When she was only 11, Kendall Ciesemier started a nonprofit to benefit children. She had no idea that 10 years later, her dream would touch thousands of lives.
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How God used two unlikely athletes to inspire a movement
Team World Vision was launched back in 2003 by two men who had never even met before — that’s the beauty of how God works.
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Cheerful givers: New Jersey children ‘didn’t want to put God in a box’
For a group of New Jersey children, the goal was to give one dairy cow, but they filled an entire stable instead.
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A Minnesota church answers God’s call to help Mozambique communities
In the seven years since Eagle Brook Church answered God’s call to help communities in rural Mozambique, they have sponsored 3,400 children, supported thousands of pastors, drilled nearly 200 wells, and built dozens of schools
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Texas bikers ride to provide children with clean water
Fort Worth Harley-Davidson store owners Mark and Jennifer Smith convinced a room full of Texan bikers to solve a problem most Americans couldn’t imagine.
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Dr. Paul Osteen’s latest operation: ‘Elevate the poor out of poverty’
Dr. Paul Osteen, older brother of Pastor Joel Osteen, ministers hands-on, one-to-one, in some of the most remote and poorest parts of the earth.
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Harlem Globetrotters begin new partnership with World Vision
The Harlem Globetrotters’ 300 exhibition games in 2014 feature an on-court interactive game about child sponsorship and the opportunity to sponsor a child.
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Called to compassion: A boy who fled war now helps exploited children
Vinh Chung was 3 years old when he escaped death in a small boat on the South China Sea. Now he’s working to help other children in dire circumstances.
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New journey for former pastor after run across America
For five months, 50-year-old Steve Spear wrestled with the daunting physical, spiritual, and logistical challenges of running 3,081 miles as they collided with the weighty implications of his goal to raise $1.5 million to provide clean water for 30,000 people in Kenya. Find out what happened and what’s next for him!
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What’s Keith Richards’ brother-in-law doing for World Vision?
A dream inspired retired carpenter Greg Hansen to bike across America to raise money for World Vision to provide clean water to children and families in Kenya. To date, Greg has raised more than $110,000. Beyond galvanizing the church community, the journey inspired Greg’s rock star brother-in-law, Keith Richards, to give $50,000 to the cause.