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How and where World Vision is responding to disasters

World Vision is on the ground before, during, and after disasters to help children and families not just cope, but thrive.

Disaster Relief
AsiaLatin America/CaribbeanMiddle East

From the Field

In the kitchen: Papadum recipe

In Bangladesh, this crispy and glossy cracker, called papadum, is a popular snack, but it’s also often sold to help families have more income.

Child Protection
Bangladesh

Bristy’s is a life transformed through World Vision’s child protection program. She no longer works in the shrimp factory, but instead is back in school.

Voices

Lives transformed in Bangladesh

In 2017, World Vision donor Lyné Brown met a girl who was entering World Vision’s child protection program in Bangladesh. Lyné heard heartbreaking stories of hardship. But in 2018, she revisited that same girl and saw the transformation with her own eyes.

Child Protection
Bangladesh

From the Field

Innovative solutions help refugees in need worldwide

Through innovative responses to refugee crises, World Vision is investing in a better life today and a better future for refugees, especially children. Learn what innovation solutions World Vision is implementing in refugee camps.

Refugees
Bangladesh

How many refugees in the world? More than 65 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes, the most since World War II. About 22.5 million of them have fled their own countries as refugees. Find out the top six countries where refugees come from.

From the Field

Forced to flee: Top countries refugees are coming from

More than 70.8 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced. Why did they flee, where are they going, and what can be done to address the plight of refugees, especially children?

Refugees
SyriaAfghanistanBangladeshDemocratic Republic of the CongoMyanmarSomaliaSouth SudanMiddle East

Syrian refugees in Lebanon live in homemade tents in informal settlements. Few children are able to attend formal education. Nine-year-old Yasmin, a Syrian refugee, plays with her baby sister at their home in an informal tent settlement in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. She attends a World Vision Child-Friendly Space where she has learned songs, games, and stories she shares with her cousins and siblings

From the Field

What is a refugee? Facts, FAQs, and how to help

There are more refugees in the world than ever before, and their needs have never been greater, not only for the basic necessities of life, but for hope and opportunities to be self-sufficient. Find out more about the global refugee crisis.

Refugees
SyriaBangladeshCentral African RepublicColombiaDemocratic Republic of the CongoIraqJordanLebanonMyanmarSouth Sudan

God is with people suffering from disaster — the refugee, the earthquake survivor, the family facing famine. He calls us to follow Him in offering hope to the most vulnerable in their hour of greatest need.

Prayers

Matthew 25: Pray for refugees, disaster survivors

God is with people suffering from disaster — refugees, earthquake survivors, families facing famine. Join us in prayer for all who find themselves “strangers,” as Jesus calls them in Matthew 25:35.

Refugees
South SudanCentral African RepublicDemocratic Republic of the CongoIraqLebanonSyriaThailandUnited States

For 12 hours, we walk with 5-year-old Jannatul through what a typical day might look like for her as a Rohingya refugee child in a camp in Bangladesh.

From the Field

A day in the life of a Rohingya refugee child

Jannatul is a 5-year-old Rohingya refugee girl. For 12 hours, we walk with her through what a typical day might look like for her as a Rohingya refugee child in a camp in Bangladesh.