In 2017, Wendy Eckman ran the Seattle Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon as part of Team World Vision to raise money for clean water in Africa. She ran in between her chemo appointments and finished strong!
News & Stories
Change Makers
How God and a hurricane sent an American family on a new journey
Child Ambassador Randi Jo Rooks believes that meeting her sponsored children prepared her to face her home’s destruction by Hurricane Florence. She found that material items no longer held the importance they once had in her life.
Voices
Winter isn’t so wonderful without warm clothes
Two brothers once had only jean jackets to stay warm during their long walk to school. Thanks to donors’ generous gifts, they now have warm winter coats.
From the Field
In the kitchen: Isombe recipe
Greens and other vegetables grown in rural Rwanda often end up combined with peanut butter in a dish called isombe. Watch a video and then try this isombe recipe with your family!
Special Features
A tapestry of hope in Rwanda
AUGUST 2, 2018, RWANDA — Families once displaced during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide now thrive and seek to share their good fortune with refugees, displaced people, and people in need.
From the Field
How’d they do that: Drip irrigation
World Vision teaches farmers how to use readily available materials to create a homemade bottle drip irrigation system. Try this in your own garden!
Change Makers
Global 6K, Matthew 25 Challenge instill a vision in future leaders
World Vision’s Matthew 25 Challenge and Global 6K for Water help make poverty real for students in a middle-school class in Ohio. Find out how you too can act on your faith!
Special Features
Building happy childhoods
MAY 18, 2018, ARMENIA — World Vision works with parents, teachers, and community leaders in Armenia to help build safe and happy childhoods for kids from pre-birth all the way up through young adulthood.
From the Field
St. Valentine: Patron saint of beekeepers
There’s more to St. Valentine than Valentine’s Day, romance, and love. He’s also the patron saint of beekeepers. Find out how bees offer a sweet solution to poverty.
From the Field
Photos of the most generous places in the world
When our writers and photographers travel, they visit some of the most generous places in the world. They are received with hospitality, but also get to witness generosity passed on to others. Through their eyes and photos, see this sacrificial giving spread.