To protect the most vulnerable children from the secondary effects of COVID-19, World Vision is partnering with community groups, faith-based organizations, United Nations agencies, other aid groups, and all levels of governments. Collaboration and advocacy are not new for us, but where our community access is limited, they’re vital. That’s why they form one of four key objectives in our global coronavirus response.
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From the Field
Coronavirus response: Strengthening healthcare systems and workers
Everywhere World Vision works, a priority for us is strengthening healthcare systems and workers, with partnerships ranging from one-room health clinics to national ministries of health. It’s also one of the four key objectives of our global coronavirus response.
From the Field
Coronavirus response: Scaling up prevention to slow the spread
As COVID-19 began to rage in China, World Vision staff jumped into action. Decades of experience in combating infectious diseases told them that scaling up prevention would be key to protecting children and families in World Vision program areas. That’s why it’s one of the four key objectives in our global coronavirus response.
From the Field
Coronavirus response: Supporting at-risk children
World Vision’s experience responding to disease outbreaks began in the early 2000s with the HIV and AIDS crisis in Africa. We’ve learned that infectious diseases like these put children at risk, even when they don’t get ill themselves. As COVID-19 has spread, children and families are facing new challenges: scarce food and healthcare resources, barriers to education, and lost income. That’s why supporting children impacted by the secondary effects of the pandemic is one of four key objectives of our coronavirus response.
From the Field
Venezuela crisis: Facts, FAQs, and how to help
The Venezuela crisis has caused about 5 million people to flee the country, seeking food, work, and a better life. While the influx from Venezuela has caused tensions in host countries, it also has brought out their hospitable spirit.
Prayers
Matthew 25: Prayer for refugees, disaster survivors
God is with people suffering from disaster — refugees, families facing famine, survivors of earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis. Join us in prayer for all who find themselves “strangers,” as Jesus calls them in Matthew 25:35.
Change Makers
How to talk to your kids about disasters in the news
When a major disaster hits, it takes over the news. Graphic news coverage can be troubling for empathetic adults and scary for children. Here’s how to talk to your kids about disasters that they might talk about at school or with their friends.
Change Makers
How to talk to your kids about the coronavirus
The new coronavirus pandemic has taken over the news and your social media feeds, which can be troubling for empathetic adults and scary for children. Learn how to talk about the coronavirus.
From the Field
Family Emergency Kits deliver hope to food-insecure families
As COVID-19 cases rise with school closures and restrictions increasing across the nation, church leaders and school officials are partnering with World Vision in its distribution of life-sustaining supplies, including food, personal hygiene, and clean water, to food-insecure families in the Puget Sound.
From the Field
2014 Ebola virus outbreak: Facts, symptoms, and how to help
The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa was the “largest, most severe and most complex Ebola epidemic” in history.