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From the Field

Two midwives, two experiences

Nearly 4 million Ghanaians lack clean water, a burden felt most in rural clinics where midwives like Mabel and Ramicah struggle to provide safe care. Their facilities depend on contaminated open dams, forcing staff and patients to collect unsafe water that contributes to diarrhea, typhoid, skin infections, and dangerous conditions for mothers and newborns. Water shortages often lead to early discharges, and caregivers themselves fall ill. Child mortality remains high, with many deaths linked to poor water and sanitation. A new mechanized water system installed by World Vision transformed Ramicah’s clinic — providing clean water, functional sanitation, and increasing patient attendance. World Vision is assessing similar solutions for Mabel’s community and aims to expand safe water access across Ghana, including to 500 schools and 200 health facilities, benefiting 700,000 people. Their stories underscore the urgent need for lasting clean water.

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From the Field

25 memorable moments from 2025

In 2025, millions of lives were upended by war, disasters, and hunger. As World Vision responded, we witnessed courage and resilient hope in the midst of hardship. Read as photographers from World Vision’s U.S. office share particular moments and photos that moved them.

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A woman in a yellow patterned wrap holds a small child while a health worker uses a middle-upper arm circumference band to measure the child’s arm.
From the Field

Spring 2025 magazine

Through our new digital magazine, we invite you to explore real stories of transformation, resilience, and hope — to meet a mother holding onto hope after her child’s recovery from malnutrition, a family navigating childbirth without access to clean water, a teacher shaping new beginnings in her childhood classroom, and more. Follow the links to dive deeper into these journeys — and witness how love and perseverance are transforming futures.

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Steve Poe, senior pastor at Northview Church in Indiana, and his family signed up to be chosen as part of World Vision’s new child sponsorship opportunity, and they were chosen by Balukdi in Ghana.
Voices

A renewed call to care for the poor

Steve Poe, senior pastor at Northview Church in Indiana, shares how Christians should always be ready to respond to the needs of the poor, how Paul demonstrated that in his missionary journeys, and how Steve’s church is doing that.

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From the Field

12 reasons to have hope in 2022

While progress on ending global poverty and boosting development has slowed or stalled because of the pandemic, we still have many reasons to be hopeful. As we see progress in clean water, mother and child health, advocacy work, and more, we can trust that our sovereign God hasn’t stopped working. Read evidences of God’s mercy to His people with these 12 reasons to have hope in 2022.

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