquo; mom, Susan, and her two aunts joined World Vision&rsquo;s Fortifying Equality and Economic Diversity (FEED) project, funded by the government of Canada. The FEED project aims to empower women to grow enough food to be sustainable and sell the extra produce to improve their income. Gladys&rsquo; mom and her aunts attended agricultural training and received improved <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.worldvision.org\/give\/tools-training-seeds\">seeds and gardening tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These seeds have really helped us. The harvest was good; we earned money from taking some produce to the market,&rdquo; says Josephine, Gladys&rsquo; aunt. (&copy;2018 World Vision\/photo by Mark Nonkes)<\/p>\n<h2>Honduras<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45321 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D155-0359-72-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D155-0359-72-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D155-0359-72-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D155-0359-72-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D155-0359-72-848x566.jpg 848w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D155-0359-72-1140x761.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D155-0359-72-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D155-0359-72.jpg 1618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/D155-0359-72-1280x854.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Harvest sacks swell as staff&nbsp;members of <a href=\"\/sponsorship-news-stories\/defying-la-bestia-the-beast\">Genrri and Marisol Ramirez<\/a> load coffee beans for roasting at their coffee factory in San Marcos, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/honduras\">Honduras<\/a>. After <a href=\"\/sponsor-a-child\">sponsorship<\/a>, World Vision began to promote savings groups in San Marcos, and Genrri joined one in 2004. Three years later, Genrri&rsquo;s savings group bought a coffee-processing machine from Brazil for $25,000. The massive machine sorts, washes, and dries coffee beans. The group, which began with nothing, is now a cooperative with accumulated savings and capital worth $280,000. (&copy;2018 World Vision\/photo by Jon Warren)<\/p>\n<h2>Laos<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45327 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W210-0118-016-1280x848.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W210-0118-016-640x424.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W210-0118-016-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W210-0118-016-360x238.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W210-0118-016-850x563.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W210-0118-016-1140x755.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W210-0118-016.jpg 1631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2018\/11\/W210-0118-016-1280x848.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>In Phoukhoun District, Laos, 74 farmers and their families are benefitting from the profits of a chili plantation supported by World Vision. Phen, 32, received technical chili <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.worldvision.org\/give\/tools-training-seeds\">farming training<\/a> from World Vision, and then he received a loan to plant his own crop. In two years, he has increased his annual income by 500%.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the future, I plan to extend more land, and I would like to plant twice a season so that I will have enough money to support my children for the higher education,&rdquo; Phen shares with a smile. (&copy;2018 World Vision\/photo by Ammala Thomisith)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we celebrate Thanksgiving, also give thanks for the Lord\u2019s blessings in the lives of farmers World Vision partners with around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":45324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"country":[],"filter":[176],"leader":[],"class_list":["post-23211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment-news-stories","filter-from-the-field","tags-economic-empowerment","tags-food-agriculture","tags-photos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO 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