With a joyous celebration, teens in rural West Pokot, Kenya, are leaving painful, dangerous female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage behind.
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Life in urban India: 7 families, 7 journeys
AUG. 2, 2017, INDIA — Urbanization has changed the face of poverty and how World Vision works. We went to India to talk to seven families about their experiences.
Podcast with former White House staffer Michael Wear
This podcast we talk with Michael Wear, founder of Public Square Strategies and former White House staffer who worked on faith-based initiatives during President Barack Obama’s first term. Wear led evangelical outreach and helped to manage The White House’s engagement on religious and values issues, including adoption and anti-human trafficking efforts.
In the shadow of a broken shrine: Child labor in Nepal
In 2015, World Vision staffer Matt Stephens was in Nepal during the devastating earthquake. Two years later, he returns to witness how the disaster is impacting children and leading to a rise in hazardous child labor.
World Human Rights Day: Worst places to be a child
What are the worst places in the world to be a child? Explore human rights progress around the world.
Behind the curtain: Best, worst places in the world to be a girl
Research on the best and worst places in the world to be a girl. Read on for infographics with gender inequality stats from around the world.
How to use technology to be kind
Let’s flip the switch on cyberbullying and instead use technology to make your kids’ world a kinder place. Find out how you can help kindness go viral!
Ramping up the fight against Laos’ child killers: Decades-old bombs
Children in Laos are still at risk from bombs dropped on their country during the Vietnam War. Demining and mine awareness training save lives.
All around the world, kids love games
Whether they live in a rural African village or American suburbs, kids are kids — and kids everywhere love games. Some of these games of jump rope, marbles, and tag might not appear at the Olympics, but the children playing them are champions to us.
On wings like eagles: A Mongolia boxing program lets children soar
A Mongolian couple is teaching boxing as a ministry to youth in this poor central Mongolian province transforming the lives of children.