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A volunteer at Israelite Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, readies supplies for a distribution to people hit hard by Hurricane Ida.

From the Field

Hurricane Ida: Through the lens

World Vision partners with local churches when responding to natural disasters like Hurricane Ida to ensure that supplies reach the most vulnerable.

Disaster Relief

An exuberant Dominca models some of the bags that she and other women in the refugee settlement have learned to create in order to provide for their families now and in the future.

From the Field

Refugee woman weaves a brighter future for her family

30-year-old Dominca learned new craft, financial, and leadership skills at a World Vision training in a Uganda refugee settlement. Now she can support her family safely, while also receiving emotional support from other women involved in the program.

Refugees
Uganda

The 2021 Haiti earthquake has devastated this poverty-stricken, disaster-prone country still recovering from a 2010 quake.

From the Field

Haiti earthquake: Facts, FAQs, and how to help

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook Haiti on August 14, 2021, causing widespread damage in at least two cities and over 2,200 deaths. The temblor comes 11 years after a devastating magnitude 7.0 quake hit the Caribbean nation.

Disaster Relief
Haiti

Despite tremendous progress in ending global poverty, in sub-Saharan Africa poverty levels have increased.

From the Field

Global poverty: Facts, FAQs, and how to help

Find answers to your questions about global poverty, including poverty facts and statistics. Then discover our progress toward ending extreme poverty, and learn how you can help.

Child Sponsorship
AsiaEastern EuropeLatin America/CaribbeanMiddle EastUnited States

Venezuelan migrants walk on the road in Colombia. Some had been on the road for 18 days before crossing into Colombia. For the next leg of their journey, they will climb the steep roadway to elevations of 10,000 and 12,000 feet where the temperatures can be below freezing, especially at night. Two of the children are under six-months-old. “This is what happens when you can’t make enough money to feed your family. You have to leave any way you can,” says the group leader.

From the Field

Venezuela crisis: Facts, FAQs, and how to help

The Venezuela crisis has caused 5.4 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’s also brought out their hospitable spirit.

Disaster Relief
ColombiaBoliviaBrazilChileEcuadorPeruLatin America/Caribbean

World Vision is working to limit the spread of COVID-19 and reduce the pandemic’s secondary impacts on vulnerable children and their families worldwide.

From the Field

What is the coronavirus? Facts, symptoms, and how to help

Coronavirus is a family of viruses, which can cause the common cold or more severe diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome, and the coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Learn more about the ongoing pandemic and how World Vision is responding worldwide.

Disaster Relief
ChinaAfricaAsiaEastern EuropeLatin America/CaribbeanMiddle East

A camp for internally displaced people in northwest Syria offers a bleak and cold existence for Samer*, 5. Aid workers are working around the clock to provide emergency support, but with tens of thousands of people arriving every day, supplies are low and the humanitarian response is overwhelmed. *Name changed to protect identity.

From the Field

Syrian refugee crisis: Facts, FAQs, and how to help

Now in its 11th year, the Syrian refugee crisis is the largest refugee and displacement crisis of our time, with 13.5 million Syrians forcibly displaced. That’s more than half of the country’s population.

Refugees
SyriaIraqJordanLebanonMiddle East

Bangladesh is one of the five worst countries for child labor . Sixteen-year-old Joytun was injured in a fire at the bakery where she worked after dropping out of school to support her family. World Vision enrolled her in an informal education program, which helped her prepare to return to school. World Vision also helped her mother start a small grocery business that more than replaces the money Joytun was making in child labor.

From the Field

Child labor: Facts, FAQs, and how to help end it

About 160 million children ages 5 to 17 are engaged in child labor, which robs them of their childhood and limits their ability to reach their full potential.

Child Protection
Asia

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

About 82.4 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced. Learn the countries where most refugees come from, why refugees flee, and how you can help address the plight of refugees, especially children.

Refugees
SyriaAfghanistanBangladeshDemocratic Republic of the CongoMyanmarSomaliaSouth SudanLatin America/CaribbeanMiddle 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 CongoEthiopiaIraqJordanLebanonMyanmarSouth Sudan