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Child sponsorship helps families thrive at home in Honduras
OCT. 15, 2020, HONDURAS — In Yamaranguila, Honduras, families have gone from struggling to thriving thanks to child sponsorship and World Vision’s community development model. As a result, Yamaranguila has the lowest migration rate in Honduras, and residents say they have everything they need for a good life.
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Coronavirus: United in suffering, and united in responding
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, hidden heroes arise to support World Vision’s global response, which focuses on scaling up prevention to slow the spread, strengthening healthcare systems and workers, supporting at-risk children, and collaborating and advocating for vulnerable children.
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Walking for water determines Ireen’s future in Malawi
How can she reach for the stars when even water is unreachable? In the Great Rift Valley, poverty and lack of clean water create hardships for 8-year-old Ireen, who walks to collect water up to four times a day. World Vision is working alongside communities to bring the reality of clean water and good health to girls like Ireen.
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From fragility to resilience: How World Vision is increasing livelihoods and building food security in Zimbabwe through ENSURE program
FEB. 1, 2020, ZIMBABWE — In rural Zimbabwe, women often live in poverty with no opportunities to better their lives. ENSURE, a USAID-funded program, helped change that by building resiliency and livelihoods.
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Goats bring blessings to family facing drought
OCT. 15, 2019, ZAMBIA — Nine-year-old Nathan takes care of his family’s goats. Because of drought, this year’s crops failed, but the animals give his family economic independence.
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Chosen: The power to choose in a child’s hands
SEPT. 20, 2019, KENYA AND UNITED STATES — Over our nearly 70-year history, we’ve seen how lives change when a child is empowered. This year, starting with a church in Chicago and a rural community in Kenya, we began to empower children with another choice. For the first time ever, the power to choose a sponsor is in the child’s hands.
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Yinka and Mary: A shared ambition
SEPT. 20, 2019, KENYA AND UNITED STATES — An American lawyer finds an unexpected connection with a child on the other side of the world.
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Shanda and Junior: A desire to help
SEPT. 20, 2019, KENYA AND UNITED STATES — A boy and his sponsor share the experience of childhood poverty and a desire to help others.
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Regis and Rosemary: A reminder of Jesus
SEPT. 20, 2019, KENYA AND UNITED STATES — Being chosen by 9-year-old Rosemary was a reminder of Jesus’ love for a man once adopted from an orphanage in India.