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Becoming ‘God-sufficient’: Child sponsors expand their hearts for the poor

Child sponsorship is at the heart of a couple’s desire to care for children well into the future. But since Tom and Jill Demske couldn’t sponsor a thousand children, they found other ways to multiply their impact.

Child Sponsorship

Whether you work in an office, at home, or are in school, learn at the Global Leadership Summit how God can use you to lead wherever you are.

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Global Leadership Summit: 3 insights to help you lead well

Whether you work in an office, at home, or are in school, learn at the Global Leadership Summit how God can use you to lead wherever you are.

Christian Faith Stories

Liam Cunningham traveled to Uganda in May to see World Vision's work with the fastest-growing refugee crisis worldwide — South Sudan.

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Game of Thrones actor meets South Sudanese refugees

Liam Cunningham traveled to Uganda in May to see World Vision’s work with the fastest-growing refugee crisis worldwide — South Sudan.

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Table set with Ugandan food ©2014 WorldVision, Photographed by Jon Warren

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Go global for dinner! 3 easy recipes to get your kids talking

These three recipes from around the world will get your kids talking at the dinner table and help inspire their compassion for the poor.

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Book picks to help you become a better global citizen

In honor of World Book Day on April 23, here are our recommendations for books to help you become a better global citizen.

Education

A Seattle software programmer found herself on a collision course with one of the millions of Syrian families caught in the crossfire of Syria's civil war.

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From Syria to Seattle: When worlds collide

They did not know each other, but simultaneously, their lives were plunging into an abyss. Seattle software programmer Cari Conklin was on a collision course with the Alhamdens, one of the millions of Syrian families caught in the crossfire of Syria’s civil war.

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Be an advocate and carry your New Year’s resolutions, good intentions, or just general determination forward to genuinely impact your community, people around you, and the people who God calls us to care for.

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Be an advocate: Change your country, community

Becoming an advocate is easy. You have what it takes to speak up and act on behalf of children and families in need. Why wait? Do something today.

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World Vision founder, Bob Pierce, talks about New Year’s resolutions on a December 1959 radio broadcast.

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New Year’s resolutions: Change you, change the world

New Year’s resolutions tend to be very self-centered, but if God is at the center of your New Year’s resolution then there’s a much better chance of success.